VP, AI-Driven Software Engineering

Harris Computer; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, FSA

Vacation & personal days

Equity / stock ownership

401K & life insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Community involvement

Job summary

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance MEDHOST’s technology and AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. This leader will build high-performing teams and drive an AI-first innovation program.

You will translate business strategy into technology priorities, oversee modernization of legacy systems, cloud platforms, and APIs, and guide AI initiatives across the product portfolio to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive technology experience including 8+ years of progressive software engineering leadership experience and 5+ years in senior leadership roles leading large software engineering organizations.
• 3-5+ years’ experience with EHR and healthcare software environments.
• Demonstrated success leading modernization and software platform transformation initiatives.
• Deep expertise in modern software engineering practices, distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, and enterprise architecture.
• Proven experience implementing AI and machine learning capabilities within enterprise products and AI-DLC workflows.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI frameworks, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), AI orchestration, and AI governance.
• Experience working within highly regulated industries and navigating complex security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with Claude, OpenAI technologies, Microsoft Co-Pilot and AWS Bedrock a plus.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing technology investment portfolios and business cases.
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale high-performance engineering organizations

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing software engineering organization accountable for product delivery, technology evolution, security, reliability, and operational outcomes.
• Improve delivery predictability, developer productivity, software quality, resiliency, scalability, and cost effectiveness while balancing innovation, modernization, and commitments.
• Partner closely with executive leadership, product management, operations, and security to translate business strategy into executable technology priorities and investment decisions.
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure strategic progress, software engineering effectiveness, AI adoption, and business impact.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create competitive advantage through innovation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology and AI-related opportunities, risks, and industry trends
• Execute the organization's AI-first transformation strategy across products, software engineering, and AI-DLC with a prioritized roadmap tied to measurable business and customer outcomes.
• Oversee planning, governance, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation for strategic technology and AI initiatives across the product portfolio.
• Stay current on industry advancements across models, agent orchestration, best practices and other emerging technology innovations

Skills

AI strategy

Engineering leadership

Cloud & distributed systems

APIs & microservices

Security & compliance

AI governance

Generative AI/LLMs

Financial acumen

Team building

Portfolio management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline

Tools

Claude

OpenAI technologies

Microsoft Co-Pilot

AWS Bedrock

Job description

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance MEDHOST’s technology and AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. This leader will build high-performing teams and drive an AI-first innovation program.

You will translate business strategy into technology priorities, oversee modernization of legacy systems, cloud platforms, and APIs, and guide AI initiatives across the product portfolio to deliver measurable business outcomes.