VP, Software Engineering — AI-First Platform Leader (Flexible & Equity)
Harris Computer
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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 build high-performing teams, execute the tech strategy, and drive AI-first innovation throughout MEDHOST’s AI-DLC and product portfolio.
The candidate will bring 15+ years in technology, 8+ years in software leadership, and 3–5+ years in healthcare software environments, partnering with executives to
Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive technology experience including 8+ years in 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 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, 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
- Lead modernization of legacy applications, cloud platforms, API’s, and AI capabilities using advances in architecture and engineering approaches
- Govern technology standards and investment priorities; identifying opportunities where AI and emerging technologies can create measurable differentiation and operating leverage
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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 build high-performing teams, execute the tech strategy, and drive AI-first innovation throughout MEDHOST’s AI-DLC and product portfolio.
The candidate will bring 15+ years in technology, 8+ years in software leadership, and 3–5+ years in healthcare software environments, partnering with executives to
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