Vice President & Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Vice President & Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAIO) is the executive leader responsible for STERIS’s enterprise data and artificial intelligence strategy, establishing the capabilities, governance, platforms, and operating model required to scale trusted data, advanced analytics, and AI across the company. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, this role owns the enterprise data-to-AI value chain, including data governance, data management, analytics platforms, AI architecture, AI enablement, adoption, and value realization.

The CDAIO transforms data and AI from fragmented, project-based activities into a governed enterprise capability that accelerates business performance, strengthens decision making, improves operational efficiency, and enables innovation across STERIS. This role partners closely with business leaders, technology executives, Legal, Compliance, and Quality to ensure data and AI investments align with corporate strategy, regulatory requirements, and business outcomes. The CDAIO also leads the development of STERIS’s AI Center of Excellence and drives enterprise adoption of AI technologies and practices that make STERIS faster, smarter, and more competitive.

This is a remote role with approximately 25% domestic and 15% international travel.

What You'll Do As a VP & CDAIO

• Define and lead the enterprise data, analytics, and AI strategy and roadmap.
• Establish data and AI governance, standards, policies, and risk-management practices.
• Build the enterprise data foundation across data governance, master data, data management, and analytics platforms.
• Lead the AI Center of Excellence and advance prioritized AI opportunities from concept through governed production and measurable value.
• Partner with business leaders, Legal, Compliance, Quality, and technology leadership to align investments with business and regulatory requirements.
• Drive enterprise AI adoption, enablement, and workforce literacy.
• Build and lead a scalable global data and AI organization.
• Manage data and AI investments, technology vendors, consulting partners, and platforms.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including 5+ years leading data, analytics, or AI functions at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated experience building or leading an enterprise data and/or AI organization.
• Experience taking AI or advanced analytics initiatives from concept through governed production with measurable business value.
• Experience establishing data governance, data management, or master data across a complex organization.
• Experience operating within a regulated environment with compliance, privacy, and risk obligations.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, machine learning, generative AI, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Proven executive influence, business acumen, cross-functional partnership, and change leadership.

Preferred

• Experience in medical device, life sciences, healthcare, or another highly regulated industry.
• Establishing an AI Center of Excellence or formal AI governance framework.
• Leading globally distributed teams.
• Experience with enterprise platforms, modern data architectures, Salesforce, and ERP environments.
• Experience with Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Master's degree or PhD in a data, analytics, engineering, or business discipline.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that support your health, well-being, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market Competitive Pay
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 added Holidays
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and vision benefits
• Long/Short Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) with a company match
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and continued educations programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career

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Pay range for this opportunity is $225,000 - $300,000. This position is also Long-Term-Incentive and Bonus eligible.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed.  Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio.  Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits

Open until position is filled.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.