Vice President, AI Engineering

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The Vice President, AI Engineering, sets drives AI Architecture and Engineering delivery, Solution Strategy and Product Management. This role serves as a strategic technical leader tasked with building, accelerating and scaling the delivery of our internal, employee-facing AI portfolio.

This role encompasses the setting the strategic technology direction, deployment of enterprise AI solutions that enhance employee productivity, as well as supporting AI delivery across key corporate functions in an effort transform work across back-office business operations. We are seeking an accomplished leader to build and guide a team committed not only to building, delivering, adopting, and scaling AI-powered solutions, but also to collaborating organization-wide in support of our business AI strategies.

This position oversees a multidisciplinary group of solution engineers, and delivery professionals who design, architect, implement, and drive adoption of impactful AI solutions across the UHG ecosystem.

This role bridges product strategy, stakeholder engagement, and technical execution. Partnering with IT and business leaders to transform businesses into empowered and enabled AI-first teams. Translating complex AI capabilities into scalable solutions by shaping and executing the AI delivery roadmap in alignment with enterprise strategy. This role requires deep technical expertise, business and relationship acumen, and a passion for operational excellence.

The role also involves close collaboration with senior internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between solution delivery and enterprise priorities.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

For all hires within 30 minutes of an office in Minnesota or Washington, D.C., you'll be required to work a minimum of four days per week in-office.

Primary Responsibilities:

Develop and implement the technology strategy for Enterprise AI

* This includes the development and delivery of scaled AI solutions that delight UHG employees as well as the integration of AI into corporate functions across UHG. This includes custom solutions as well and vended solutions like copilot and agent space

* The encompasses the AI strategy, tooling, architecture, and engineering delivery as well as research & development of new AI technologies, product management, and business value management of the features and solutions to ensure value delivery. Finally, this role includes leadership of the AI enablement and acceleration team to maximize impact and adoption

* Set the strategy, define key roles, develop and implement the operating model and operational routines to run an efficient, innovative, and agile AI strategy and delivery machine

* Partner across other AI teams in the organization to ensure strategic and technical alignment, reusability, and interoperability of AI solutions

Corporate Systems Solution Strategy & Architecture

* Reimagine and drive technical solutioning for AI solutions that drive value across key business functions. Ingest business and technology roadmaps to create AI strategies that propel business and technology strategies forward with AI-powered transformation

* Influence business and IT partners to transform the technology to an AI-ready stack to accelerate transformation across business functions - including taking full advantage of vendor AI solutions embedded in packaged software

* Drive creative and bold innovation to help define and shape enterprise solutioning and ensure technical feasibility, scalability, and reusability

* Engage across technology and business partners to align solution design with transformation goals and long-term value

Technical Delivery Leadership

* Define and oversee delivery engineering teams responsible for implementing AI solutions across the enterprise and corporate business functions

* Ensure systems are in place to guarantee engineering excellence and accountability across all phases of solution implementation

* Drive delivery excellence through standardized frameworks, reusable components, and scalable integration models

* Align delivery with platform capabilities and roadmap. Collaborate with senior leaders across product, engineering, and business units to align solution strategy with enterprise goals

Ethical & Responsible AI

* Ensure solutions adhere to ethical AI standards, including fairness, transparency, and regulatory compliance

* Align delivery practices with enterprise values and governance…