Director, Engineering

Position Summary:

The Director, Engineering is responsible for architecting and scaling Empower’s regulated digital ecosystem to support hyper-growth, patient safety, and enterprise velocity. This role owns the digital backbone spanning cloud platforms, mobile products, data, and AI-enabled systems that power manufacturing, quality, patient engagement, and prescribing experiences.

Operating at the intersection of technology, regulation, and strategy, the Director translates enterprise priorities into scalable digital platforms that withstand regulatory scrutiny while enabling rapid innovation. Success requires embedding compliance, auditability, and intelligence directly into system design, ensuring digital capabilities compound value over time.

This leader defines and executes Empower’s AI strategy, deploying production-grade, explainable AI in high-stakes environments to automate complexity, improve decision velocity, and elevate outcomes. The role also builds and leads a high-performance digital organization from the ground up, establishing operating rhythms, accountability, and talent density that enable durable execution at global scale.

Responsibilities:

Enterprise Digital Strategy and Architecture

• Define and execute a multi-year digital strategy aligned to enterprise growth, regulatory demands, and AI-enabled scalability.
• Architect cloud-native, modular platforms embedding compliance, auditability, and data integrity by design.
• Partner with executives to evaluate tradeoffs using system behavior, regulatory risk, and long-term value creation.

Product and Mobile Experience Leadership

• Own digital product strategy across patient, prescriber, and internal platforms with outcome accountability.
• Lead secure, high-performance mobile experiences that personalize care and streamline prescribing workflows.
• Establish agile delivery models balancing rapid iteration, quality, and regulatory readiness.

Artificial Intelligence and Data Enablement

• Define enterprise AI strategy focused on high-impact, regulated use cases across operations and care delivery.
• Deploy production-grade, explainable AI systems that perform reliably under regulatory scrutiny.
• Build data architectures and analytics foundations enabling predictive insight and decision automation.

Regulatory-Native Execution

• Embed FDA, GxP, DEA, HIPAA, and data governance requirements into digital systems as core design constraints.
• Ensure AI and digital platforms remain auditable, validated, and compliant throughout their lifecycle.
• Actively manage technology risk, shutting down or redesigning initiatives that introduce unacceptable exposure.

Organization and Operating Rhythm

• Design and scale a high-performance digital organization aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Attract, develop, and retain top-tier talent while maintaining high performance standards.
• Establish operating cadences, metrics, and accountability mechanisms that translate commitments into results.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, mobile platforms, data engineering, and AI systems deployed in regulated environments with high availability, security, and auditability requirements.
• Proven ability to operationalize AI responsibly, including model governance, explainability, bias mitigation, and lifecycle management in high-stakes, compliance-driven settings.
• Strong product leadership translating complex clinical, manufacturing, and operational workflows into intuitive, outcome-driven digital experiences.
• Executive-level communication and systems thinking, enabling clear tradeoffs, cross-functional alignment, and disciplined execution at enterprise scale.