Vice President, Software Engineering & AI Transformation

Harris Computer•Washington, NV

3d•$175,000 - $250,000•Remote

About The Position

MEDHOST, a division of Harris; is seeking a technology executive to lead software engineering and continue to advance MEDHOST’s technology and AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. This position will lead and continue to build high performing software engineering teams, execute on the company’s technology strategy and drive an AI first innovation strategy throughout MEDHOST’s AI-DLC and product portfolio.

Requirements

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
Strong financial acumen with experience managing technology investment portfolios and business cases
Demonstrated ability to build and scale high-performance engineering organizations

Nice To Haves

Experience with Claude, OpenAI technologies, Microsoft Co-Pilot and AWS Bedrock a plus

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
Execute and evolve MEDHOST’s technology strategy and architecture roadmap aligned with corporate objectives, product priorities, and customer needs
Lead modernization of legacy applications, cloud platforms, API’s, and AI capabilities using advances in architecture and engineering approaches
Drive improvements in software delivery performance, quality, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency
Govern technology standards and investment priorities; identifying opportunities where AI and emerging technologies can create measurable differentiation and operating leverage