Head of IT — Precision Diagnosis

Job Title  Head of IT - Precision Diagnosis

Job Description  The Head of IT for Precision Diagnosis is the most senior IT leader embedded in Philips' largest and most technology-intensive business unit. This role owns the end-to-end IT strategy, delivery, and operations for Precision Diagnosis- spanning diagnostic imaging (MR, CT, Ultrasound). The role operates at the intersection of enterprise platform consumption (SAP S/4, Salesforce, Workday), BU-specific digital product engineering, and AI/data capabilities.

It demands a leader who can translate clinical and commercial priorities into technology roadmaps, govern a portfolio of Run and Improve initiatives, and drive the business unit's digital transformation in a regulated health technology environment. This is a Vice President position within the Philips IT Leadership Team. In addition, the Head of IT is the designated AI & Data Champion for Precision Diagnosis - the single accountable leader who owns the BU's AI and data agenda end to end: partnering with the business to identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases, building AI solutions, organizing and governing the BU data estate, standing up a dedicated BU-centric AI team, and acting as the connective tissue to the enterprise AI & Data organization and the AI Center of Excellence (COE).

About the Role:

IT Strategy & Business Alignment   Own and execute the IT strategy for Precision Diagnosis, ensuring full alignment with BU commercial objectives, clinical innovation priorities, and the Group IT three-pillar operating model (AI & Data Factory, Platform Operations, Digital Product Engineering).
Strategically drive the future IT Strategy around the Services Business IT needs.
Serve as the primary IT interlocutor to the BU CEO, BU leadership team, and functional stakeholders - translating business needs into prioritised technology investments and delivery commitments.
Drive adoption of enterprise platforms within the BU, balancing standardisation benefits with BU-specific requirements in areas such as service contracts, installed-base management, and clinical workflow integration.
Shape the BU’s digital product engineering agenda in partnership with the BU Leaders, ensuring in-product AI/ML capabilities (imaging interpretation, clinical decision support) consume shared AI platform services from the AI & Data Factory.

Delivery & Portfolio Governance   Govern the BU IT portfolio across Run (operational stability, service levels, incident management) and Improve (transformation programs, platform migrations, capability builds), ensuring disciplined milestone delivery and value realisation.
Lead the BU’s participation in the SAP S/4 transformation program, owning BU-specific process design, data migration, and change management while coordinating with the central Platform Operations team.
Manage BU IT budgets under the consumption-based charging model, ensuring transparent cost attribution, investment trade-off decisions, and predictable financial performance.
Oversee vendor and partner relationships specific to the BU, including clinical IT vendors, imaging platform providers, and systems integrators.

AI & Data Championship, Data & Digital Enablement   Partner with the AI & Data Factory to prioritise and accelerate AI use cases for Precision Diagnosis - especially GenAI-enabled clinical workflows and for the Services Business.
Champion data-driven decision making within the BU, ensuring data domains (clinical, commercial, operational) are governed, curated, and available for AI consumption through the enterprise data mesh architecture.
Drive the adoption of AI-augmented IT operations within the BU, including agentic workflows for incident resolution, automated testing, and intelligent process automation.
Act as the BU's AI & Data Champion - the visible, accountable owner of the Precision Diagnoses AI agenda - setting the vision, roadmap, and value narrative for AI and data across the business unit and embedding an AI-first mindset into diagnostic and treatment workflows.
Co-create with business, clinical, commercial, and service stakeholders to identify, qualify, and prioritise high-impact AI value use cases, maintaining a governed use-case pipeline with clear business cases, value-at-stake, and adoption KPIs.
Build, lead, and develop a dedicated BU-centric AI team - AI product owners, data engineers, ML/GenAI engineers, and use-case translators - that designs, builds, and scales fit-for-purpose AI solutions for Precision…