[Hiring] Director, AI Vendor Integrations & Standards @Centene Corporation

Role Description

Leads Centene's vendor AI review and integration standards function, accountable for ensuring that third-party and vendor-supplied AI capability entering the enterprise is properly assessed, architecturally suitable for Centene's AI Control Plane, and held to defined integration and interoperability standards over the life of the relationship.

• Directs vendor AI intake review and technical assessment in coordination with AI Intake, Enterprise AI Governance, Security Risk Management/TPRM, Procurement, and Legal.
• Ensures AI functionality is disclosed, evaluated, and routed through the required review paths before contract execution or deployment.
• Determines and documents each vendor solution's suitability to the AI Control Plane across the defined integration points.
• Ensures compliance with Centene's standards for vendor AI integration.
• Owns ongoing vendor AI control plane adherence — monitoring conformance, managing model-change notification, and driving remediation.
• Leads a team and serves as the enterprise's AI voice in vendor AI evaluations, bake-offs, relationship management, and contract negotiations.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of related experience, including prior management experience.
• Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Requirements

• Experience vetting and implementing vendor solutions, preferably AI solutions.
• Proven track record partnering across a large organization to build an effective vetting and evaluation process.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Health insurance.
• 401K and stock purchase plans.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid time off plus holidays.
• Flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.