Executive Director, Software Engineering — Pharmacy Platform

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

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking an Executive Director of Software Engineering for the PCW to guide modernization of the Retail pharmacy platform and strategic initiatives. You will lead cross‑functional teams delivering compliant, secure, cloud‑enabled software with data insights for pharmacy partners.

Responsibilities include translating strategy into roadmaps, recruiting top engineering talent, and driving SDLC best practices across AWS/GCP/Azure environments.

Qualifications

• 15+ years' experience in systems analysis and application program development.
• 12 years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in people leadership.
• Proven experience building and operating cloud-native systems (ideally on GCP) and Java-based microservices.
• Strong background in B2B or B2B2C platforms, experience and APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead modernization and migration efforts in a complex environment.
• Bachelors degree required

Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain software ecosystem which adhere to highly regulated compliance, regulatory, and safety requirement
• Build platform which allows partner to increase revenue through cross sell and upsell
• Own data pipelines, semantic layers, and reporting products that provide operational and growth insights for pharmacy partners.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
• Translate VP‑level strategy into clear roadmaps, backlogs, and execution plans for the pillar.
• Recruit, develop, and retain engineering and data talent; drive best practices in SDLC, data quality, and analytics.
• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers in modernizing our core pharmacy platform
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into cloud environments - AWS, GCP and Azure
• Hands‑on, roll up your sleeves collaborative style of working
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across mobile and web full‑stack development tools and technologies
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting‑edge technologies, inclusion, outside‑of‑the‑box thinking, teamwork, self‑organization, and diversity
• Develop proof of concepts and ensure their successful transition to production, maintaining the highest standards of security and quality
• Technology research and innovation to develop long term roadmap based on emerging trends in healthcare and digital technologies

Skills

Systems analysis

Software engineering

People leadership

Cloud-native

Java microservices

APIs

B2B platforms

Modernization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

CVS Health is seeking an Executive Director of Software Engineering for the PCW to guide modernization of the Retail pharmacy platform and strategic initiatives. You will lead cross‑functional teams delivering compliant, secure, cloud‑enabled software with data insights for pharmacy partners.

Responsibilities include translating strategy into roadmaps, recruiting top engineering talent, and driving SDLC best practices across AWS/GCP/Azure environments.