Head of AI Software Development Practice (Remote)

Navitus

Indianapolis (IN)

Remote

USD 150,000 - 210,000

Full time

3 days ago

Be an early applicant

A complete application in a minute

Tailored resume and cover letter, ready to send.

Get past ATS filters

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

20 days paid time off

4 weeks paid parental leave

9 paid holidays

401K company match of up to 5% - No vQ

Job summary

Navitus Health Solutions is seeking a Lead, Software Development AI Practice to guide AI strategy, governance, and enablement across delivery teams. You will set direction, establish scalable patterns, coach teams, and ensure responsible AI adoption with enterprise standards.

You will lead POCs, develop reusable AI components, and partner across Architecture, Security, Data Services, and product teams to drive measurable efficiency and quality improvements in software delivery.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
8+ years of experience in software development or architecture.
3+ years of experience focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies.
Demonstrated experience defining software development AI frameworks and tools.
Demonstrated experience leading or scaling generative AI, machine learning, or agentic AI capabilities.
Demonstrated experience applying security, privacy, data governance, and risk requirements to technology solutions.
Demonstrated experience influencing technical and business stakeholders and driving adoption across teams.

Responsibilities

Partner with many groups across Navitus (Software Development and Delivery, Architecture, Security, Data Services, and business stakeholders) to identify high‑value AI use cases that improve software quality, engineering productivity, operational efficiency, and outcomes.
Establish reusable AI patterns, reference architectures, integration approaches, and development standards for generative AI, ML, and agentic AI capabilities.
Build and maintain AI‑enabled services and components, including model interfaces, orchestration services, agent frameworks, prompt/tooling patterns, and reusable developer enablement assets.
Lead proof‑of‑concept and pilot initiatives that demonstrate AI value and scale successful experiments into repeatable capabilities.
Provide hands‑on coaching, demonstrations, and daily enablement to developers, delivery roles, and product teams on AI tools and responsible usage.
Serve as the primary AI adoption point of contact for Software Development and Delivery, influencing teams through expertise and partnership.
Ensure AI solutions comply with enterprise governance, responsible AI standards, security, data privacy, auditability, and transparency principles.
Support agentic AI workflows including orchestration, tool integration, context management, workflow design, and human‑in‑the‑loop controls.
Own AI adoption measurement, including tools, metrics, reporting, training, and leadership updates showing usage and business impact.
Evaluate emerging AI platforms and capabilities for fit with enterprise needs and recommend adoption approaches.
Minimal travel may be required for meetings, training, or other business needs.
Other duties as assigned.