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Executive Director, Strategic Enablers, Frontier Partnerships and R&D

Labcorp


Job Location:

Durham, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 3 August 2026 (25 days ago)
Application Deadline: 31 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary


Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers patients researchers pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science data technology and laboratory network we advance diagnostics accelerate innovation and help address some of the worlds most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare we are leveraging advanced technologies intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise youll have the opportunity to do meaningful work grow your career and make a real impact on peoples health around the world. Together were improving health and improving lives.


Labcorp is seeking an Executive Director Strategic Enablers Frontier Partnerships and R&D to join our team in Durham NC.
Work Schedule: Work Schedule: Durham NC / Hybrid Full-time Reports to: Chief AI Officer Travel: 40-50%
Job Responsibilities
  • Define and lead Labcorps strategy for enterprise AI enablers agentic software development lifecycle (SDLC) knowledge management semantic architecture and emerging AI capabilities.
  • Partner with engineering data enterprise architecture and business leaders to accelerate AI adoption through reusable platforms standards and shared services.
  • Establish enterprise strategies for AI governance evaluation observability security reliability and responsible AI implementation.
  • Drive the development and adoption of reusable AI patterns agent frameworks developer tooling enterprise AI services and knowledge-based AI capabilities.
  • Lead evaluation of emerging AI technologies platforms strategic partnerships and build-versus-buy decisions to support enterprise objectives.
  • Define and oversee enterprise AI platform capabilities including model access resiliency operational governance cost management and lifecycle management.
  • Build strategic relationships across the AI ecosystem including technology providers research organizations startups academic institutions and industry partners.
  • Lead rapid AI experimentation innovation pilots and R&D initiatives that translate emerging capabilities into scalable business solutions.
  • Partner with Corporate Development and business leaders to evaluate AI-enabled growth opportunities strategic partnerships and technology investments.
  • Build and lead a high-performing organization focused on AI enablement innovation partnerships and enterprise capability development.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors Degree
  • 15 or more years of experience in software engineering platform engineering AI data enterprise technology or technology leadership roles including responsibility for enterprise-scale platforms technology strategy and organizational leadership.
  • 5 or more years of experience leading the design deployment and scaling of production AI machine learning generative AI agentic AI retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or AI-assisted development capabilities.
  • 5 or more years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise-grade software platforms developer platforms distributed systems or AI-enabled technology solutions.
  • 5 or more years of experience leading enterprise initiatives involving AI enablement developer productivity platform strategy knowledge management semantic technologies or emerging technology adoption
Preferred Qualifications
  • Masters degree in computer science Artificial Intelligence Data Science Engineering or Business Administration
  • 5 or more years of experience in healthcare diagnostics life sciences pharmaceutical payer provider or other regulated industries supporting solutions involving PII PHI compliance validation and audit requirements.
  • 5 or more years of experience designing and implementing enterprise AI platforms agentic AI systems retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and AI-enabled developer platforms.
  • 5 or more years of experience with enterprise knowledge graph platforms semantic data models ontologies semantic layer architectures or enterprise knowledge management capabilities.
  • 5 or more years of experience with AI orchestration frameworks agent protocols vector databases model gateways and multi-model AI ecosystems.
  • 5 or more years of experience leading AI governance security privacy compliance or risk management initiatives across enterprise organizations.
Additional Job Standards
  • Deep knowledge of modern AI architectures including foundation models agentic systems retrieval orchestration evaluation observability and production operations.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise knowledge management semantic technologies knowledge graphs ontology design and AI grounding strategies.
  • Expertise in LLMOps AI governance security privacy identity management regulatory compliance and trusted AI operations.
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging technologies architectural patterns and strategic investments including build-versus-buy-versus-partner decisions.
  • Ability to establish and drive adoption of enterprise standards reusable frameworks self-service platforms and governance practices.
  • Experience leading innovation programs applied to AI pilots and enterprise transformation initiatives that successfully scale into production.
  • Proven ability to build strategic partnerships across technology providers AI vendors startups research organizations and industry ecosystems.
  • Strong executive leadership communication and stakeholder management skills with a demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams and influence technical and business leaders.
Benefits: Medical Dental Vision Life STD/LTD 401(k) Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO) Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours Casual Intern and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) who are regularly scheduled toworka 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information pleaseclick here.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) family or parental status marital civil union or domestic partnership status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression personal appearance age veteran status disability genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.


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