AI Associate - MD
Included Health
Software Engineering, Data Science
Remote
USD 188,270-288,048 / year + Equity
Responsibilities
Lead pre-deployment validation
Produce model cards/transparency (intended use, limits, monitoring, rollback).
Partner on data quality (provenance, representativeness, refresh cadence, privacy).
Build LLM evaluation datasets/gold standards; run clinical red-teams and prompt testing; refine prompts/guardrails; assess RAG fidelity.
Train clinicians to oversee AI tools and adjudicate exceptions; create SOPs/checklists/escalations for LLM use.
Collaborate with engineering and product, security, compliance, legal, care and service line leaders.
Administer clinical AI governance (ethics, safety, regulatory, privacy, change control, documentation) in partnership with the Patient Safety Officer
Define clinical use criteria and human-in-the-loop guardrails;
Maintain governance artifacts (charter, SOPs, decision logs) and audit readiness.
Support clinical QA; URAC/NCQA activities; policy/standards/rubrics management.
Lead/participate in event detection, RCA/FMEA, CAPA; education (CME/CE, targeted training).
Support client/payer audits, RFPs, VBC metrics (HEDIS, MIPS), implementations, and escalations, grievances/appeals.
Lead and/or support cross-functional efforts to analyze clinical quality performance data, identify improvement opportunities, and translate value-based care insights into health plan design enhancements that optimize outcomes, member experience, and cost efficiency.
Conduct ongoing assessments of clinical services, applying continuous improvement and evidence-based methodologies to ensure service effectiveness, measurable patient outcomes, and alignment with organizational quality standards.
AI clinical tool validation and LLM strengthening
Clinical-in-the-loop enablement
AI governance and policy
Quality and patient safety
Qualifications
MD/DO with active, unrestricted license.
3+ years clinical practice; 2+ years in quality, patient safety, or clinical operations.
Experience with clinical review of LLM outputs; building eval datasets; red-teaming/prompt testing; RAG assessment.
QI/patient safety expertise (PDSA, Lean/Six Sigma, RCA/RCA2, FMEA, CAPA).
Working knowledge of URAC, NCQA, CMS; familiarity with HEDIS/MIPS.
Proven track record of quality improvement within value-based care models.
Experience partnering with analytics/data science; interpret core performance metrics
Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication.
Experience building, deploying, and iterating, clinical AI agents
Proficiency in business intelligence and analytics. (e.g., Tableau/Power BI; basic SQL/statistics).
Experience in virtual care/care navigation and enterprise audits.
Strong clinical judgment; systems thinking.
Analytical rigor; documentation excellence.
Risk identification/mitigation in tech-enabled care.
Coaching/influencing across clinical and technical teams.
Leads through ambiguity; works independently.
Remote-first; limited travel (~10-15%)
Required
Preferred
Core competencies
Other