Vice President​/Head of Artificial Intelligence

Vice President/Head of Artificial Intelligence

Framingham, MA

At Definitive Healthcare (NASDAQ: DH), we’re passionate about turning data, analytics, and expertise into meaningful intelligence that helps our customers achieve success and shape the future of healthcare. We empower them to uncover the right markets, opportunities, and people—paving the way for smarter decisions and greater impact.

We’re headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, with three office locations globally, including locations in Sweden and India. Since our founding in 2011, we have grown to a global client base of 2,400+ customers.

We foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive innovation. Through programs like Definitive Cares and our employee-led affinity groups, we strive to promote connection, education, and inclusion.

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary leader to serve as our Vice President / Head of Artificial Intelligence
. This executive will be responsible for defining and executing the organization’s AI strategy end-to-end—research, productization, operations, ethics, and talent development—positioning us as an industry leader in AI innovation.

The AI Leader will spearhead the enterprise-wide AI strategy, driving innovation, operational efficiency, and competitive advantage through responsible and scalable AI adoption. This role blends technical depth with strategic vision, requiring a leader who can align AI initiatives with business goals, manage cross-functional teams, and evangelize AI across the organization.

This is a transformative leadership role for a hands-on leader with the vision and operational rigor to scale artificial intelligence capabilities for a high-growth, data-driven business.

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Define and execute the enterprise AI roadmap, including GenAI, agentic frameworks, and chatbot UX initiatives.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to align AI investments with GTM, product, engineering, and operational priorities.
• Drive the integration of AI/ML capabilities across products, services, and internal operations as well as the enterprise.
• Stay at the forefront of AI trends, emerging technologies and regulations; evaluate partnerships and M&A opportunities in the AI space to ensure the company maintains a competitive edge.
• Represent the company in external forums, conferences, and strategic collaborations (e.g., Databricks, Tamr).
• Oversee research and development of advanced AI/ML models, including generative AI, predictive analytics, and other cutting-edge methods.
• Translate research breakthroughs into scalable, secure, and high-impact products.
• Establish best-in-class data science and machine learning engineering practices (MLOps, model governance, reproducibility).

Technical Oversight, Data Strategy & Infrastructure

• Partner with engineering, IT, data, and product teams to build robust data pipelines, platforms, and infrastructure.
• Ensure responsible data acquisition, storage, privacy, and compliance (GDPR, CCPA, and emerging U.S. AI regulations).
• Guide architecture and deployment of AI/ML models across verticals (e.g., healthcare, life sciences, sales enablement).
• Ensure data integrity, model defensibility, and compliance with ethical AI standards.

Talent, Organizational, and Cross-Functional Leadership

• Build, inspire, and retain a world-class AI organization—including research scientists, ML engineers, data scientists, product managers, and applied AI specialists.
• Mentor talent and foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and accountability.
• Develop cross-functional training and upskilling initiatives to embed AI literacy across the company.
• Serve as the cross-functional resident expert for AI for the enterprise.
• Establish performance metrics to measure adoption and foster a culture of experimentation, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills—trusted advisor to C-level stakeholders.
• Experience leading, developing, and mentoring global, diverse teams in multiple time zones.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate complex technical needs…