Digital Engineering Executive Director

CVSHealth; Woonsocket (RI); On-site; USD 175,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health seeks an Executive Director of Digital Engineering to shape and execute Health100’s digital roadmap. You’ll lead cross‑functional teams, drive delivery velocity, and ensure quality, security, and PHI safeguards across frontend, backend, and data integrations.

You will partner with product, design, and vendors to align strategy with business goals, while mentoring engineers and managing a hybrid engineering org to scale rapidly.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering management or technical leadership roles.
• Proven track record delivering full-stack digital products at scale.
• Strong full-stack foundation across frontend (Flutter, React, mobile), backend (APIs, microservices), and data integration layers.
• Experience leading large-scale, globally distributed teams and production operations.

Responsibilities

• Own sprint planning, delivery tracking, and release readiness across Health100 engineering squads.
• Drive day-to-day delivery velocity — identifying blockers, resolving dependencies, and keeping the team moving.
• Maintain and enforce engineering quality standards: code reviews, testing coverage, CI/CD hygiene, and deployment readiness.
• Lead iterative delivery cycles — from feature scoping to pilot release to scale — in close partnership with product management.
• Own the engineering definition of done for each feature, ensuring compliance, security, and performance requirements are met before release.
• Directly manage a hybrid team of internal software engineers and external vendor contributors across the full-stack.
• Identify and elevate resourcing gaps proactively — through hiring, vendor engagement, or reallocation.
• Actively develop engineers on the team — providing technical mentorship, feedback, and growth opportunities.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance across frontend (web and mobile), backend services, APIs, and integrations.
• Participate in system design and architecture reviews — raise risks early and propose pragmatic solutions.
• Own technical debt management and security best practices in workflows.
• Drive integration quality with health data systems (FHIR-based APIs, lab data, benefits platforms).
• Partner with product managers and designers to refine requirements and sequence delivery.
• Escalate issues with context and a recommended path forward.

Skills

Full-stack leadership

Flutter

React

Mobile

APIs

Microservices

Data integration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

CVS Health seeks an Executive Director of Digital Engineering to shape and execute Health100’s digital roadmap. You’ll lead cross‑functional teams, drive delivery velocity, and ensure quality, security, and PHI safeguards across frontend, backend, and data integrations.

You will partner with product, design, and vendors to align strategy with business goals, while mentoring engineers and managing a hybrid engineering org to scale rapidly.