Lead Director, Data Science - Clinical AI
Core
Lead the AI strategy and talent for an enterprise clinical intelligence platform, shipping production clinical AI capabilities that generate evidence-backed insights for healthcare businesses.
Role type
Senior IC/Lead Director clinical AI strategy and team leadership
Builds
Production clinical AI capabilities, model evaluation harnesses, and reusable model patterns for enterprise scale
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical AI / Enterprise Data Science
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
AI/ML strategy, team leadership, model evaluation and monitoring, regulatory compliance (HIPAA/NCQA), Python, SQL, LLMs and generative AI, cross-functional partnership
Preferred skills
Squad-based operating model, clinical data from EMR systems, clinical informatics partnership, AI benchmarking frameworks
Technologies
Python, SQL, Large Language Models, Generative AI
Responsibilities
Set AI strategy and technical goals for the portfolio; Co-shape technical direction with product and engineering; Ensure AI capabilities fit within the broader clinical intelligence platform; Translate regulatory policies into engineering practices; Advance modern AI techniques for clinical data; Raise the bar on model evaluation and clinical validation; Drive cost, latency, reliability, and scalability improvements; Manage and develop a team of data scientists; Hire and retain top clinical AI talent
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with people management