Director, Strategic Initiatives; AI Platform

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Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they’re supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That’s one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.

Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they’re supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That’s one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.

Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

Evolent is building a new AI platform from the ground up, and this role owns the end-to-end program delivery. As Director, Strategic Initiatives , you will lead the strategy and execution of the AI-native platform components that every AI capability across the company will be built on. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in large-scale technology program leadership, platform modernization and application migration, and cross-functional delivery, with a demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, align diverse technical and business stakeholders, and drive sustainable delivery outcomes.

• Lead end-to-end program delivery of the AI-native platform – managing program governance, risks, dependencies, and execution across multiple parallel work streams.

• Lead cross-functional alignment across architecture, engineering, product, data science, and business teams to manage dependencies, accelerate decision-making, and ensure platform capabilities deliver scalable operational outcomes, measurable business value, and sustainable adoption.

• Establish and monitor KPIs and value realization metrics, including delivery milestones, platform performance, quality, adoption, financial impact, and stakeholder satisfaction; provide executive reporting on progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.

• Lead, coach and guide project managers, fostering a culture of high performance, innovation, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Lead migration of AI agents and applications onto the new platform, including planning, testing, validation, and cutover.
• Facilitate platform onboarding standards, architecture patterns, and development requirements to ensure future AI capabilities are built natively on the platform.
• Drive architecture and design decisions that accelerate adoption while minimizing technical debt.

• Embed responsible AI, security, privacy, compliance, and clinical safety requirements into platform delivery.
• Ensure adherence to contractual, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
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