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Guidehouse

AI Strategy Associate Director - State Health

AI summary of the role

Guidehouse seeks an AI Strategy Associate Director to lead AI strategy and implementation for State Health agencies, with a focus on Medicaid programs.

What you’ll do

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to State Health and Medicaid leaders on AI strategy covering core enterprise AI capabilities and priority use cases.
  • Lead engagements from strategy through implementation, translating complex health and Medicaid challenges into actionable AI/ML solutions using Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake.
  • Facilitate use case discovery and prioritization workshops, defining an AI use case portfolio and roadmap balancing quick wins, modernization, and foundational capabilities.
  • Guide solution design and implementation for AI and GenAI capabilities including decision support, intelligent document processing, contact center augmentation, and program integrity.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
  • Must be a US Citizen and located within the United States; ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust.
  • Minimum 7 years of hands-on AI, data, analytics, or engineering experience including applied AI/ML work.
  • Minimum 5 years delivering technical solutions for public sector clients with significant State Health and/or Medicaid experience.

Technologies

Azure · AWS · GCP · Databricks · Snowflake · GenAI · FHIR · HL7 · MMIS · HIPAA

About Guidehouse

AI-led professional services firm delivering advisory, technology, risk, and managed operations for government agencies and regulated commercial clients.

Acquired · 5000+ people

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Job Family: Data Science Consulting Travel Required: Up to 10% Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust What You Will Do: We are seeking an experienced AI and data practitioner to join our growing AI and Data practice with a dedicated focus on State Health agencies, with an emphasis on Medicaid programs and the responsible development and operationalization of AI solutions. This individual will be a hands-on leader who can connect strategy to execution, partnering with agency leaders to define high-value AI use cases, establish an enterprise AI strategy, and advance AI enablement across the organization. This is a leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of state health mission outcomes, data and AI capabilities, and practical implementation. You will guide clients through the full lifecycle, from identifying and prioritizing use cases to designing the
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