Senior Manager, AI & Data Engineering

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager, AI & Data Engineering leads a team of data engineers, data scientists and AI specialists to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant data solutions that power healthcare SaaS applications. This role drives innovation in AI/ML, data architecture, and analytics to support strategic business outcomes. The manager collaborates cross-functionally to integrate intelligent data capabilities into products and ensures alignment with healthcare compliance standards. This senior leader also partners with others leaders in the organization to push AI First transformation within the organization and will have Gen-AI engineers part of this team- to accelerate this transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

1. AI/ML Engineering & Innovation

Proven experience designing and implementing AI/ML models for healthcare applications.

Ability to drive innovation in predictive analytics, clinical decision support, and intelligent automation.

2. Data Architecture & Engineering

Expertise in building robust data pipelines, data lakes, and scalable cloud-native infrastructure.

Strong understanding of data governance, quality, and performance optimization.

3. Healthcare Compliance & Security

Deep knowledge of HIPAA, HL7, FHIR, and other healthcare data standards.

Ensures secure handling of sensitive health data and compliance with regulatory frameworks.

4. Leadership & Team Development

Leads and mentors a team of engineers and AI specialists.

Promotes a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

5. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Strategic Execution

Partners with product, engineering, and clinical teams to align data solutions with business goals.

Manages multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and communicates effectively across teams.

Required Qualifications:

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.

17+ years of experience in software/data engineering, including 7+ years in leadership roles managing cross-functional engineering teams. Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in AI/ML and cloud-based data platform development.

Other Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

Certifications in AI/ML or cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).

Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7).

Experience integrating AI into SaaS platforms.

Fortive 9 Behaviors by Level:

Influencing & Mentoring

Customer Obsessed: Champions a customer-focused culture by anticipating evolving needs and shaping solutions that deliver long-term value.

Strategic: Drives organizational impact by using data to derive insights that inform near-term and mid-range goals

Innovation for Impact: Influences innovation through demonstrating bold thinking and experimentation in own work and coaching others to do the same.

Inspiring: Demonstrates purpose-driven impact through expertise and collaboration.

Builds Extraordinary Teams: Drives impact through collaboration and influence by fostering trust, sharing expertise, and aligning efforts across teams.

Courageous: Influences and leads by example through action and integrity—moves quickly toward goals, tackles challenges head-on, and encourages open sharing of ideas without fear.

Delivers Results: Leads complex initiatives to successful completion with high standards, precision, and urgency.

Adaptable: Applies rigor and stays true to process while fostering adaptability within the team.

Lead with FBS: Embraces FBS and models lean principles by mentoring peers and influencing teams, and going to Gemba for first-hand insights.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.

We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

About Provation

Provation is a leading provider of healthcare software and SaaS solutions for clinical productivity, care coordination, quality reporting, and billing. Our purpose is to empower providers to deliver quality healthcare for all. Provation’s comprehensive portfolio spans the entire patient encounter, from pre-procedure through post-procedure, with solutions for physician and nursing documentation (Provation® MD, Provation® Apex, MD-Reports, Provation® endoPRO®, and Provation® MultiCaregiver), anesthesia documentation (#1 Best in KLAS Provation® iPro), patient engagement, surgical care coordination, quality reporting, and billing capture (Provation® SurgicalValet™), order set and care plan management (Provation® Order Set Advisor™ and Provation® Care Plans), and EHR embedded clinical documentation (Provation® Clinic Note). Provation has a loyal customer base, serving more than 5,000 hospitals, surgery centers, and medical offices, and 700 physician groups globally, including 19 of the top 20 U.S. hospitals. In 2021, Provation was acquired by Fortive Corporation, a Fortune 1000 company that builds essential technology and accelerates transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, engineering, and healthcare. For more information about our solutions, visit provationmedical.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Our purpose at Provation is to empower providers to deliver quality healthcare for all. To deliver on this commitment, we’re guided by our core values – Provation has a culture of CARES:Community - We have a shared sense of improving healthcare, enriching the broader world we live in and serve. Accountability - We own it and get it done with integrity. Respect - We build diverse teams that collaborate and communicate with positive intent and trust. Excellence - We welcome new ideas as we innovate quality solutions. Service - We are passionate about putting customers first.

Bonus or Equity

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

Provation is a leading provider of healthcare software and SaaS solutions for clinical productivity, care coordination, quality reporting, and billing. Our purpose is to empower providers to deliver quality healthcare for all. Provation’s comprehensive portfolio spans the entire patient encounter, from pre-procedure through post-procedure, with solutions for physician and nursing documentation (Provation® MD, Provation® Apex, MD-Reports, Provation® endoPRO®, and Provation® MultiCaregiver), anesthesia documentation (#1 Best in KLAS Provation® iPro), patient engagement, surgical care coordination, quality reporting, and billing capture (Provation® SurgicalValet™), order set and care plan management (Provation® Order Set Advisor™ and Provation® Care Plans), and EHR embedded clinical documentation (Provation® Clinic Note). Provation has a loyal customer base, serving more than 5,000 hospitals, surgery centers, and medical offices, and 700 physician groups globally, including 19 of the top 20 U.S. hospitals. In 2021, Provation was acquired by Fortive Corporation, a Fortune 1000 company that builds essential technology and accelerates transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, engineering, and healthcare. For more information about our solutions, visit provationmedical.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Our purpose at Provation is to empower providers to deliver quality healthcare for all. To deliver on this commitment, we’re guided by our core values – Provation has a culture of CARES:Community - We have a shared sense of improving healthcare, enriching the broader world we live in and serve. Accountability - We own it and get it done with integrity. Respect - We build diverse teams that collaborate and communicate with positive intent and trust. Excellence - We welcome new ideas as we innovate quality solutions. Service - We are passionate about putting customers first.

NoneThis position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.