Executive Director, Solution & AI Engineering

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

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking an Executive Director of Solution & AI Engineering to define the long-term technical vision and roadmap. You will lead cross-functional teams across solution and AI engineering, shaping scalable, secure architectures aligned with CVS Health's strategy.

You'll partner with executives to translate business goals into actionable technology programs, drive innovation, and ensure delivery of high-quality products that meet consumer expectations and deliver measurable value.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including solution architecture and AI/ML engineering.
• 8+ years in people leadership roles, managing managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale architectures (cloud, microservices, distributed systems).
• Familiarity with AI/ML systems including modern generative AI and LLM-based architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision and roadmap for solution & AI engineering.
• Lead a multidisciplinary organization of solution engineers, AI engineers, and engineering managers.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-efficient across multiple lines of business.
• Direct design, development, and deployment of AI solutions and establish governance, privacy, and ethics practices.

Skills

Solution architecture

AI/ML engineering

Leadership

Enterprise-scale systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

CVS Health is reimagining how members engage with their health - combining AI-powered assistance, personalized care navigation, and seamless digital experiences to improve outcomes at scale.

As Executive Director of Solution & AI Engineering, you will lead the strategic vision, development and execution of our technology roadmap. You will drive innovation, manage cross-functional teams, and ensure the delivery of high-quality products that exceed consumer expectations.

As a key strategic leader, you will partner deeply with stakeholders across CVS Health to understand consumers, current product landscape, operational needs, and business goals - developing long-term visions, technical strategies, and roadmaps that deliver value. Design thinking is at the center of all you do, ensuring consumer centricity is the core of everything we build so that we deliver the right value to the right person at the right time.

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision and roadmap for solution engineering and AI engineering, aligned with overall business strategy
• Serve as a key member of the technology leadership team, advising executives and the board on AI strategy, architecture standards, and emerging technology opportunities
• Translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions

Team Building & People Management

• Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary organization of solution engineers, AI engineers, and engineering managers
• Establish career development frameworks, hiring plans, and performance management practices to attract and retain top technical talent
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning

Solution Engineering

• Own standards, governance, and design review processes across the organization
• Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, security, resilience, and cost-efficiency
• Evaluate and select technology platforms, tools, and vendors in partnership with engineering and procurement teams
• Own delivery of engineering frameworks & products supporting multiple lines of business

AI Engineering

• Direct the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions, including generative AI
• Establish best practices for responsible AI development, including model governance, data privacy, and ethical AI use
• Partner with product, and business teams to identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with product management, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure solution engineering and AI initiatives deliver measurable business value
• Manage budgets, vendor relationships, and resource allocation across the portfolio of solution engineering and AI programs
• Present technical strategy and progress updates to executive leadership

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in technology roles, including significant experience in solution architecture and/or AI/ML engineering
• 8+ years in people leadership roles, managing managers and building multidisciplinary technical teams
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale architecture (cloud, microservices, distributed systems, integration patterns)
• Familiarity with AI/ML systems, including modern generative AI and LLM-based architectures
• Track record of translating business strategy into technical roadmaps and executing at scale
• Strong executive presence with experience presenting to senior leadership and/or boards
• Experience leading large-scale, globally distributed teams, and ensuring the health and stability of production operations.
• Technical expertise in triaging, understanding, and solving complex challenges across various technology stacks, enterprise integrations, and vendor platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in an enterprise environment.
• Background working with software development vendors as delivery partners - including SOW management, onboarding, and performance accountability.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$175,100.00 - $334,750.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/30/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.