Head of AI & Data, Healthcare Transformation

Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid; travel as needed)

Employment Type: Contract
-potential extension/long-term opportunity

About Care Advantage

Care Advantage is a leading home health organization recognized for delivering high-quality, compassionate care to the communities we serve. We operate at the intersection of healthcare excellence and technology innovation, supporting patients and caregivers through scalable, data-driven solutions.

As part of our continued growth, we are undergoing a full-scale digital transformation, investing heavily in modern data infrastructure and artificial intelligence to drive:

• Better patient outcomes
• Operational efficiency
• Financial performance
• Workforce empowerment

The Role:
Why This Position Matters

This is not a maintenance role-this is a build, transform, and lead mandate.

The Director of AI & Data will serve as the enterprise owner of our AI and data ecosystem, responsible for:

• Setting strategy and governance
• Driving execution and adoption
• Delivering measurable business outcomes

You will partner directly with executive leadership and act as a force multiplier across the organization, transforming raw data into actionable insights and AI-powered capabilities.

This role is ideal for a leader who thrives in high-ownership, high-visibility environments where they can shape the future-not just operate within it.

Core Responsibilities & Impact Areas

AI Strategy, Governance & Enterprise Adoption

You will architect and operationalize Care Advantage's AI vision across all business functions.

What success looks like:

• Enterprise-wide AI use cases delivering measurable ROI
• Responsible AI practices embedded in workflows
• Scalable AI adoption across departments

Key responsibilities:

• Own and administer the organization's AI productivity stack (LLMs, automation tools, copilots)
• Identify, prioritize, and deploy high-impact AI use cases (clinical, financial, HR, operations)
• Develop governance frameworks for responsible AI usage, data privacy, and HIPAA compliance
• Lead pilot-to-production lifecycle for emerging technologies
• Partner with business leaders to define success metrics and adoption KPIs

Data Platform Ownership & Architecture

You will fully own the enterprise data platform, ensuring it is reliable, scalable, and aligned to business needs.

Core platform responsibilities:

• Cloud data warehouse ownership (architecture, performance, cost optimization)
• ETL/ELT pipeline orchestration, monitoring, and expansion
• Data modeling, transformation, and integration across systems
• Data lifecycle management and technical documentation

Impact expectations:

• Near real-time access to trusted data
• Reduced data latency and improved data accuracy
• Scalable architecture supporting growth and acquisitions

Business Intelligence & Analytics Delivery

You will lead the transformation from reactive reporting → proactive, insight-driven decisioning.

Key responsibilities:

• Own enterprise BI tools, dashboards, and reporting standards
• Deliver critical reporting for:
• Finance & revenue cycle
• Operations
• Value-Based Care programs
• Automate manual reporting through pipelines and dashboarding
• Establish enterprise KPI definitions and governance standards

Expected outcomes:

• Faster executive decision-making
• Reduced manual reporting effort
• Increased trust in data across the organization

You will implement a mature data governance framework across all systems.

Responsibilities:

• Define data ownership, lineage, and integrity standards
• Establish quality monitoring and issue resolution processes
• Enforce data access controls and role-based permissions
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA and regulatory requirements
• Partner with application teams to improve upstream data quality

You will build and lead a high-performing data organization.

Your leadership scope:

• Direct management of Data Engineering and BI resources
• Hiring, onboarding, and scaling the team as maturity grows
• Establishing development plans and performance expectations
• Reducing reliance on external vendors while building internal capability

Leadership expectations:

• Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and innovation
• Develop a team that is…