Software Engineering Manager
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Our people make all the difference in our success. This role is a Software Engineering Manager within our PBM Plus Technology Organization. Within this role we will ask you to cultivate an empowered team of high performing engineers who are deeply passionate about building quality software products. You will foster ongoing agile engineering transformation and continuous improvement throughout the organization, advocating for common engineering patterns, efficiency, quality, resiliency, security and performance.
The Software Engineering Manager owns the output of a single work area within Engineering, within our Mainframe PBM Technology organization who has experience with Mainframe COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Teradata. This role utilizes in-depth professional knowledge but is guided by functional practices and focuses on implementing and executing strategies within own department/discipline/team. This role requires building strong matrix relationships with business partners, peer engineering teams, architects, infrastructure engineers, and our offshore partners.
Responsibilities
Lead a fast moving agile team, working with internally developed tools and technologies such as Mainframe COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Teradata.
Support other product delivery partners in the successful build, test, and release of solutions.
Solve problems by crafting software solutions using maintainable and modular code.
Lead daily team standup meetings where you'll give and receive updates on the current backlog and challenges.
Provides thought leadership and technical expertise across the PBM technology organization.
Utilize end-to-end knowledge of product ecosystem, business transactions, technology stack, dependencies, and engineering practices to ensure applications are designed and constructed using solid engineering patterns.
Encourage innovation and diversity of thought to solve complex business problems.
Partner with business and technical product owners to optimize working relationships and clarify roles and responsibilities.
Takes accountability for the technology assets owned by the team.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
Strong influencing/negotiation skills.
Strong interpersonal/relationship management skills.
Strong time and project management skills.
Familiarity with agile methodology including SCRUM team leadership.
Familiarity with modern delivery practices such as continuous integration, behavior/test driven development, and specification by example.
Hands on experience with Mainframe COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Teradata.
Required Experience & Education:
11 - 13 years of professional experience including people leader experience.
Must have a Bachelor of computer engineering degree
Proven experience leading/managing technical teams with a passion for the developing the talent within the team.
Experience with vendor management in an onshore/offshore model.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
Preferred: Industry certifications such as PMP, Scrum Master, or Six Sigma Green Belt
Desired Experience:
Healthcare experience including Disease Management
Coaching of team members
Location & Hours of Work
Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate
Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India in a hybrid working model (3 days WFO and 2 days WAH)
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are portrayed as a meaningful part of total rewards, including generous PTO and flexibility that can enhance the perceived value of compensation. Flexible work-from-home arrangements are repeatedly linked with satisfaction about the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad in design, with preventive care often covered at no charge in-network and options like virtual care and wellness incentives. A large provider network and strong digital tools are positioned as practical advantages when using benefits.
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