Vice President, Data & AI

Transcarent; California; On-site; USD 260,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Bonus program

Generous 401(k)

Job summary

Transcarent is seeking a Chief Data and AI leader to define and drive the enterprise data and AI platform strategy. The role will own architecture, roadmap, and governance to power data-driven products, AI experiences, and secure data infrastructure across the company.

The VP will lead Data Engineering and AI/ML platform teams, partner with Product, Engineering, Analytics, Clinical, Security, and business leaders, and build scalable platforms and data products to accelerate AI in production and

Qualifications

• Leader with experience building and scaling data engineering or data platforms in high-growth environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud data architectures, data pipelines, data modeling, APIs, and data products.
• Experience delivering AI/ML capabilities from experimentation to production.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Data & AI platform strategy, architecture, roadmap, standards, and operating model for the enterprise.
• Own and evolve the enterprise data platform for ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving of data across products.
• Lead Data and AI Engineering to build pipelines, services, data products, and infrastructure for trusted data.
• Build AI-at-scale platforms enabling rapid development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and improvement of AI capabilities.
• Accelerate the path from AI experimentation to production, reducing friction and increasing production-readiness.

Job description

Transcarent is seeking a V P of Data & AI to lead the technology foundation that powers data and artificial intelligence across the company.

This executive will own the strategy, architecture, and execution of Transcarent’s enterprise data and AI platforms: ensuring our teams have trusted, scalable, secure, and modern infrastructure to build intelligent products, power AI-enabled experiences, and put data to work across the organization.

The VP of Data & AI will lead Data Engineering and AI/ML platform capabilities while partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Analytics, Clinical, Security, and business leaders. This leader will build and operate the foundational platforms, data products, infrastructure, and capabilities that enable our company to move faster.

Success in the first 6-12 months will mean establishing a clear Data & AI platform strategy and architecture; improving the reliability, quality, and accessibility of enterprise data; accelerating the path from AI experimentation to production; and building a scalable platform operating model that supports Transcarent’s next phase of growth.

What You’ll Do

Define and lead Transcarent’s Data & AI platform strategy , establishing the architecture, roadmap, standards, investment priorities, and operating model for the foundational capabilities that power data and AI across the company.

Own and evolve the enterprise data platform , ensuring Transcarent has scalable, reliable, secure, and well-governed infrastructure for ingesting, integrating, transforming, storing, and serving data across products and business functions.

Lead Data and AI Engineering , establishing strong engineering practices and building the pipelines, services, data products, and infrastructure required to make trusted data available throughout the organization.

Build the platform for AI at scale , creating the infrastructure, tooling, services, and standards that enable teams to rapidly develop, evaluate, deploy, monitor , and improve machine learning, generative AI, agentic, and other AI-powered capabilities.

Accelerate the path from AI experimentation to production , reducing friction between promising prototypes and scalable, secure, reliable capabilities embedded in Transcarent products and workflows.

Establish reusable Data & AI capabilities , enabling Product and Engineering teams to leverage common data services, models, APIs, AI services, tooling, and infrastructure rather than creating fragmented solutions independently.

Partner closely with Analytics leadership , ensuring analytics teams have reliable, accessible, well-modeled, and appropriately governed data while maintaining clear ownership between platform/data engineering and analytics.

Establish mature enterprise data governance , including data quality, lineage, metadata, definitions, access, interoperability, lifecycle management, and stewardship in partnership with Analytics, Security, Privacy, Legal, and business stakeholders.

Drive platform reliability and operational excellence , establishing clear standards and measures for performance, availability, scalability, observability, cost efficiency, developer experience, and technical debt.

Build and lead a world-class Data & AI Platforms organization , developing strong leaders and technical talent while creating a culture of ownership, experimentation, engineering excellence, speed, and continuous improvement.

What We’re Looking For

Significant leadership experience building and scaling data engineering, data platform, A I /ML , or related technology organizations in complex, high-growth environments.

Proven experience defining and executing a modern enterprise data platform strategy, including architecture, data engineering, infrastructure, governance, and platform operations.

Deep understanding of modern cloud data architectures, data pipelines, data modeling, distributed systems, APIs, data products, and the technologies used to operate data platforms at scale.

Strong understanding of modern AI architecture and infrastructure, including ML platforms, LLM s, generative AI, agentic systems, model deployment, evaluation, observability, and emerging AI development patterns.

Demonstrated experience taking AI /ML capabilities from experimentation into reliable, scalable production environments.

Experience building internal platforms that enable Product, Engineering, Analytics, Data Science, or other technical teams to build and ship faster.

Strong product mindset with experience treating technical platforms as products—including understanding users, prioritizing roadmaps, driving adoption, and measuring platform effectiveness.

Proven ability to make thoughtful build-versus-buy decisions and navigate a rapidly evolving ecosystem of cloud, data, and AI technologies.

Experience establishing strong practices around data quality, governance, privacy, security, interoperability, and responsible AI.

Ability to operate comfortably at both strategic and deeply technical levels, from executive conversations about technology strategy and investment to architecture discussions with engineers and technical leaders.

Proven ability to recruit, develop, and lead high-performing engineering and technical teams.

Excellent communication and influence skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business implications and decisions.

Comfort able operating in a fast-moving environment where technology is evolving quickly, priorities shift, and leaders are expected to move from strategy to execution.

Nice to Have

Experience in healthcare, health technology, digital health, or other highly regulated industries .

Experience working with complex healthcare data ecosystems, including clinical, claims, eligibility, provider, member, or other healthcare data.

Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards and technologies.

Experience building platforms that support AI-enabled consumer, clinician, or enterprise products.

Experience leading major data platform modernization, consolidation, or post-acquisition technology integration efforts.

Measures of Success

Success in this role will be measured by the strength, scalability, and impact of the Data & AI foundation this leader builds, including:

Reliability, quality, accessibility, and performance of Transcarent’s enterprise data platform.

Speed and ease with which Product, Engineering, Analytics, and AI teams can discover and use trusted data.

Reduction in time required to move AI capabilities from experimentation into production.

Adoption and reuse of shared data and AI platform capabilities across the organization.

Improvements in developer productivity and reduction of fragmented or duplicative data and AI infrastructure.

Effectiveness of data governance, privacy, security, responsible AI, and platform controls.

Platform scalability, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency.

Strength, engagement, and effectiveness of the Data & AI organization.

Who we are

Transcarent is the One Place for Health and Care, bringing medical, pharmacy, and point solutions together with the WayFinding experience, the first and only generative AI-powered health and care platform for health consumers.

Our WayFinding experience, paired with transparent and consumer-driven pharmacy care, 2nd.MD expert medical opinions, and virtual primary care, works seamlessly with comprehensive Care Experiences – Cancer Care, Surgery Care, and Weight Health – to support people with all of their health needs, simple or serious. More than 1,700 employers and health plans rely on us to provide information, guidance, and care, empowering health consumers with more choice, an experience they love, access to higher-quality care, and lower costs for 21 million Members. For more information, visit transcarent.com , and follow us on LinkedIn .

At Transcarent, our values guide everything we do:

• People First: We prioritize our Members, clients, and each other in every decision
• Care: Every decision starts with improving health and care for our Members
• Resilience: We push boundaries and take the uncharted path to change an industry
• Results: We take ownership, solve with speed, and deliver for our people and each other
• Humble and Human: We lead with humility, bring fun to tough moments, and go further together

Total Rewards

Individual compensation packages are based on a few different factors unique to each candidate, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal equity. Salary is just one component of Transcarent's total package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock options.

Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Competitive 401(k) Plan with a generous company match
• Flexible Time Off/Paid Time Off, 13 paid holidays
• Protection Plans including Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Supplemental Insurance
• Mental Health and Wellness benefits

Transcarent is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply unless they meet 100% of the job criteria. While we have worked to consolidate the minimum qualifications for each role, we aren’t looking for someone who checks each box on a page; we’re looking for active learners and people who care about disrupting the current health and care with their unique experiences.