Director, Applied AI (MedTech)

Location: Hybrid, with required on-site work from an hirify.global office in Acton, Massachusetts, United States.

Annual base salary: $204,300.00–$306,450.00 for U.S.-based positions; incentive compensation may also apply.

Company

hirify.global is a medical device company developing the Omnipod platform and wearable insulin delivery systems for people with diabetes and other conditions.

What you will do

• Define and prioritize high-value AI opportunities across Quality, Global Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Medical, Clinical, Regulatory, and Post-Market functions.
• Translate business challenges into hypotheses, experiments, MVPs, product charters, value cases, roadmaps, and scalable AI products.
• Lead AI-enabled capabilities including complaint and adverse-event analysis, reportability support, quality-event triage, investigation assistance, signal detection, document intelligence, predictive maintenance, yield and scrap optimization, planning, and operational decision support.
• Apply generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, optimization, simulation, AI agents, and workflow automation where appropriate.
• Lead cross-functional teams through discovery, validation, production deployment, adoption, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Establish responsible AI governance, validation, risk controls, human-in-the-loop review, auditability, training, and workflow adoption for regulated use cases.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, analytics, operations research, biomedical engineering, life sciences, business, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering enterprise-scale data, analytics, automation, or AI products.
• Strong understanding of applied AI, machine learning, generative AI, large language models, AI agents, RAG, computer vision, predictive models, optimization, and workflow automation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead AI products from ideation through MVP, production deployment, adoption, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Strong product leadership, executive communication, stakeholder management, and change-management capabilities in complex environments.

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, medical devices, life sciences, diabetes care, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, medical affairs, clinical, regulatory, or post-market surveillance.
• Experience with validated systems, regulated data, quality management processes, complaint handling, adverse-event reporting, manufacturing operations, or operational excellence.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, ServiceNow, ERP, quality-management, manufacturing, laboratory, planning, or document-management ecosystems.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement with required on-site work from an hirify.global office.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off and employee wellness programs.
• Mission-driven work focused on improving diabetes care and patient outcomes.