Lead Director - Software Development Engineering

Position Summary

CVS Health Digital is seeking a Lead Director – Software Development Engineering to lead the modernization of Retail Pharmacy value streams. This role involves planning, building, executing, and delivering a multi-year roadmap for modernization, collaborating with business and product leaders, and managing a team of engineers.

Expectations For The Role

• Lead the strategy and creation of a multi-year modernization roadmap to support modernization of Retail Pharmacy value streams
• Lead the design, foundational framework, and development of retail pharmacy products and associated technology assets
• Assess software engineering practices, driving continuous improvement, improving operational efficiency, time to market, and overall product quality
• Lead engineering teams, guiding and mentoring them in implementing solutions across a wide range of technological platforms
• People management including hiring, performance management, team building, leading career growth and skill development through coaching, and setting measurable professional goals
• Build and cultivate strong relationships with Business, Product, and Technology partners to support the delivery roadmap
• Build relationships and partnerships with vendors to build contingent teams working onshore and offshore/nearshore to support our staffing needs
• Build relationships and partnerships with solution vendors in support of our technological needs
• Conduct technology research and innovation to develop a long-term strategy based on emerging trends in healthcare and technology industries

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall Software Development experience utilizing Agile methodologies
• 5+ years of experience in development of microservices using python, java [spring boot]
• 5+ years of experience in containerization tools and technologies such as Kubernetes, docker etc.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
• 1+ years of experience using Agentic AI frameworks and generative AI based web-services and tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hiring, leading high performing distributed multi-sited/remote software engineering teams
• Experience in performance management, team building, leading career growth and skill development through coaching, and setting measurable professional goals
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a data-driven mindset
• Experience in defining and analyzing KPIs to measure project success
• Out of the box thinker and implementor with open source publicly visible work on GitHub
• Experience in understanding AI/ML algorithms, frameworks, and tools
• Experience working with distributed teams, working across multiple time zones and geographies
• Experience conceiving and building healthcare or wellness products
• Experience in Healthcare or Pharmacy domain
• Experience working with onshore and offshore technology resources from vendors

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Business Overview

Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.

Pay Range

The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is $144,200.00 - $288,400.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.