Director, AI Vendor Integrations – Standards

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +14 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee Centene's vendor AI evaluation and integration standards function.

• Manage the vendor AI intake review and technical assessment in collaboration with AI Intake, Enterprise AI Governance, Security Risk Management/TPRM, Procurement, and Legal.

• Assess and document the appropriateness of vendor solutions for Centene's AI Control Plane.

• Ensure adherence to vendor AI integration and interoperability standards throughout vendor partnerships.

• Lead the vendor AI due diligence process, including the completion of Vendor AI Questionnaires.

• Choose and authenticate integration patterns that involve agentic frameworks, the Centene AI Gateway, and network-level observability.

• Create evaluation frameworks for vendor AI bake-offs and competitive reviews.

• Analyze vendor AI architecture, security measures, data flow, governance, operational support, evidence, limitations, and explainability.

• Collaborate with Procurement and Legal on contractual obligations specific to AI.

• Maintain responsibility for ongoing adherence to the vendor AI control plane, including model-change notifications, reassessments, escalations, and remediation efforts.

• Ensure that vendor AI systems and agents are properly registered in the enterprise AI Inventory and Agent Registry.

• Act as the technical reviewer and escalation point for AI functionalities identified during third-party intake processes.

• Develop and disseminate vendor AI standards, reference integration patterns, evidence lists, and routing guidance.

• Recruit, mentor, and lead a team focused on vendor AI assessment and integration design.

• Represent Centene's technical stance in discussions and negotiations with vendors.

• Adhere to policies and standards while performing other assigned duties.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant experience, including previous management roles.

• Equivalent experience may be considered in place of the specified education and experience, based on applicable knowledge, duties, scope, and skills.

• Proven experience in vetting and implementing vendor solutions, preferably in AI.

• Established track record of collaborating across a large organization to create an effective vetting and evaluation process.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

• Sponsorship and future sponsorship options are not available, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, and CPT.

• Willingness to engage in business travel 2–3 times per quarter.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance.

• 401K plan.

• Stock purchase plan.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Flexible work arrangements, including remote, hybrid, field, or office schedules.

• Additional forms of incentives may be included in the overall compensation package.

• Equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity.