Software engineering director technology business

Summary

We are the Sales, Underwriting and Pricing technology team, a part of U. S. Employer Front End Technology organization. We build, and support mission critical applications used by U.S. Employer’s Sales Management, Underwriting and Pricing operations teams – quickly and reliably. Our systems process between 75K -95K sales opportunities per year across multiple market segments resulting in over 4.5 million pricing calculations. We are over a 100 code releases per year and support over 30 assets.

We are looking for a leader for this high-visibility leadership role where you’ll shape technology direction, drive modern engineering practices, and deliver solutions that directly impact how we go to market.

Responsibilities

• Be a core contributor in modernizing legacy systems and introducing next-gen technologies that enable business agility and market responsiveness

• Create & deliver new solutions by helping business partners to see the art-of-the-possible and influencing the change needed to execute and deliver successfully

• Lead a cross-functional team of Software Engineers, System Analysts and QA teams focused on delivering incremental and tangible business outcomes

• Lead the technical direction, ensuring alignment with overall organizational goals

• Execute the talent strategy required to achieve business needs and organizational goals by managing and cultivating a high functioning team

• Strategically anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into roadmaps and delivery, fast paced translation of business needs into practical applications and solutions

• Ensure the delivery of high-quality technical solutions that meet business requirements

• Partners with EAs and Solution Architects to ensure architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices are implemented in the solution delivery

• Work closely with Product Owners, RTEs and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions

• Oversee code quality, conduct code reviews, and ensure robust testing practices are in place

• Provide inputs to the tech roadmap for the Quoting domain

• Be responsible for Budgets and Financial management of teams and strategic vendor relationships

Qualifications

• 10+ years' of hands-on experience in software engineering,

• 5+ years' in engineering leadership roles, preferably within healthcare payer domain leading enterprise-scale software development teams responsible for delivering complex applications

• Strong business acumen to align technology solutions with business value

• Strong grasp of cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC, monitoring)

• Demonstrated ability to lead build vs. buy decisions and vendor integrations in legacy and modern environments

• Proven track record of hiring, mentoring, and scaling engineering teams across geographies

• Proven track record of building strong identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals

• Ability to translate complex technical decisions into clear business value

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 166,700 - 277,900 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus and long term incentive plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: [email protected] for support. Do not email [email protected] for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.