Lead Director of Digital Engineering

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.

Position Summary

The Lead Director of Digital Engineering plays a crucial and multifaceted role in providing strategic direction, leadership, and oversight for engineering projects and teams. They are responsible for developing comprehensive project plans, effectively allocating resources, managing budgets, and ensuring unwavering adherence to timelines and quality standards. Collaborating closely with stakeholders, they offer valuable technical guidance, expertly manage risks, and drive the successful execution of engineering projects.

Additionally, the Lead Director actively mentors and develops 8-10 members, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within the engineering department. They take an active role in enhancing engineering processes, constantly seeking innovative approaches to optimize efficiency and productivity. The Lead Director will take ownership and utilize exemplary communication skills to support, manage, and mentor engineering professionals with deep and varying technical backgrounds and experience. A successful candidate will be highly motivated and passionate about raising the engineering bar within the team and be cognizant that the success of the team’s work will impact millions of CVS consumers.

What you will do

• Leadership and Team Management: Provides mentorship and guidance to a team of engineers, ensuring they have the necessary resources and support for successful work execution
• Project Oversight: Oversees planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define project requirements, allocate resources, and monitor progress
• Innovation and Improvement: Drives innovation and improvement by identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies and processes to enhance product development and engineering practices
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develops relationships with key stakeholders, providing technical expertise and aligning engineering initiatives with organizational goals
• Resource Management: Controls resources for implementing engineering protocols, project layouts, and expected deliverables

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of IT/Digital software development experience
• 7+ years leading / managing teams with direct reports with additionally experience in leading medium to large sized teams
• 10+ years of experience with Oracle
• 5+ years of Java and Unix, Linux utilization
• 5+ years of hands-on database maintenance, migration, upgrading hardware and software experience
• 5+ years of cloud technology stack (preferably GCP but open to AWS and Azure)
• 5+ years of experience with tool such as Quantum Metrics, Splunk, AppDynamics 
• 5+ years of working on Agile teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in executing and delivering projects, including skills in planning, delivering, and supporting
• Aptitude in business intelligence, with an ability to gather insights and drive data-informed decisions
• Collaboration and teamwork skills, enabling effective communication and coordination with cross-functional teams experience
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals
• Mastery of problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a track record of successfully resolving complex technical challenges
• Demonstrated commitment to a growth mindset, displaying agility in adapting to change and continuously developing oneself and others
• Ability to learn/work with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space

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: $100,000.00 – $231,500.00.

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.

In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (PTO) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.

For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 08/26/2024.