VP, AI Strategy & Deployment

GoodRx•Santa Monica, CA

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

GoodRx is seeking a Vice President of AI Strategy & Deployment to spearhead the company-wide integration of AI into high-impact business workflows. This role has enterprise-wide scope and significant executive visibility, operating as a peer to Data, ML, Product, and Engineering leadership. The primary responsibility is to ensure that existing AI platform capabilities translate into measurable business outcomes at scale. This individual will bridge the gap between AI platform capabilities (such as agentic architecture on Vertex AI, RAG pipelines, and LLM integrations) and enterprise business priorities, identifying and prioritizing the highest-value AI applications across the organization. A deep understanding of the technical landscape is required to guide solution direction and maintain high technical standards in collaboration with technical leaders, while also serving as a strong business partner to drive adoption in non-technical areas. This role is expected to influence and shape priorities across Product, Engineering, and Data Science.

Requirements

Deep technical fluency in modern AI/ML, including evaluating and selecting appropriate approaches (e.g., fine-tuning vs. RAG vs. agentic workflow vs. classical ML).
Strong understanding of modern AI systems, including transformer architectures, embedding models, vector databases, prompt engineering, agent orchestration patterns, and MLOps at production scale.
Proven track record of owning and driving AI from concept to production across multiple business domains (commercial, operational, and analytical).
Experience deploying AI outside of engineering or product (e.g., in sales enablement, legal operations, finance, customer support).
Demonstrated ability to drive enterprise-wide adoption across functions without direct ownership, requiring exceptional stakeholder management and the ability to build credibility with senior leaders.
Experience presenting to senior executives, including the CEO and Board-level stakeholders, and external partners.
Ability to translate complex AI capabilities into clear business impact, driving alignment and trust with non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare, pharma, or regulated industry experience.
Experience navigating compliance, privacy, and trust considerations in AI in healthcare deployments.
Experience in other regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance).

Responsibilities

Own the company-wide AI roadmap, including identification, prioritization, and sequencing of AI use cases.
Define prioritization frameworks aligned to business impact and establish governance processes for AI initiatives.
Own business and adoption outcomes of AI deployment across the company, co-owning outcomes with functional leaders.
Own prioritization and drive deployment of AI agents within Pharma Direct, focusing on patient-program matching, adherence orchestration, manufacturer ROI intelligence, and Employer Direct automation.
Set business-driven requirements and priorities for AI platform evolution in partnership with Engineering.
Own enterprise adoption of AI solutions across priority business functions, establishing repeatable playbooks for AI deployment and adoption.
Own the establishment of AI governance standards in partnership with Legal, Security, and Data teams, including hallucination monitoring, bias detection, audit trails, and compliance.
Drive the executive relationship with the Sponsor's technology team on AI maturity scoring and alignment, representing GoodRx at portfolio-level forums.