Director, Enterprise Delivery

Blue Shield of CA; Springfield Meadows (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California seeks a Stellarus CIO-level leader to oversee corporate technology strategy, engineering, and operations for a critical partnership. You will guide multiple engineering teams, drive modernization, and ensure secure, scalable technology services that align with business goals.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Security and Infrastructure leadership to improve execution, manage risk, and deliver measurable business outcomes while building high-performing teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED with 4 years of related experience
• 10 years of software engineering, technology operations and management experience
• 6 years of people management experience leading engineering teams
• Experience owning production systems end-to-end and improving reliability
• Experience modernizing legacy systems in production environments
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and secure development
• Proven ability to partner with Product, Architecture, Security and Business leaders

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership across engineering delivery, platform operations and technology services
• Lead engineering managers and technology leaders responsible for solution delivery and service performance
• Ensure technology solutions are delivered with speed, quality, security and operational excellence
• Guide architecture, delivery, production stability and issue resolution
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture and Security teams to improve execution and reliability

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

CI/CD

Platform reliability

Observability

Security development

Cross-functional leadership

Engineering delivery

Production operations

Strategic planning

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Cloud platforms

CI/CD tools

Job description

Your Role

The Stellarus Chief Information Officer is responsible for overseeing corporate technology strategy, engineering, and operations that support the partnership with Blue Shield of California. The organization drives operational excellence, strategic alignment, and the successful delivery of technology solutions that enable business growth, improve operational efficiency, and ensure secure, scalable, reliable, and high-performing technology services. The Director, Enterprise Delivery will report to the Sr. Director, Technology, Infrastructure, and Stabilization.

In this role, you will provide senior leadership across engineering delivery, platform operations, and technology services aligned to the organization’s highest-priority business objectives. You will lead engineering managers and technology leaders responsible for solution delivery, production operations, platform reliability, service performance, and continuous improvement, ensuring technology solutions are delivered with speed, quality, security, and operational excellence.

This role requires strong engineering and operational leadership, with the ability to guide architecture, delivery execution, production stability, and complex issue resolution while driving modernization and operational maturity. You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and business leaders to improve execution, strengthen reliability, manage risk, and deliver measurable business outcomes through technology.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• 10 years of prior relevant experience in software engineering, technology operations and management, or related technology roles
• 6 years of prior people management experience with direct responsibility for supervising, coaching, and evaluating direct reports, including experience leading engineering managers and/or senior engineers
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple engineering teams, domains, or portfolios with accountability for delivery, people leadership, and operational outcomes
• Proven track record of owning production systems end-to-end, resolving technical debt, and improving reliability, resilience, and operational performance across complex, large-scale platforms
• Demonstrated experience stabilizing, modernizing, and improving legacy systems in high-pressure, production-critical environments
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, including cloud-native architectures, system design, CI/CD, observability, secure development, and operational reliability
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional execution and partner effectively with Product, Architecture, Security, Platform, and business stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic leadership with execution focus, including delivery, team development, engineering quality, scalability, and risk management
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and risks for senior and cross-functional audiences
• Experience leading engineering organizations in cloud-native, platform-based environments at scale preferred
• Experience driving adoption of CI/CD, observability, secure development, and reliability practices across multiple teams or domains preferred
• Experience establishing engineering standards and improving consistency of engineering practices across teams, domains, or portfolios preferred
• Experience supporting large-scale technology delivery in complex or regulated environments preferred
• Experience leading through organizational change, growth, or transformation within an engineering organization preferred
• Experience with portfolio planning, investment prioritization, and resource tradeoff decisions across competing engineering demands preferred
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field preferred

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.