VP of AI-First Software & Platform Transformation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Medical benefits

Vacation & personal days

Employee stock ownership

Retirement plan

Community involvement

Flexible work options

Job summary

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

You will partner with executive leadership to translate business goals into technology priorities, elevate software delivery, and scale modernization across legacy

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
• Execute and continue to evolve the R&D department’s AI-DLC strategy incorporating industry best practices and new technology innovation to continue to increase engineering and process efficiencies through AI technology
• Drive incorporation of AI-powered experiences into customer-facing products and enterprise workflows
• Oversee planning, execution, 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

Executive leadership

AI strategy

Software architecture

Cloud platforms

Microservices

EHR/healthcare software

Regulatory compliance

Generative AI / LLMs

AI governance

Financial acumen

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 Computer Corporation, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance AI strategy across MEDHOST’s product and platform portfolio. This role will build high-performing teams, shape the technology roadmap, and drive an AI-first innovation program across AI-DLC and enterprise products.

You will partner with executive leadership to translate business goals into technology priorities, elevate software delivery, and scale modernization across legacy