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.