[Hiring] Innovation Program Director, Emerging Technology @Rochester Regional Health

Role Description

Lead the strategy, execution, and scaling of enterprise AI programs that advance care quality, reduce operational and provider burden, and improve patient and team experience. This role oversees the AI Center of Excellence, leads AI-focused workgroups across clinical and administrative domains, and manages an AI Platform team responsible for enabling safe, scalable AI capabilities. Partner closely with clinical, operational, IT, data, finance, and compliance leaders to identify, evaluate, and operationalize AI-enabled solutions aligned to Rochester Regional Health’s strategic priorities. Support responsible AI governance, build organizational AI capability, and ensure measurable outcomes from AI innovation and adoption efforts.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage a multi-year enterprise AI roadmap, including intake, prioritization, governance cadence, and success metrics.
• Lead the AI Center of Excellence and AI-focused workgroups, aligning efforts across clinical, operational, and administrative domains.
• Prepare executive, EMC, and board-ready updates on AI strategy, risk, performance, and outcomes.
• Oversee an AI Platform team responsible for enabling core AI capabilities, tools, and patterns across the health system.
• Partner with IS&T, Data and Analytics, Security, and Architecture teams to ensure AI solutions are scalable, secure, and standards-aligned.
• Establish shared services, reference architectures, and reusable components to accelerate responsible AI adoption.
• Build and manage a balanced portfolio of AI use cases, pilots, and scaled solutions spanning clinical, operational, financial, and experience outcomes.
• Lead structured evaluation of AI opportunities, including feasibility, risk, ROI, and readiness assessments.
• Track stage gates, dependencies, investment, and realized value across the AI lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional teams to pilot AI solutions, validate outcomes, and transition successful efforts into sustained operations.
• Partner with operational owners to support change management, adoption, and measurement of real-world impact.
• Ensure clarity of handoff between innovation, platform, and operational teams.
• Support AI-focused innovation programs, including internal innovation challenges, clinician-led AI initiatives, and external vendor or startup collaborations.
• Coordinate AI-related partnerships, pilots, and proofs of concept, in collaboration with sourcing, legal, and finance teams.
• Coordinate privacy, security, clinical safety, and ethical AI considerations with Legal, Compliance, and Governance bodies.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise AI policies, regulatory requirements, and clinical governance frameworks.
• Maintain dashboards and reporting on AI adoption, utilization, outcomes, and risk.
• Publish periodic summaries and case studies demonstrating impact and lessons learned.
• Drive continuous improvement of AI program management and governance practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Health Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years leading innovation, product, transformation, or related programs in healthcare or complex regulated environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree (e.g., MBA, MHA, or MS).
• Certifications: e.g., Lean/Six Sigma, PMP, Prosci or equivalent change management.
• Familiarity with health IT/AI tools (EHR ecosystems, analytics platforms) to assess feasibility and readiness.
• Demonstrated success running multi‑stakeholder pilots and scaling solutions with quantifiable outcomes (cost, quality, access, experience).
• Strong portfolio management and program budgeting skills; familiarity with stage‑gate or agile frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills with executive presence; ability to influence clinical and operational leaders.

Physical Requirements

• L - Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly; requires occasional walking, standing or squatting.
• For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.
• Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

Pay Range

$140,000.00 - $170,000.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.