Executive Director, AI Platform & Forward Deployment

LCH Lab. Corp. of America Holdings

North Carolina

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 280,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k)

PTO or Flexible Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Labcorp is seeking an Executive Director, Forward Deployment Engineering, in Durham, NC, with hybrid work. This senior leader will drive architecture and delivery of flagship systems across enterprise platforms, shaping AI, cloud, and platform strategies.

The role emphasizes quality, reliability, and strong executive collaboration. The ideal candidate has 15+ years in data, analytics, cloud, and platform engineering, with 10+ years in leadership and working with C-suite stakeholders to translate

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required.
15+ years in data, analytics, cloud, technology, platform engineering, AI, or digital transformation, including leadership of large-scale enterprise tech initiatives.
10+ years in people leadership, including multidisciplinary teams, strategy, execution, performance, and budget management.
10+ years defining and executing enterprise data, analytics, AI, cloud, or technology transformation strategies within large, complex, or regulated organizations.
10+ years leading enterprise-scale modernization initiatives involving cloud platforms, data ecosystems, interoperability, AI/ML capabilities, and mission-critical services.
10+ years partnering with executive and C-suite stakeholders to align technology investments with business priorities, lead organizational change, manage risk, and deliver measurable outcomes.
10+ years of experience with data governance, privacy, security, regulatory compliance, and responsible AI principles in healthcare or highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture, strategy, and delivery of flagship systems across Provider Services, Patient Services, and enterprise platforms.
Lead Enterprise and Custom Onboarding Services, establishing consistent integration practices.
Establish and govern QA, monitoring, observability, and continuous quality practices.
Partner with SRE and DevOps to strengthen incident management, capacity planning, and reliability.
Define and advance production AI engineering practices, including prompt and system design, and responsible AI controls.
Develop technology roadmaps and evaluate emerging AI, cloud, and platform technologies.
Drive operational improvements to increase delivery efficiency, productivity, quality, and accountability.
Partner with Product, Security, Compliance, Customer Success to translate needs into priorities.
Build and mentor high-performing engineering leaders and teams with clear accountability.
Provide strategic technology leadership balancing business value, cost, risk, and speed-to-market.