Vice President - Architecture & Enterprise Platforms

Why Wellmark

We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 80 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our members. If you’re passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!

Wellmark is building innovative, modern solutions using cutting edge technology. We are driving organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to enhance the customer experience. Together, we are leaning into the future, owning the outcome, and driving organizational change to transform how we work.

In this enterprise technology leadership role, you will be responsible for defining and executing the strategy for enterprise technologyplatformservices, architecture, cloud, data, AI adoption,AI foundation,and engineeringstandardsthat enable Wellmark to move faster, scale smarter, and deliver greater business value. You will establish reusable capabilities, modern engineering standards, automation, and a product mindset across platform services; simplify and standardize the technology landscape; and accelerate secure, governed AI adoption from experimentation through value realization.

In partnership with theCIO, technology partners, security, operations, and executive leaders, this position will align investments, break down silos, and balance innovation, risk, cost, resiliency, and scale. Success will be measured through platform adoption as well asreuse, delivery speed, reliability, stakeholder satisfaction, cost efficiency, and business outcomes.

Wellmark has engaged Heidrick & Struggles to support this search effort. Your interest will be shared with them at the beginning of this process.

• Bachelor’s degree in technology,business administration, or related field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years ofprogressiveexperiencealigning enterprise technology, platform, architecture, cloud, data, AI, or engineering strategy with business objectives, including 5+ years of senior leadership experience in a complex enterprise.
• Demonstrated success building, scaling, or modernizing shared enterprise platforms and engineering capabilities that improve reuse, adoption, delivery speed, reliability, security, cost efficiency, and business outcomes.
• Deep engineering and architecture credibility combined with strong business and financial acumen; able to translate complex technology choices into clear investment decisions, trade-offs, and enterprise value.
• Experience leading engineering excellence through automation,Dev Sec Ops , secure software delivery, observability, reliability, quality engineering, and reusable standards, patterns, or platform services.
• Experience enabling secure and governed enterprise data and AI capabilities, including moving use cases from experimentation toward scalable adoption and measurable value.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise transformation, simplify complex technology landscapes,establish common capabilities, and influence executives and peers across organizational boundaries.
• Effectively leads within a product operating model, sets clearobjectivesand accountability, and uses data and outcome measures to guide priorities, adoption, performance, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated success developing high-performing leaders and global or distributed teams through coaching, succession planning, clear expectations, and empowerment.
• Executive presence and communication…