Director, HR Tech Platform Engineering & AI

CVS Health; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Equity award program

Job summary

CVS Health in HR Technology is seeking a dynamic Lead Director to shape platform strategy, oversee multi-cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and internal platforms. You will build a high-performing team of engineers, drive AI initiatives, cloud cost optimization, security, and delivery excellence across the software lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in technology leadership, experience leading cross-functional teams, strong communication, and a track record of accelerating delivery in

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading large software engineering programs and stakeholders.
• 8+ years leading teams in a matrix organization.
• 4+ years partnering with architecture, product, and PMO teams.
• 4+ years leading discovery sessions and enablement activities.
• 2+ years in a leadership role coordinating cross-functional teams.
• 2+ years influencing stakeholders and managing vendor/budget relationships.
• 2+ years of strong written and verbal communication skills for proposals and roadmaps.
• 2+ years mentoring resources and knowledge transfer across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive Platform strategy and delivery with Architecture, Architectural Product owners and AppDev teams.
• Build and scale internal platforms, golden paths, and self-service tools to reduce developer cognitive load.
• Scale CI/CD pipelines, IaC, GitOps, and DevSecOps to embed security and observability.
• Partner with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to design scalable, cost-effective solutions.
• Mentor and lead cross-functional teams of Engineers, DevOps, and SRE; manage cloud spend budgets.

Skills

Technology & Engineering Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Platform strategy

DevOps & IaC

AI solutions

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Job description

CVS Health in HR Technology is seeking a dynamic Lead Director to shape platform strategy, oversee multi-cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and internal platforms. You will build a high-performing team of engineers, drive AI initiatives, cloud cost optimization, security, and delivery excellence across the software lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in technology leadership, experience leading cross-functional teams, strong communication, and a track record of accelerating delivery in