Clinical Content- Physician (Clinical AI Strategist - UpToDate®, M.D.)

Wolters Kluwer • Waltham, MA

34d • Hybrid

About The Position

Wolters Kluwer, UpToDate® and Lexidrug® is seeking experienced clinicians to join our team as Clinical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategists. This role is central to advancing the clinical reasoning framework that underpins our next generation of trustworthy, clinically intelligent AI systems. You will work cross-functionally to evolve and operationalize this framework across AI architecture, system validation, and clinical workflows, ensuring outputs remain clinically sound and faithful to our trusted content. You will help shape the future of clinical decision support by combining deep expertise in clinical reasoning with strong technical fluency and communication skills. Working across Clinical AI, Product, Engineering, Editorial, and Design, you will translate clinical thinking into scalable AI capabilities that meaningfully support patient care.

Requirements

• MD, DO, PharmD, Advanced Practice Provider, or equivalent clinical degree: M.D. strongly preferred
• Minimum 5 years of clinical practice, with demonstrated depth in patient care and breadth across domains such as hospital administration, patient safety, quality improvement, clinical research, medical education, clinical informatics, or publishing.
• Demonstrated expertise in clinical reasoning as a discipline, including diagnostic reasoning, therapeutic decision making, uncertainty management, and evidence-based clinical decision making, as evidenced by teaching, publication, research, curriculum development, or related scholarly work.
• Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including generative AI and large language models, with the ability to apply clinical expertise to AI development and evaluation.
• Excellent written, verbal, and technical communication skills, with the ability to translate clinical reasoning into system logic and communicate effectively with both clinical and technical audiences.
• Experience working across agile, cross-functional environments, with the ability to build alignment and strong partnerships across clinical, engineering, product, and editorial teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration; ability to adapt quickly as AI technologies and organizational priorities evolve.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to contribute to Clinical AI strategy and influence the evolution of clinical AI capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Active clinical practice preferred
• Board certification preferred
• Valid medical license in at least one U.S. state preferred
• Experience with AI, informatics, machine learning, or digital health innovation is strongly preferred
• Leadership experience guiding complex initiatives or multidisciplinary teams is strongly preferred
• Experience supporting senior leaders through strategic analysis, written briefings, and cross-functional initiatives is preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the clinical lead on our clinical reasoning framework, guiding its continued advancement and application across AI initiatives.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Editorial, and AI teams to translate clinical reasoning into scalable AI system capabilities.
• Define and maintain clinical indices, decision pathways, reasoning frameworks, and evaluation approaches that reflect real-world clinical decision making across specialties.
• Contribute to clinical validation platform development, including development of clinical test sets, reasoning benchmarks, red teaming protocols, safety evaluations, and ongoing expert review to ensure outputs remain clinically faithful, useful, and meaningful.
• Translate clinician and customer feedback into improvements in AI system behavior and the continued evolution of the clinical reasoning framework.
• Serve as a clinical liaison between the Clinical AI team and traditional editorial operations, helping align clinical standards, workflows, and content strategy.
• Communicate effectively across clinical, technical, and business teams, translating complex clinical concepts into practical system requirements and technical concepts into clinically meaningful guidance.
• Represent Wolters Kluwer externally through white papers, conference presentations, and thought leadership.
• Clinicians may allocate time to maintain active clinical practice, ensuring continued relevance and real-world insight; existing clinical stipend for physician editors will continue to apply.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Commuter Benefits
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

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