Head of AI, Healthcare — Strategy & Execution Leader

Autonomize AI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Autonomize AI in Austin, Texas seeks a Head of AI to lead the next phase of AI strategy, research, and execution. You will own the AI roadmap, mentor a world-class team, and partner with Product, Engineering, Clinical, and Customer teams to deploy AI that delivers real value in healthcare.

The ideal candidate is a deep technical expert and outstanding operator who can steer architecture, align teams, and drive critical initiatives to completion in a scaling environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building and deploying AI/ML systems in high-growth tech environments.
• Proven experience leading AI/ML teams and scaling organizations.
• Deep expertise in modern AI approaches including LLMs, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), agentic workflows, model evaluation, and ML infrastructure.
• Experience taking AI products from research/experimentation into production.
• Strong technical judgment with ability to make architectural decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity and high-growth settings.
• Excellent communication with executives, engineers, customers, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own Autonomize’s AI vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned to business outcomes.
• Lead architecture decisions across ML, generative AI, LLMs, retrieval systems, evaluation frameworks, and AI infrastructure.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing AI team and foster ownership.
• Drive AI initiatives from concept to deployment with measurable customer impact.
• Partner with product, clinical, customer success, and operations to translate problems into AI solutions.
• Champion responsible AI practices prioritizing trust, precision, and human impact.

Skills

AI leadership

LLMs

RAG

Agentic workflows

Architecture decisions

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Job description

Autonomize AI in Austin, Texas seeks a Head of AI to lead the next phase of AI strategy, research, and execution. You will own the AI roadmap, mentor a world-class team, and partner with Product, Engineering, Clinical, and Customer teams to deploy AI that delivers real value in healthcare.

The ideal candidate is a deep technical expert and outstanding operator who can steer architecture, align teams, and drive critical initiatives to completion in a scaling environment.