Lead Director - Software Development Engineering

Location: Gassaway

We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

POSITION SUMMARYCVS Health Digital is looking for hands-on, passionate people who want to join a high energy and growing team to make a difference in customers' lives and who want to be on the forefront of digital innovation that aims to reinvent what a pharmacy and a health care company can be in the digital world. Currently, we are seeking an experienced Lead Director - Software Development Engineering who will be accountable for building and executing the Retail Pharmacy modernization technology strategy for multiple Pharmacy value streams.

This technology leader will join forces with business and product leaders to plan, build, execute and deliver a multi-year roadmap for modernization which will drive our business and technology strategy forward. This Lead Director will lead a diverse team of technology associates across engineering and change management teams and be someone who will work across multiple geographies to deliver software engineering work, delivered through multiple Agile software releases each year.

The Lead Director will also be accountable for driving the technology strategy in support of these value streams, as well as be responsible for design, development, testing, delivery, and growth while also ensuring all opportunities to build industry leading technology assets are fully realized.

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 industriesREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years of overall Software Development experience utilizing Agile methodologies5+ 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 toolsPREFERRED 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 etc.

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 Git Hub 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

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