Executive Director, AI Engineering and EHR Systems

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health in Boston, MA seeks an experienced leader to design, deploy, and operate enterprise AI platforms across ML, generative AI, and analytics. You will set scalable AI infrastructure, standards, and governance while driving adoption and ROI within complex clinical workflows.

You will lead a team of managers and engineers, oversee Epic EHR backend integrations, and partner with vendors to advance AI capabilities in a regulated healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 15+ years related work experience.
• 8–10 years supervisory/management experience.
• Experience leading enterprise AI strategy and deployment.
• Experience with Epic EHR backend and HealthConnect integrations.
• Healthcare regulatory knowledge and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, deployment, and operation of enterprise AI platforms for ML, generative AI, and analytics.
• Establish scalable AI infrastructure, APIs, and reusable services for rapid delivery.
• Define AI engineering standards, architecture, security, and maintainability.
• Set operational processes, monitoring, and support for production AI systems.
• Drive incident management and continuous improvement for AI platforms.
• Govern model evaluation, monitoring, explainability, and governance.
• Manage relationships with vendors, cloud providers, and stakeholders.
• Evaluate new AI technologies and guide investments aligned with priorities.
• Ensure AI solutions integrate with enterprise apps, data platforms, and clinical workflows.
• Provide leadership and career development for managers, engineers, and staff.
• Oversee Epic EHR backend operation and integration engines.
• Establish KPIs to measure AI adoption, ROI, and reliability.

Skills

Leadership

AI strategy

Healthcare data

Regulatory knowledge

Governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Epic EHR

InterSystems HealthConnect

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you’re not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of enterprise AI platforms supporting machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, and advanced analytics use cases.
• Establish scalable AI infrastructure, development frameworks, APIs, and reusable services to accelerate solution delivery and adoption.
• Define and implement AI engineering standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines to ensure scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Establish operational processes, monitoring, observability, and support models for production of AI systems.
• Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives for AI platforms and services.
• Establish controls and processes for model evaluation, validation, monitoring, explainability, governance, and risk management.
• Manage relationships with AI technology vendors, cloud providers, strategic partners, and key stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend investments and innovation opportunities that align with organizational priorities and strategic objectives.
• Ensure AI solutions are effectively integrated with enterprise applications, data platforms, and clinical workflows.
• Provide leadership, coaching, performance management, and career development for managers, engineers, and technical staff.
• Oversee the operation, performance, and reliability of Epic EHR backend systems and integration engines.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure AI adoption, effectiveness, reliability, operational efficiency, and return on investment (ROI).

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree is required.
• 15+ years related work experience required and 8 to 10 years supervisory/management experience required.
• Proven experience leading the strategy, development, deployment, and operations of enterprise AI and machine learning solutions, including generative AI and advanced analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated experience managing Epic EHR backend systems and InterSystems HealthConnect (or equivalent integration engines), including large-scale healthcare data integration and interface management.
• Extensive experience operating within a complex healthcare environment, with strong understanding of clinical workflows, regulatory requirements, data governance, and patient safety considerations.

Pay Range

$220,000.00 USD - $275,000.00 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients’ lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled