Executive Director AI Transformation Technology

The Executive Director of AI and Transformational Technology is Beacon Health System’s system‑level AI executive responsible for setting enterprise direction, establishing standards, and delivering measurable outcomes for artificial intelligence and transformational technology. This role owns the full lifecycle of AI across Beacon—from governance and ethics frameworks to deployment, workforce enablement, and sustained performance measurement—and serves as the executive point of accountability for where AI is applied, at what pace, and with what controls.

Operating at the intersection of clinical operations, executive leadership, and information technology, the Executive Director provides system‑wide executive leadership across all hospitals and business units, driving alignment where teams may not report directly to this role. The role leads a dedicated department of AI and automation specialists and is accountable for building a durable internal capability that reduces vendor dependency, accelerates time‑to‑value, and positions Beacon as a regional leader in responsible AI adoption.

The Executive Director also stewards an enterprise AI portfolio—prioritizing investments, governing deployment gates, and tracking benefits realization in partnership with Finance and operational leaders.

The Executive Director holds a standing seat in Beacon’s senior leadership forums and is expected to function as a system‑level executive—co‑authoring organizational strategy and accountable for enterprise outcomes enabled by AI. This role establishes the enterprise AI operating model, secures organizational commitment, and is accountable for system‑wide value realization, risk posture, and adoption performance across all hospitals, service lines, and corporate functions.

• MISSION
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  We deliver outstanding care, inspire health, and connect with heart.
• VALUES
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  Trust, Respect, Integrity, Compassion.
• SERVICE GOALS
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  Personally connect. Keep everyone informed. Be on their team.

• The Executive Director engages the CMO, CNO, CFO, COO, Hospital Presidents, and Physician Group leaders as a peer executive, co‑owning decisions about how AI investments will be designed, deployed, and measured across clinical and operational domains.
• Partner with the CIDEO as a strategic co‑author of Beacon's AI vision, co‑developing the investment thesis, executive roadmap sequencing, and governance posture that will be presented to the Board of Directors.
• Articulate to the Board, C‑suite, and leaders how digital and AI maturity translates directly into organizational performance.
• Develop and maintain a multi‑year AI strategy roadmap aligned to clinical, operational, and financial priorities—covering near‑term deployments, mid‑term integration with digital transformation initiatives, and long‑term enterprise AI maturity.
• Represent Beacon at external conferences, industry coalitions, and peer health system forums to elevate the organization’s AI profile and import best practices.
• Define success metrics for the AI & Transformational Technology function and report outcomes to executive leadership on a regular cadence.
• Maintain a standing Board reporting relationship, presenting AI strategy, portfolio performance, and risk posture on a regular cadence.

• Holds enterprise decision rights for AI governance approvals and deployment gates, including the authority to pause, remediate, or retire AI solutions that do not meet Beacon’s standards for safety, privacy, security, regulatory compliance, or performance.
• Establishes and enforces the enterprise AI operating model (intake, prioritization, build/buy decisions, validation, implementation, monitoring, and decommissioning) used across all hospitals and corporate functions.
• Serves as the system executive accountable for AI portfolio value realization—setting portfolio KPIs, tracking benefits against commitments, and driving corrective action when adoption or outcomes fall short.
• Owns system‑level AI risk posture and executive escalation, ensuring timely communication to the CIDEO, senior leadership,…