Application Development Senior Manager - Production Support

Evernorth Health Services; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Evernorth Health Services India is seeking a Production Support Manager (Offshore) to lead offshore production support across UDDS digital platforms from Hyderabad, ensuring stability and SLA adherence. You will drive governance, incident management, and data-driven decisions in a 24x7 environment.

The role emphasizes leadership of Hyderabad-based FTEs and contractors, with a focus on AI- and automation-led improvements to reduce manual triage and improve operational efficiency at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Application Production Support / IT Operations.
• Leadership experience managing offshore teams (FTEs and contractors).
• Expertise in Major Incident Management and cross-tower escalation.
• Hands-on understanding of ITIL, SRE, and operational excellence practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide single-point offshore leadership for production support across all UDDS digital platforms.
• Establish consistent operational governance, standards, and escalation protocols.
• Drive faster, data-driven decision-making across platforms and support towers.
• Own offshore delivery outcomes for availability, performance, stability, and SLA adherence.
• Act as primary authority for Sev-1 and Sev-2 incidents, including bridge calls and exec communications.
• Lead cross-tower coordination during major incidents involving infrastructure, security, vendors, and application teams.
• Ensure robust RCA, problem management, and preventative remediation.
• Reduce repeat incidents through trend analysis and proactive risk identification.
• Lead Hyderabad-based FTEs and contractors under a single operating model.
• Foster strong team morale, accountability, and ownership in a 24x7 environment.
• Champion AI- and automation-led L2 improvements to reduce manual triage.
• Partner with engineering, SRE, and platform teams to drive incident prevention and self-healing.
• Use monitoring and analytics to improve MTTR, incident quality, and service reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Incident Management

Offshore delivery

IT Operations

Stakeholder communications

Tools

ServiceNow

Monitoring tools

APM platforms

Job description

Evernorth Health Services India, established in Hyderabad in 2024, is an innovation hub for Evernorth Health Services, the pharmacy, care and benefits division of The Cigna Group. The innovation hub will support innovation-focused areas, such as generative AI, product development, process improvement, analytics, and software engineering across The Cigna Group and its businesses. Evernorth Health Services India builds on The Cigna Group's existing presence in India.

About Evernorth Health Services:

Evernorth Health Services (Evernorth) is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group - a Fortune 16 global health company with 75,000 employees, 186 million customers in more than 30 countries and jurisdictions around the world. Evernorth exists to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. We do this by creating and connecting premier health services offerings, such as benefits management, pharmacy, care solutions, insights and intelligence.

About Cigna:

The Cigna Group is a global health company committed to improving the health and vitality of individuals and communities around the world and includes products and services marketed under its Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services subsidiaries. Cigna Healthcare is the health benefits provider of The Cigna Group, serving customers and clients through its U.S. Employer, U.S. Government, and International Health business. Evernorth Health Services is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group.

Role Summary

The Production Support Manager (Offshore) is responsible for providing unified leadership and operational governance across UDDS digital platforms, including myCigna, Cigna for HCP, Employers, Brokers, SI, and Interops. This role owns end-to-end production support delivery for Tier 1 and Tier 2 applications, ensuring stability, resilience, and continuous improvement across a highly interdependent digital ecosystem.

As the single accountable offshore leader, this role drives standardization, ownership, and faster decision-making, coordinates Hyderabad-based FTEs and contractors, leads high-severity incident management, and advances AI-and automation-led L2 operations to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership & Governance

• Provide single-point offshore leadership for production support across all UDDS digital platforms.
• Establish and enforce consistent operational governance, support standards, and escalation protocols.
• Drive faster, data-driven decision-making across interdependent platforms and support towers.
• Own offshore delivery outcomes for availability, performance, stability, and SLA adherence.

Incident & Problem Management

• Act as the primary authority for managing Sev-1 and Sev-2 incidents, including stakeholder bridge calls and executive communications.
• Lead cross-tower coordination during major incidents involving infrastructure, security, vendors, and application teams.
• Ensure robust root cause analysis (RCA), problem management, and preventative remediation.
• Reduce repeat incidents through trend analysis and proactive risk identification.

Team & Delivery Management

• Lead and develop Hyderabad-based FTEs and contractors under a single operating model.
• Drive skill development, knowledge depth, and succession planning across platforms.
• Foster strong team morale, accountability, and ownership in a 24×7 support environment.
• Optimize shift coverage and support readiness for critical Tier 1 and Tier 2 applications.
• Champion AI-and automation-led L2 improvements to reduce manual triage and repetitive work.
• Partner with engineering, SRE, and platform teams to drive incident prevention and self-healing capabilities.
• Leverage monitoring, analytics, and operational data to improve MTTR, incident quality, and service reliability.
• Drive continuous operational efficiency and scalability across the support model.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the primary offshore interface for onshore leaders, product teams, SRE, infrastructure, and vendors.
• Provide clear, concise operational updates to senior leadership during incidents and reviews.
• Ensure seamless coordination across platforms to support business-critical digital journeys.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Application Production Support / IT Operations, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven expertise in Major Incident Management, cross-tower escalation, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience managing offshore teams, including FTEs and contractors, at scale.
• Hands-on understanding of ITIL, SRE, and operational excellence practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting healthcare or regulated digital platforms.
• Exposure to AI-driven operations, automation, and L2/L3 efficiency initiatives.
• Familiarity with observability and support tools (e.g., ServiceNow, monitoring and APM platforms).
• Strong executive communication and leadership presence during high-pressure situations.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.