Vice President, Enterprise Architecture (Data & AI/ML)

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Aya Healthcare is seeking a visionary Vice President of Enterprise Architecture to shape and lead our technology strategy across applications, data, infrastructure, and AI. This executive will define the architectural blueprint that powers scalability, innovation, and intelligent decision-making across our enterprise.

We're looking for a transformational leader who combines deep technical expertise with strategic foresight - someone who has built and scaled architecture organizations, driven data and AI initiatives, and led successful cloud transformations in complex, fast-growing environments.

Who We Are:

We're a $10+ billion, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform.

At Aya, we're obsessed with creating exceptional experiences for our clients, clinicians, and employees. In fact, we put employee satisfaction above all else. Our team members are responsible for incomparable customer experience and we know that happy employees are critical to maintaining happy clients. We foster an entrepreneurial, high-energy, low-bureaucracy culture and value innovative thinking and creative problem solving. We embrace diversity in thought and backgrounds unified by a commitment to high achievement. When you join Aya, you'll be surrounded by teammates who care about you as an individual and leaders who will help you grow both personally and professionally.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Architecture Leadership

• Define and execute Aya's enterprise architecture vision and roadmap, ensuring tight alignment with business goals and long-term growth strategies.
• Partner with senior leadership to guide technology investments that enhance agility, resilience, and digital innovation.
• Integrate architecture disciplines across data, AI/ML, application, integration, and infrastructure domains into a cohesive enterprise ecosystem.

Data & AI/ML Enablement

• Design and evolve Aya's enterprise data and AI architecture, including data mesh, governance, analytics, and MLOps frameworks.
• Collaborate with Data Science and Engineering teams to build scalable, production-grade AI/ML platforms that enable model deployment, monitoring, and continuous optimization.
• Be a champion for responsible AI principles, ensuring transparency, fairness, and regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies such as large language models, vector databases, generative AI, and semantic retrieval to maintain a competitive advantage.

Team Leadership & Organizational Growth

• Build, mentor, and scale a world-class enterprise architecture team across multiple domains and geographies.
• Define clear success metrics, growth paths, and frameworks to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability that empowers architects to drive measurable business value.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, and data leaders to translate architectural strategy into execution and outcomes.

Governance & Innovation

• Establish and enforce architecture standards, design patterns, and review processes to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance.
• Balance innovation with operational excellence, enabling calculated risk-taking while maintaining architectural integrity.
• Continuously monitor technology and industry trends to evolve Aya's enterprise technology stack and ensure future readiness.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: 15+ years of progressive technology and architecture leadership experience.
• Enterprise Architecture Leadership: 8+ years leading enterprise or solution architecture at scale across multiple domains.
• Team Leadership: 7+ years building and growing architecture teams within large, matrixed enterprises (Fortune 500 or comparable).
• Data & AI/ML Expertise: 7+ years architecting enterprise-scale data platforms, analytics, and AI/ML ecosystems.
• Cloud Platforms: 5+ years leading architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP (multi-cloud experience preferred).
• Frameworks: Hands-on experience with TOGAF, Zachman, SAFe, or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Security & Compliance: Proven ability to ensure alignment with data privacy and regulatory standards (HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, etc.).
• Executive Influence: Track record of partnering with C-level leaders to translate architectural vision into measurable business outcomes.

Preferred Experience

• Leadership experience in large-scale data or AI-driven digital transformation programs.
• Background in healthcare, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with enterprise interoperability, knowledge graph architectures, and responsible AI frameworks.
• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.

What We Offer:

• Free premium medical, dental, life and vision insurance
• Generous 401(k) match
• Aya also offers other benefits to those that are eligibleand where required by applicable law, including reimbursementsand discretionary bonuses
• Aya provides paid sick leave in accordance with all applicable state, federal, and local laws. Aya's general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. However, to the extent any provisions of the statement above conflict with any applicable paid sick leave laws, the applicable paid sick leave laws are controlling
• Celebrations! We hit our goals and reward ourselves.
• Company-sponsored virtual events, happy hours and team-building activities are always on the horizon - plus, you get a special treat on your birthday!
• UnlimitedDTO- we believe in time off!
• Virtual yoga, meditation or boot camp classes offered daily

Compensation: Aya reasonably anticipates the pay scale for this position to be an annual salary of $275,000 to $300,000.

The pay scale for this position may vary if applicant possesses experience outside of what Aya reasonably anticipates for this position. Bonuses are subject to the role and your manager's discretion.

Aya is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO), including Disability / Vets, and welcomes all to apply. Please click here for our EEO policy