VP, Technology & Innovation (Cobalt)
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Job Summary
VP AI Product & Technology
Cobalt (Innovation)
Reports to: EVP Technology & Intelligence
Cobalt is building the technology and AI platform that will define how CalciumCompany shows up for clients over the next five years. The VP Technology & Innovation brings it to life.
This is a senior leadership role for someone who can do three things at once: build differentiated AI and technology products against the vision set by the EVP lead engineering and applied AI teams and sell that work to senior clients in healthcare and life sciences. You will not be a back-office technologist you will be a commercial leader with deep technical credibility.
Reporting to the EVP Technology & Intelligence you will partner across Cobalts three capability pillars Development & Infrastructure Data & AI and Analytics Search & Performance Marketing to translate them into productized solutions clients can buy deploy and scale.
Principal Responsibilities
(Duties may include but are not limited to all or some of the following)
Commercial Growth & Client Engagement
- Drive new business development for Cobalts AI and technology offerings
- Lead senior client conversations on AI and technology-enabled marketing in healthcare and life sciences
- Shape and present technology and AI components of pitches and proposals
- Execute against the AI and technology vision set by the EVP Technology & Intelligence translating it into product roadmap and platform priorities
- Mentor and develop teams spanning product engineering data science and applied AI
- Partner with the Cobalt Solutions Manager to align inbound client work with productized Cobalt offerings
- Own the product roadmap for Cobalts proprietary AI offerings capability priorities release planning and client adoption
- Bring to market new AI-enabled products and solutions that extend Cobalts competitive differentiation
- Provide engineering direction across platform architecture code quality security and scalability
- Ensure responsible compliant use of AI in healthcare marketing data privacy regulatory considerations and MLR alignment
- 10 years in technology AI or product leadership with at least 3 years in a senior leadership capacity
- Healthcare or life sciences experience direct work in pharma biotech medical device or a healthcare-regulated environment
- Agency experience track record building and selling technology or AI solutions in an agency or consulting environment serving external clients
- Demonstrated ability to sell complex technical solutions to senior client stakeholders (CMO Chief Digital Officer CTO)
- Track record of bringing AI-enabled products or platforms to market
- Strong understanding of AI machine learning LLMs and applied generative AI and how these capabilities translate into commercial offerings
- Strong product management instincts and leadership presence across technical client and executive audiences
- Familiarity with life sciences platforms such as Veeva CRM or IQVIA OCE
- Hands-on experience with modern data and engineering environments Python SQL APIs AWS / Azure / GCP
For U.S. Job Seekers it is the policy of CalciumCompany to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race religion color ethnic origin gender gender identity age marital status veteran status sexual orientation disability or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal state or local law.
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About Company
Calcium is a division of Calcium+Company, an award-winning healthcare marketing agency dedicated to nourishing companies and brands.