Sr Director, AI Capabilities (Technology)

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

2d • $148,000 - $234,000

About The Position

The Sr. Director, AI Capabilities - Strategy and Product Management is a strategic leader responsible for shaping and advancing the Village’s AI strategy and critical capabilities. The role manages repeatable, Village-ready AI technologies, drives high-value use cases, and ensures solutions are sustainable, ethical, and scalable. The Sr. Director champions and constructively challenges approaches to identify best-fit AI capabilities, partners with business and product leaders to evaluate and prioritize opportunities, and ensures AI adoption delivers measurable business impact.

The position builds and manages a portfolio of foundational AI capabilities, such as generative AI, machine learning platforms, and automation frameworks, and establishes standards, best practices, and governance models for responsible deployment. It leads AI product managers and works across business, product, engineering, and data stakeholders to deliver and scale AI solutions. The role also monitors emerging technologies, advises executive leadership on AI trends, risks, and opportunities, and fosters innovation and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent progressive work or Village experience.
• At least 5 years of direct people-management experience leading software engineering managers, tech leads, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or data/AI platform engineering.
• Demonstrated experience working across matrixed technical and product organizations.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures.
• A proven track record of cross-functional influence and collaboration with executive stakeholders, clinical and business leaders, and enterprise architects in a complex matrixed environment.

Nice To Haves

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience is preferred.
• Understanding of healthcare workflows, clinical decision support, EHR integrations, and healthcare data governance (HIPAA/PHI) is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Champion repeatable, sustainable AI solutions while constructively challenging approaches to ensure scalability, efficiency, and responsible use.
• Build and manage a portfolio of foundational AI capabilities, including generative AI, machine learning platforms, and automation frameworks, for use across multiple applications.
• Establish standards, best practices, and governance models for responsible AI deployment.
• Partner with business and product leaders to evaluate, prioritize, and execute high-value AI opportunities.
• Manage a team of functional and technical AI product managers using modern product management practices and rapid, iterative delivery.
• Translate emerging technologies into practical enterprise use cases that improve efficiency, decision-making, and teammate and customer experience.
• Collaborate with business, engineering, data, and product stakeholders to drive adoption of AI capabilities at scale.
• Advise and influence executive leadership on AI trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Monitor the technology landscape for disruptive AI advancements and identify areas to test, adopt, or adapt, including best practices for end-to-end AI solution delivery.
• Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Paid time off and PTO cash out.
• Family resources and EAP counseling sessions.
• Access to Headspace®.
• Backup child and elder care.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Professional development programs and on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through StarLearning.

What This Job Offers

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