Skip to content

Director, AI Strategy & Operations

170k – 185kNew York, NYBusiness OperationsHybrid10+ YOE
Summary

As Director of AI Strategy & Operations, you will define and execute the AI strategy across the patient journey, owning the AI product roadmap and ensuring the performance of deployed AI agents. This role involves translating business needs into deployable solutions and managing vendor relationships.

About the role

Key Responsibilities:

AI Vision & Strategy

  • Define where AI creates durable impact across the patient and clinician journey, and build the multi-year strategy to get there.
  • Translate strategy into concrete roadmaps, success metrics, and business cases that align Product, Engineering, and Operations around shared priorities.
  • Champion responsible AI governance standards, especially important in a healthcare context where trust is everything.

AI Product Management

  • Own the AI product roadmap end-to-end, ensuring systems talk to each other across Genesys, ServiceNow, Snowflake, the native Talkiatry app, and LLM infrastructure.
  • Turn patient needs and operational workflows into product requirements that balance automation, safety, and empathy.
  • Partner with Engineering and Data on architecture decisions – you don't need to build it, but you need to understand how it connects.
  • Stay close to emerging technologies and know when something is ready to move from interesting to investable.

AI Agent Operations & Quality

  • Own the performance of deployed AI agents – containment rate, response accuracy, resolution efficiency, patient and clinician satisfaction.
  • When something breaks or drifts, find the root cause and fix it: prompt updates, workflow changes, model retraining, knowledge base gaps.
  • Build feedback loops from frontline teams so issues surface before they compound.
  • Maintain the knowledge infrastructure (taxonomy, content ingestion, source-of-truth integrations) and set governance processes that keep agents accurate and current.

Vendor Strategy & Program Delivery

  • Lead vendor strategy: find the right partners, negotiate the terms, and hold them accountable for outcomes, not just delivery.
  • Oversee a portfolio of concurrent AI initiatives from scoping through UAT, launch, optimization, and scale.
  • Build internal AI enablement so teams across the org know how to work alongside the tools you're deploying.

Requirements:

  • 10+ years in strategy & operations, product management, or AI/automation, with real experience deploying AI into live operational environments.
  • A track record of defining and executing AI strategy.
  • Strong grasp of conversational AI platforms, LLM infrastructure, and how enterprise systems connect (APIs, telephony, CRM, data platforms) – preferred but not required if the operational instincts are strong.
  • Analytical enough to build performance frameworks and pressure-test results. You don't need a perfect model to move, but you don't wing it.
  • Strong project and vendor management – you can run a complex multi-workstream program and keep external partners honest.
  • A communicator who can hold a room with engineers and operators alike.
  • Committed to ethical AI and data integrity – in healthcare, that's not a checkbox.

Benefits:

  • Top-notch team: we're a diverse, experienced group motivated to make a difference in mental health care
  • Collaborative environment: be part of building something from the ground up at a fast-paced startup
  • Excellent benefits: medical, dental, vision, effective day 1 of employment, 401K with match, generous PTO plus paid holidays, paid parental leave, and more!
  • Grow your career with us: hone your skills and build new ones with our Learning team as Talkiatry expands.
  • It all comes back to care: we’re a mental health company, and we put our team’s well-being first
Skills
AI StrategyOperationsProduct ManagementConversational AI PlatformsLLM InfrastructureAPIsCRMData PlatformsProject ManagementVendor Management
Similar roles at this salary range
All Business Operations jobs →
Airtable

Procurement Operations Manager

Owns day-to-day procurement operations and leads AI-driven re-architecture of the function. Requires 6+ years in procurement, finance ops, or business ops plus strong cross-functional execution and tooling fluency.

153k – 211kSan Francisco, CA +2Business OperationsHybrid6+ YOEZipCoupa
GlossGenius

Senior Strategy & Operations Manager, Customer Success

Own strategy and execution for onboarding, retaining, and growing GlossGenius's larger customer segment. Build CS operational models, analytics, AI workflows, and cross-functional alignment while tackling ambiguous business problems.

170k – 225kNew York, NYBusiness OperationsHybrid6+ YOEStrategyAnalytics
Permitflow

Chief of Staff

Act as CEO's primary thought partner and operational extension, driving strategic projects, holding executive accountability, and serving as a cross-functional force multiplier at a high-growth AI startup.

180k – 230kNew York, NYBusiness OperationsHybrid4+ YOEExcelData Analysis
Celonis

Senior Director, Professional Services

Lead strategy, growth, and delivery excellence for Professional Services across a sub-regional portfolio. Manage multiple teams of 10+ Consultants and Project Managers while owning services sales, P&L, and customer value realization.

204k – 240kNew York, NYBusiness OperationsHybrid9+ YOEP&L ManagementServices Sales
Komodo Health

Director of Procurement

Build and own the procurement function as an individual contributor, administering Zip, driving sourcing events, and delivering measurable savings in a high-growth SaaS environment.

179k – 255kUnited StatesBusiness OperationsRemote8+ YOEZipRFPs