Director, Software Engineering

Cigna; Florida; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Cigna is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead initiatives delivering direct-to-consumer products and technology-enabled services, collaborating with Product Management and Operations. You will lead commercial software teams, promote Agile/SAFE practices, and mentor staff while establishing repeatable processes and strong engineering standards.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in software product development, 8+ years in management, and a proven record delivering healthcare software

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
• 10+ years of software product development experience.
• 8+ years of management experience.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience with vendors in system selection, cost negotiation, and SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial software development teams and introduce new technologies.
• Partner with business units and customers to define product direction.
• Promote Agile/SAFE practices and engineering best practices across teams.
• Mentor staff, conduct performance reviews, and develop talent.
• Establish repeatable processes and version control in a team environment.
• Collaborate with all business areas to identify unmet needs and solutions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Team management

Software engineering

Agile/SAFE

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Job Description

The Director of Software Engineering will be accountable for leading new initiatives to deliver direct to consumer product offerings and associated technology enabled services. This individual will be expected to contribute to the strategic direction for multiple direct to consumer products and technology-enabled services through interaction with Product Management, Business Leadership and Operations teams.

• Provide leadership and management of teams responsible for commercial software development and the introduction of new technologies
• Partner with the business units and customers
• Experience leading development using modern software engineering and product development tools including Agile/SAFE, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, etc.
• Demonstrate leadership in the context of software engineering and be an evangelist for engineering best practices
• Stay abreast of leading-edge technologies in the industry
• Evaluate emerging software technologies
• Work collaboratively with all business areas to assess unmet/new business needs and solutions
• Encourage the growth of direct and indirect reports through skills development, objectives and goal setting; Holds direct reports accountable for meeting performance standards and departmental performance goals; mentors staff; measures staff performance and completes regular performance reviews and ranking
• Demonstrated experience in building high performing teams including the hiring and developing of great people
• Ability to establish repeatable processes, best practices and implement version control software in a team environment
• Proven and accomplished individual with excellent leadership and strategic management skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• 10+ years of software product development experience working on commercially available software and / or Healthcare platforms
• 8+ years of management experience, delivering successful innovate software products
• Excellent collaboration skills and techniques to create innovative market leading solutions
• Excellent time management, communication, decision making, and presentation
• Experience working with vendors in system selection, cost negotiation, and the development of service level agreements
• Display a strong desire to achieve and attain high levels of both internal and external customer satisfactions

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.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. 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.

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