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Senior Director of AI

Date Posted: Oct 13, 2025

Job #1683913
Contract
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

We have partnered with our client in their search for an Interim Senior Director of AI. (Long-term Contract)

Responsibilities

  • Drive AI programs from ideation through execution: Lead and oversee AI initiatives spanning productivity enhancement, Agentic AI integration, and enterprise decision-making frameworks, ensuring measurable business outcomes.

  • Establish and enforce AI governance: Define best practices, ethical guidelines, and decision-making structures within the AI practice, ensuring compliance, alignment, and transparency across departments.

  • Partner with cross-functional leaders: Collaborate with the VP of Architecture, CDIO, Chief of Staff, and senior technology and business stakeholders to optimize & rewire functions for further AI adoption, implementation, and execution to further advance their AI transformation roadmap.

Skills Required

  • Hands-on Agentic AI execution expertise: Proven experience deploying and scaling AI/ML solutions within enterprise environments — particularly leveraging Salesforce AI, Agent Force, Anthropic (LLMs), Microsoft Copilot, and homegrown AI platforms/products.

  • Strategic and operational leadership: Ability to lead multidisciplinary AI teams, make high-level technology and program decisions, and guide large-scale execution rather than pure architecture design.

  • Strong Agentic AI and productivity transformation experience: Deep understanding of agentic AI frameworks, automation enablement, and applying AI to drive cost-efficiency and business performance improvements.

Education & Work Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree (preferably in Computer Science, Data Science, Advanced Analytics, IT, or related field)
  • 7-10+ years of Professional Experience

Title: Senior Director of AI

Location: Remote (requires limited travel) 

Client Industry: Health Insurance

Compensation: $150+/hr 

Ref ID: 1683913 

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