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Position Summary
CVS Health in HR Technology space is looking for a dynamic and driven Engineering Leader to work with cross-functional engineering teams tasked with creating best in class experiences focused on identifying, prioritizing, and shaping HR Technology platforms. In this role, you will lead the strategy, design, and operational excellence of our multi-cloud infrastructure, DevOps and Internal platforms. You will build and manage a high-performing organization of platforms, DevOps, and Engineers, driving engineering excellence, AI solutions, system reliability, cost optimization, and automated security across the Software lifecycle.
The Lead Director should have the ability to prioritize well, communicate clearly, have a consistent track record of execution and accelerated delivery as well as possess excellent engineering skills. A successful candidate will be a highly motivated, collaborative individual; motivated to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Platform Strategy & Delivery: Define and drive the Platform strategy and delivery working with Architecture, Technical Product owners and AppDev teams across the portfolios.
- Platform Engineering & Developer Experience: Build and scale internal platforms (IPs), golden paths, and self-service tools to lower developer cognitive load and developer experience.
- DevOps & Automation Leadership: Scale CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps workflows, and DevSecOps practices to embed security and observability (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana) into delivery pipelines.
- Solution Engineering & Integration: Partner with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to design scalable, cost-effective technical solutions, patterns, and enterprise integrations.
- Team & Budget Management: Mentor, and lead high-performing cross-functional teams of Engineers, DevOps, site reliability (SRE), manage cloud spend budgets, vendor negotiations, and resource forecasting.
- Metrics & Governance: Track engineering productivity and reliability metrics (such as DORA metrics, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery) while managing cloud costs and compliance.
- Emerging Technology Integration: Evaluate, Build and integrate AI/ML tools, cloud-native services, and automation frameworks into the Platform and software delivery lifecycle.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years working as a Technology & Engineering Leader leading the full cycle of large software engineering programs, managing stakeholders, risk mitigation, issue resolution, developing KPIs and status reporting to Senior Leaders.
- 8+ years leading teams in a matrix organization.
- 4+ years partnering with architecture, product and PMO teams to influence product development assisting or improving products.
- 4+ years of experience leading discovery sessions, workshops, demos, onboarding sessions, and enablement activities.
- 2+ years in a leadership role, coordinating across software cross-functional teams.
- 2+ years of experience influencing stakeholders, manage vendor/budget relationships, and translate complex technical strategies for business units.
- 2+ years demonstrating very strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare proposals, summaries, roadmaps, and executive-ready recommendations.
- 2+ years of experience mentoring resources and supporting knowledge transfer across teams.
- 2+ years of experience working under limited direction and leading complex initiatives across multiple teams and priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with distributed teams, working across multiple time zones and geographies.
- Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
- Individually motivated to be able to see the big picture and prioritize their work to make the largest impact on our business and Technology vision and requirements.
- Influence and persuade - able to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others.
- Performance / People management experience.
- Experience leading large programs with responsibility of end-to-end planning.
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills.
- Experience working with technology vendors.
- The candidate will have a strong work ethic, be a self-starter, and be able to be and be able to be.
Education
- Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.
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.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
Skills Required
- 10+ years as a technology and engineering leader overseeing large software engineering programs
- 8+ years leading teams in a matrix organization
- 4+ years partnering with architecture, product, and PMO teams to influence or improve product development
- 4+ years leading discovery sessions, workshops, demonstrations, onboarding, and enablement activities
- 2+ years in a leadership role coordinating across software cross-functional teams
- 2+ years influencing stakeholders, managing vendor and budget relationships, and translating technical strategies for business units
- 2+ years demonstrating strong written and verbal communication, including preparing proposals, summaries, roadmaps, and executive recommendations
- 2+ years mentoring resources and supporting knowledge transfer across teams
- 2+ years working under limited direction and leading complex initiatives across multiple teams and priorities
- Bachelor's degree, specialized training, or relevant professional qualification
- Experience working with distributed teams across multiple time zones and geographies
- Experience with Scrum or Agile development methodologies
- Performance or people management experience
- Experience leading large programs with end-to-end planning responsibility
- Experience working with technology vendors
CVS Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CVS Health and has not been reviewed or approved by CVS Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and robust, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and disability insurance. Access to no-cost preventive care through MinuteClinic and virtual medical services further enhances the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness and education resources stand out, including tuition assistance, confidential counseling with generous session limits, virtual mental-health care, fitness programs, financial coaching, and employee discounts. Backup-care support and other lifestyle discounts add everyday value.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented programs such as paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, doula support, caregiving resources, and backup care are highlighted. These offerings indicate meaningful support for different life stages.
CVS Health Insights
What We Do
CVS Health is the leading health solutions company that delivers care in ways no one else can. We reach people in more ways and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and our nearly 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that’s managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications, or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
