Applied AI Health System Engineer – Senior Manager

About the job

Industry/Sector

Health Services

Specialism

Data, Analytics & AI

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

The Opportunity

As a Applied AI Health System Engineer you will help shape and deliver AI and machine learning solutions for clients within our Advisory practice, bringing together data, platform, and engineering capabilities to translate business needs into applied technology. As a Senior Manager you will lead large workstreams, guide teams through complex delivery challenges, and use sound judgment, clear communication, and practical problem-solving to move initiatives forward. In this role at PwC, you will focus on designing and implementing AI-enabled systems, working across model development, solution architecture, integration, and delivery in a client-facing environment where technical depth and business context both matter.

Responsibilities

• Leading applied AI and machine learning solution design for health services clients across data, model, and platform layers
• Translating business and clinical workflow needs into AI architectures, delivery roadmaps, and implementation plans
• Orchestrating model development, evaluation, and deployment activities across LLMOps and AgentOps environments
• Designing retrieval, reranking, memory, prompt caching, and tool orchestration patterns for production AI systems
• Integrating guardrails, permissioning, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, and tracing into agentic workflows
• Applying AI fluency, data modeling, and analytical thinking to resolve complex technical and operational issues
• Guiding teams through ambiguity while coaching staff on delivery, review practices, and technical decision making
• Validating solution outcomes with clients, incorporating feedback, and refining system behavior after launch
• Developing scalable implementations on major cloud and AI platforms with portability and governance in mind
• Modeling professional and technical standards while driving service delivery across multiple stakeholder groups

What You Must Have

• At least a Bachelor's degree
• At least 7 years of experience

What Sets You Apart

• Demonstrated experience delivering production AI or GenAI use cases in a health system environment
• Hands-on experience building RAG pipelines or agentic AI workflows against clinical data sources
• Experience with MLOps platforms and model governance practices in regulated, PHI-handling environments
• Ability to translate clinical and revenue cycle workflows into structured AI use case requirements
• Familiarity with Azure OpenAI Service, AWS Bedrock, or Google Vertex AI in a HIPAA-compliant deployment context
• Understanding of population health program design and how AI accelerates outcomes
• Proven record of success managing healthcare AI and GenAI solutions
• Experience in analytical techniques applied to healthcare use cases
• Experience working with data warehouse technology including Snowflake or Databricks

Travel Requirements

Up to 80%

Job Posting End Date

The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $280,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

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Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines