VP, AI-Driven Software Engineering & Transformation

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

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks of vacation and 5 personalDays

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision,

STD/LTD, FSA benefits

Employee stock ownership

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 role will lead and scale high-performing engineering teams, execute the company’s technology roadmap, and push an AI-first transformation throughout AI-DLC and product lines.

You will partner with executive leadership, product, operations, and security to translate business priorities into technology investments,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of technology experience including 8+ years of software engineering leadership
• 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
• 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 with navigating highly regulated industries and 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 and modernization
• Partner with executive leadership, product management, operations, and security to translate business strategy into executable technology priorities
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure strategic progress, software engineering effectiveness, AI adoption, and business impact
• Evaluate emerging technologies 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 and AI-DLC with a prioritized roadmap
• Drive incorporation of AI-powered experiences into customer-facing products and enterprise workflows
• Oversee planning, governance, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation for strategic tech and AI initiatives
• Stay current on industry advancements across models, agent orchestration, and AI governance

Skills

Technology leadership

AI strategy

Software architecture

Security & compliance

Cloud platforms

AI governance

Regulated industry experience

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Team building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Claude

OpenAI technologies

Microsoft Copilot

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 role will lead and scale high-performing engineering teams, execute the company’s technology roadmap, and push an AI-first transformation throughout AI-DLC and product lines.

You will partner with executive leadership, product, operations, and security to translate business priorities into technology investments,