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Head of Applied AI

San FranciscoFull-time2026-10-12 → 2026-10-13

Core

Lead the team building production AI agents and intelligence systems for complex clinical and operational workflows in healthcare.

Role type

Senior IC/Staff-level Applied AI Head (Technical & Organizational Leadership)

Builds

Production AI agents, evaluation frameworks, and shared foundations for clinical AI products

Domain

Healthcare / Applied AI / Enterprise Software

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Production-grade LLM agent development, live system ownership, model training/fine-tuning, build-versus-buy judgment, team leadership, architecture strategy, stakeholder partnership, performance management

Preferred skills

Healthcare domain experience, sensitive data system experience

Technologies

LLMs, Agent frameworks, Post-training tools, Evaluation systems

Responsibilities

Set strategy and operating model for Applied AI; Lead team building production AI agents; Own Latent Agent and evaluation framework; Establish evaluation practices; Make build-versus-buy decisions; Partner with Product/Engineering to define priorities; Guide technical direction; Build and develop high-performing team; Ensure reliability of live AI systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with significant leadership responsibility