AI Enablement Manager

Franciscan Alliance, Inc.

2d • $108,638 - $149,386 • Remote

About The Position

The AI Enablement Manager leads the coordination, execution, and oversight of the organization's AI initiatives to ensure safe, compliant, and value‑driven adoption of artificial intelligence across clinical, research, operational, and enterprise domains. This role operationalizes AI governance framework, manages the AI initiative portfolio, and ensures alignment with regulatory requirements, organizational priorities, and risk‑management standards. This function drives the structured intake, review, monitoring, reporting, and lifecycle‑management processes to support responsible and scalable AI deployment. Serving as a central connector across Franciscan Alliance, this role partners with clinical, technical, legal, compliance, security, and operational teams to ensure AI solutions are evaluated, implemented, and monitored consistently and transparently. In addition, the AI Enablement Manager champions AI literacy, promotes responsible‑use practices, and supports change‑management efforts to help Franciscan Alliance adopt AI safely and effectively. This role plays a critical part in maturing the organization's AI operating model, enabling innovation while safeguarding patient safety, data integrity, and organizational trust, while supporting the AI governance council and steering committees in fulfillment of charter responsibilities.

WHO WE ARE
Franciscan Health is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and promoting health and wellness in our community. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the highest quality of care through innovation, compassion, and excellence. With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers who provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

Requirements

• Required Bachelor's Degree Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Public Health, or related field
• 8 years Program management in data governance, analytics, information services, or related field. Required

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Master's Degree Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Public Health, or related field
• 5 years Setting up and scaling program, governance or oversight processes across a maturing data and/or AI portfolio. Required
• 2 years Measuring and reporting AI performance, safety, value, and risk across the AI lifecycle. Preferred
• 2 years Managing AI, analytics, or model-based systems in healthcare or other regulated industries. Preferred
• 1 year Utilizing healthcare AI governance frameworks and regulatory standards (e.g., NIST, ISO, FDA, HIPAA). Preferred
• Demonstrated expertise in data governance frameworks, data quality principles, data privacy regulations, and AI ethics. Applies knowledge to identify opportunities and develop solutions.
• Strong program/portfolio management experience in IT healthcare.
• Proven ability to collaboratively design and facilitate governance frameworks and operational structures from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-functional review and assessment of AI driven solutions across clinical, operational, technical, compliance, privacy, legal, and security teams.
• AI Governance Lead execution of the enterprise AI governance framework and oversee end-to-end AI lifecycle management.
• AI Regulations Monitor evolving AI regulations and industry best practices; translate requirements into program and control enhancements.
• Supporting Council Manage the centralized AI governance program supporting AI governance council, Clinical/Business AI steering committees, and overall executive oversight.
• Cases Ensure AI initiatives include documented use cases, architecture reviews, risk assessments, data lineage, bias evaluation, and control frameworks.
• Stakeholders Facilitate enterprise-wide stakeholder collaboration and governance alignment, working with committee co-chairs and senior leaders across IS and operations.
• Inventory Maintain the enterprise AI inventory with full traceability, documentation standards, model metadata, and audit readiness.
• Governance Define technical governance controls including model validation standards, monitoring requirements, performance thresholds, and change management protocols.
• Working Sessions Lead working sessions with business and technical teams to clarify requirements and ensure alignment.
• Implementation Oversee implementation of model monitoring, drift detection, incident response processes, and remediation tracking.
• Reporting Provide executive reporting on AI risk posture, safety, adoption, performance, and enterprise impact.
• Guidance Provide clear technical and governance guidance on lifecycle expectations, documentation standards, and risk controls.
• Policies Create and update AI policies, standards, and acceptable‑use guidelines.
• Programs Lead enablement programs, training, and communication to help teams understand AI policies, risks, and best practices.

Benefits

• Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior