Sr. Assoc. VP & Head of AI Adoption & Clinical Workforce Enablement

Core Job Summary The Sr. Assoc. VP & Head of AI Adoption & Clinical Workforce Enablement is responsible for supporting the enterprise strategy for the evaluation, adoption, governance, and strategic deployment of artificial intelligence across the University of Miami Health System (UHealth). Reporting directly to the CEO of UHealth, the incumbent will strive to position UHealth as the national model for effective AI implementation in healthcare. The position is responsible for bridging clinical operations, research, innovation, communications, and investment strategy to ensure AI delivers measurable improvements in patient care, clinician experience, operational performance, and institutional growth. The role will establish systems, partnerships, and evaluation methodologies that enable UHealth to move beyond isolated AI pilots towards a scalable, validated enterprise approach that becomes a national benchmark for AI adoption. Focusing on three organizational priorities, the role seeks to: 1) Strengthen UHealth’s ability to attract capital, grants, and strategic investment through a rigorous, publishable AI evaluation and validation framework; 2) Improve physician and clinician recruitment and retention by ensuring AI demonstrably reduces administrative burden and enhances clinical practice; and 3) Elevate patient experience by deploying validated AI solutions that improve access, safety, efficiency, and quality while preserving the patient-clinician relationship. Core Job Functions Enterprise AI Strategy Develops and executes UHealth’s enterprise AI strategy aligned with organizational priorities. Advises the CEO of UHealth and executive leadership on emerging AI opportunities, risks, investments, and policy developments. Establishes governance structures that ensure AI technologies are clinically effective and operationally sustainable. Serves as the lead sponsor for AI initiatives spanning clinical, operational, administrative, and research domains with the ability to build initiative‑specific teams by drawing on staff from across UHealth and by engaging external subject‑matter experts on a contract or advisory basis. Clinical AI Adoption Partners with clinical and operational leaders to accelerate meaningful adoption of AI technologies throughout UHealth. Supports service line leaders and informatics teams implementing AI‑enabled workflows. Identifies high‑impact clinical use cases that produce measurable early success. Builds networks of physician, nursing, and operational champions to sustain adoption, drawing on staff and resources from across UHealth as initiatives require. Measures utilization, clinician satisfaction, workflow impact, and patient outcomes following deployment. Leads change management efforts that increase trust and confidence in AI tools. AI Evaluation and Validation Designs and oversees a comprehensive evaluation framework governing every stage of AI implementation. Creates standardized processes for technical review, clinical validation, procurement, implementation, monitoring, and post‑deployment assessment and serves as approver/decision‑maker on vendor selection within that process before system‑wide deployment. Collaborates with engineering, clinical informatics, data science, and research teams to ensure methodological rigor. Develops novel evaluation methodologies that can be published and adopted nationally. Ensures internal control oversight and compliance with laws and regulations, safeguarding of assets, compliance with University policies and procedures, reliability of internal and external reporting, and efficiency and effectiveness of operations. Creates an effective control environment, conducts risk assessment, implements and monitors controls. Executive Strategy and National Leadership Partners directly with the CEO to shape UHealth's national leadership in healthcare AI. Advises executive leadership on AI strategy, communications, and thought leadership. Coordinates conference presentations, publications, media engagement, and policy participation. Ensures UHealth's external reputation reflects demonstrated operational success rather than aspirational messaging. AI Investment and Strategic Partnerships Serves in a decision‑making capacity, alongside executive and financial leadership, regarding AI‑related investments, vendor selection, and strategic collaborations. Evaluates emerging AI companies and technologies aligned with UHealth's clinical priorities. Supports development of formal investment, partnership, or advisory processes for AI technologies. Ensures investment decisions are informed by rigorous clinical evaluation and measurable outcomes. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all‑inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary. Core Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required Experience: Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required Certification and Licensing: Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Strategic Leadership: Commitment to the University’s core values, mission and vision. Understands the strategic vision and major initiatives to lead and influence across departments to achieve goals and drive strategic initiatives. Operational Transformation: Ability to drive operational efficiency. Change Leadership: Ability to lead organizational change initiatives, fostering a culture of innovation and adaptability. Financial Stewardship: Ensures fiscal responsibility, and optimization of financial performance. Stakeholder Engagement: Engaging and communicating with key stakeholders, building strategic partnerships, and enhancing the university's reputation. Innovation: Drives innovation by encouraging/implementing innovative solutions and driving continuous improvement. Communication: Ability to influence others, articulate strategic vision, and ensure clear and persuasive communication. This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job. The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more. UHealth‑University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university‑based health system, provides leading‑edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub‑specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ('UHealth') have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. #J-18808-Ljbffr University of Miami