Chief AI Engineer (Chicago)

Chief AI Engineer

Chief AI Engineer

Location : This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid / virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Chief AI Engineer is responsible for enterprise data architecture for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) function.

How You Will Make An Impact :

• Strategic initiatives of data analysis, interpreting results and developing actionable insights and recommendations across the enterprise.
• Responsible for the design, development, deployment, maintenance, enhancement and support of AI Engineering function.
• Influence in Matrixed Orgs : Cross functional guilds (Security, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Data, LOBs); enablement programs, community of practice, and outcome driven collaboration.
• Launch an enterprise AI marketplace & registry with model cards, lineage, data controls, and automated approvals across security, legal, and procurement.
• Implement an AI gateway for role / entitlement aware access, metering / chargeback, and centralized policy enforcement across cloud runtimes.
• Stand Up horizontal AI services (prompt / RAG APIs, vector & feature stores, guardrails / safety, key management, evals / benchmarks) with SDKs and paved road templates.
• Deliver observability & risk with evaluation pipelines, red team / safety tests, drift / quality monitoring, and explainability and post deploy QA.
• Embed privacy, security, and compliance via zero trust patterns, private networking, KMS / Vault, policy based data minimization, and auditable traceability.
• Scale AI workloads on Kubernetes with autoscaling, canaries, and multi region failover; standardized golden paths to accelerate adoption across BUs.
• Drive platform integrations with line of business and back office systems via event streams and standardized connectors.
• Build governance playbooks and chaired architecture reviews; aligned architecture decisions with risk appetite, SLOs, and cost / performance objectives.

Minimum Requirements :

Requires a Bachelor's degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent degree and 12 or more years of experience; or any combination of education and experience in configuration management, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities & Experiences :

Job Level : Non-Management Exempt

Workshift : 1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family : RDA >

Artificial Intelligence

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient / member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.