Head of Applied AI Engineering
- Compensation
- $300K–$365K
- Work mode
- Remote
- Location
- United States (Remote, US time zones)
- Industry
- Healthcare Technology
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The mandate
We are looking for a Head of Applied AI Engineering with 10+ years of experience to build and lead the organization new Applied AI (forward-deployed engineering) group. We need a hands-on, entrepreneurial player-coach with executive presence who can show what a great FDE looks like while growing a large team. This person will help take a profitable, $1.6B healthcare AI company from $100M+ to $500M in revenue.
Key responsibilities
- Spend about 75% of your time as a hands-on builder, setting the standard for how the organization forward-deployed engineers work
- Build agentic AI and LLM systems, such as voice agents and multimodal conversational systems for scheduling and routing, that plug into client enterprise systems
- Ship predictive "precision targeting" models on the organization 1.2 PB of proprietary data, for use cases like patient recruitment for Phase II/III drug trials
- Spend about 25% of your time leading the team: hiring, firing, motivating and mentoring a fast-growing group of Applied AI Engineers
- Serve as the technical executive for strategic enterprise healthcare clients and support pre-sales and expansion deals
- 10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, including at least a couple of years managing people
- Strong data science and ML background, with experience putting AI/ML and agentic systems into production (Python, TypeScript/Node, LangChain/LangGraph, AWS)
- Experience in healthcare, health insurance, health systems, life sciences or pharma
- Entrepreneurial startup background, ideally with long tenure through a company's growth and exposure to scaling past $100M in revenue
- Executive presence and commercial skills: comfortable leading a boardroom while staying humble and low-ego
What you bring
- 10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, including at least a couple of years managing people
- Strong data science and ML background, with experience putting AI/ML and agentic systems into production (Python, TypeScript/Node, LangChain/LangGraph, AWS)
- Experience in healthcare, health insurance, health systems, life sciences or pharma
- Entrepreneurial startup background, ideally with long tenure through a company's growth and exposure to scaling past $100M in revenue
- Executive presence and commercial skills: comfortable leading a boardroom while staying humble and low-ego
Location & engagement details
United States (Remote, US time zones) · Remote
The base salary is $300K–$365K, plus a performance bonus and a generous equity package. the organization is flexible on pay and can go higher for exceptional candidates. the organization also runs secondary equity sales every 18–24 months, so you can turn some of your equity into cash without waiting for an IPO.; Equity: Competitive equity; Visa sponsorship details: Open to visa transfers (e.g. OPT, H1B transfers); Remote work policy: US-based working US time zones, or Israel-based working Israel hours; 10–20% travel; no relocation support
About this mandate
This is a live head of function search with direct introductions to the hiring team. The role sits in healthcare technology and is located in United States (Remote, US time zones) on a remote basis, with compensation of $300K–$365K.
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Who can apply
- C-suite, EVP/SVP, VP and Head of function leaders
- Proven scale-up, venture-backed or enterprise leadership experience
- Track record of building and leading teams in the relevant function
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- This is a confidential search. The company name and full role details are only discussed on a call with one of our recruiters if there is a close match.
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