Vice President, Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer
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Job Location:
Sioux Falls, SD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. Were proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.
Work Shift:
8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Union Position:
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The Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAIO) is responsible for defining and executing the enterprise data analytics robotic process automation and AI strategy for the health system. This role ensures that data and AI are trusted secure ethical and effectively leveraged to improve clinical outcomes operational efficiency patient experience research and financial performance. The CDAIO operates at the intersection of clinical operational financial and technology domains translating complex capabilities into measurable business and care transformation outcomes while maintaining compliance with healthcare regulations and ethical AI standards.Job Description
The CDAIO leads the development and execution of an enterprise-wide strategy aligned with the organizations mission and goals serving as the executive champion for data-driven decision-making and AI-enabled transformation. This role partners with executive leadership clinical leaders and the board to identify high-impact use cases for analytics machine learning and generative AI. The CDAIO builds and leads high-performing teams across data engineering analytics data science governance and business intelligence fostering a culture of innovation accountability and continuous improvement while driving alignment across the organization.A core responsibility of the role is establishing strong data and analytics governance. This includes overseeing data quality stewardship standards interoperability and metadata management while ensuring compliance with HIPAA HITECH CMS FDA and other applicable regulations. The CDAIO promotes a single source of truth through consistent data definitions and leads the responsible integration of AI into clinical workflows to improve efficiency reduce documentation burden and enhance patient and provider CDAIO oversees the full lifecycle of AI machine learning and advanced analytics solutions across clinical care population health revenue cycle supply chain and workforce operations. Acting as the organizations central AI authority this leader ensures solutions are ethical transparent and explainable with strong oversight for bias mitigation model performance and clinical safety. The role also governs third-party AI tools and vendor partnerships and drives the integration of AI into care pathways including predictive analytics triage automation and documentation parallel the CDAIO leads workflow redesign efforts to reduce inefficiencies lower cognitive burden and expand capacity while partnering with clinical and operational leaders to modernize care delivery addition the CDAIO develops and executes strategies for data monetization and commercialization. This includes responsibly leveraging de-identified data assets launching AI-enabled products such as predictive models and clinical algorithms and forming strategic partnerships with life sciences organizations startups and academic institutions. The role establishes data-as-a-service and AI-as-a-service capabilities and defines an intellectual property strategy to extend organizational a clinical and operational perspective the CDAIO works closely with physicians nurses and operational leaders to embed analytics and AI into workflows and decision support driving measurable improvements in quality safety access cost and patient experience. The role also supports research clinical trials and innovation through advanced data platforms and expands the organizations reach to broader communities and partnership with the CIO and CDO the CDAIO defines and maintains a modern scalable data and AI architecture. This includes cloud-native platforms real-time data streaming master data management interoperability frameworks such as FHIR and APIs and the transition to a data lakehouse environment. The CDAIO ensures strong data security privacy and system resilience working closely with the CISO to mitigate risks such as model poisoning secure training data pipelines monitor adversarial threats and implement safe AI deployment role also advances research and innovation by integrating diverse data sources including genomics imaging and clinical trials into enterprise analytics. The CDAIO leads initiatives in areas such as federated learning precision medicine and predictive population health while building partnerships that accelerate scientific and clinical a leader of people and culture the CDAIO builds and mentors high-performing teams and fosters enterprise-wide data and AI literacy. This includes developing training programs for leaders and clinicians establishing an AI center of excellence defining emerging roles embedding AI champions across departments and leading change management efforts to drive adoption and reduce resistance.Qualifications
Masters degree in Business Administration Health Administration Information Technology or a related field.10 years of progressive leadership experience in data analytics or AI including significant experience in healthcare or life sciences. A strong understanding of healthcare data domains regulatory requirements and data privacy and security is essential along with a demonstrated track record of leading enterprise-scale transformations. Preferred qualifications include a clinical background or close experience working with clinicians as well as exposure to academic medicine population health value-based care digital health innovation and evolving AI regulations.
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Marshfield Clinic is a health care system with over 50 locations in northern, central, and western Wisconsin. Marshfield Clinic Don't just live. Shine.
