AVP/VP, AI Engineering & Solutions

AVP/VP, AI Engineering & Solutions Location: Remote US Job Type: FTE with EMIDS The Opportunity EMIDS is at an inflection point. We are a 2000-person healthcare technology and consulting firm in the middle of a bold pivot to an AI-native "Service as a Software" model. Our platform ecosystem, including Pacca Platform, is live and evolving fast. We are looking for a VP of AI Engineering and Solutions who can do what very few people in this industry can: build real AI products at speed and then walk into a room with a healthcare CxOs and make them believe. This is not a traditional engineering leadership role. It sits at the intersection of product, engineering, and revenue. You will own our AI solutions practice end to end, co-sell with our sales team, run rapid prototypes that close deals, and lead a team spanning Product Management and Product Development Life cycles. You will lead a team of Forward Deploy Context Engineers (FDCEs) who will build next generation AI solutions for our customers.

What You Will Do

Drive Revenue Through Engineering Co-sell alongside account executives and sales leaders at healthcare payors and providers Lead live demos and proof-of-concept builds that directly influence deal outcomes Translate complex AI capabilities into compelling, accessible value propositions for C-suite buyers Own 70% of your time on customer-facing solutioning, prototyping, and presales engineering Build Fast, Build Right Rapid prototype AI-powered solutions using modern toolchains including Cursor, Claude Code, Replit, Bolt, and similar platforms Lead solutioning of AI SDLC and AI product management engagements for customers Architect and own EMIDS's internal AI-native development practices and delivery frameworks Balance speed-to-demo with production-grade engineering standards across the 30% internal build portfolio Lead a High-Performing Team Directly manage and grow the organization across product management, product and software development lifecycle. Set engineering culture, hiring bar, and delivery standards for the AI practice Partner with the Chief AI Officer to evolve EMIDS's platform portfolio and internal tooling Build and mentor a team of forward deployed engineers who blend technical depth with client presence Shape the Practice Define and refine EMIDS's AI PDLC / SDLC and AI product management offerings Develop repeatable demo assets, solution templates, and IP that accelerate the sales cycle Contribute to positioning, thought leadership, and go-to-market strategy for the AI practice What We Are Looking For Must Have Proven ability to build AI-powered applications from rapid prototype through production Champion a culture where every practitioner builds; leading by example with regular prototypes shared internally and externally. Hands-on fluency with modern AI development tools: Cursor, Claude Code, Bolt, Replit, or equivalent Consulting DNA: you have worked in a forward deployed or client-facing engineering capacity Track record of influencing revenue: demos that closed, prototypes that won, deals you shaped Leadership experience managing cross-functional product and design teams Entrepreneurial drive: you move fast, you build things, you take ownership Based in the United States with the ability to travel frequently to client sites Strong Plus Healthcare domain knowledge across payor or provider systems (not required but valued) Experience building AI agents, agentic workflows, or LLM-powered products Background in platform or product companies with a commercial engineering mindset Prior experience at a management consulting or technology consulting firm What Success Looks Like In your first 90 days, you are in front of customers building demos and co-selling. Within six months, you have shipped repeatable AI solution templates and contributed to closed revenue. Within a year, the AI Engineering practice is known inside EMIDS and in the market as the team that builds things that win deals and delivers things that actually work.

Compensation and Benefits

Competitive base salary benchmarked to VP-level engineering and consulting roles Performance bonus tied to revenue and practice growth metrics Equity participation reflects the entrepreneurial nature of this role Full benefits including health, dental, vision, and 401(k) Travel budget and tools stipend to support your client-facing work About EMIDS EMIDS is a healthcare-focused technology and consulting firm with teams across the United States, Canada and India. We build and deploy AI-native platforms for payors, providers, and health tech companies. Our products include Pacca AI - Master Control Plane for healthcare, powering agentic apps across payer, provider, and health tech operations. We are not a big consulting firm trying to become AI. We are building AI-native from the ground up, and we are looking for people who want to be part of that. EMIDs is a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital and Blue Venture Funds. Apply To This Job