Technology Strategy Leader - Enterprise Data, AI & Platforms - Hybrid

The Cigna Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking a Technology Strategy Leader in Austin, TX. You will connect enterprise priorities to roadmaps, investment choices, and operating routines to drive focus, speed, and accountability across Enterprise Data, AI, and Platforms.

You will influence senior leaders, lead cross-functional execution, and shape cloud, analytics, and shared technology platform initiatives in a regulated environment. The role offers annual salary with bonus eligibility and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in technology strategy or portfolio leadership.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale roadmaps and governance in a matrixed environment.
• Strong executive communication; simplify complex topics and drive action.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated technology strategy and roadmap across Enterprise Data, AI and Platforms.
• Turn goals into an actionable portfolio with clear scope, decisions and value measures.
• Improve platform onboarding, access, documentation, support, and adoption.
• Partner with product, engineering, architecture, governance, security, privacy, compliance, finance, and operations to align decisions.
• Build investment cases linking funding decisions to measurable outcomes such as adoption, reliability, reuse, satisfaction and cost efficiency.
• Establish governance routines, portfolio reviews, standards alignment, dependency management and risk escalation.
• Advance responsible AI strategy to scale experiments and improve quality, speed, and reuse across the enterprise.

Skills

Executive communication

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Portfolio management

Cloud platform familiarity

Regulated environment experience

Influence senior leaders

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Enterprise Data, AI and Platforms team is shaping how our company uses data, analytics, AI, and shared technology services to deliver stronger experiences and measurable value. As the Technology Strategy Leader, you will connect enterprise priorities to clear roadmaps, investment choices, and operating routines that help teams move with focus, speed, and accountability. This role is a strong fit for a strategic, collaborative leader who can make complex work simpler and bring partners together around outcomes that matter.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated technology strategy and roadmap across Enterprise Data, AI and Platforms, including priorities, sequencing, dependencies, and multi-year outcomes.
• Turn enterprise goals into an actionable portfolio by clarifying scope, tradeoffs, decisions, and value measures for product, engineering, and business partners.
• Improve the platform experience through stronger onboarding, access, documentation, support, observability, and enablement that reduce friction and increase adoption.
• Partner across product, engineering, architecture, governance, security, privacy, compliance, finance, operations, and business teams to align decisions and remove barriers.
• Build investment cases and benefits plans that connect funding decisions to measurable outcomes, including adoption, reliability, reuse, satisfaction, and cost efficiency.
• Establish governance routines, decision rights, portfolio reviews, standards alignment, dependency management, and risk escalation paths that improve transparency and accountability.
• Advance responsible AI strategy by helping teams prioritize intake, move experiments to scale, and improve quality, speed, and reuse across the enterprise.

Required Qualifications

• 15 or more years of experience in technology strategy, operating model transformation, platform product leadership, program leadership, or portfolio leadership.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale roadmaps, governance models, standards, dependency management, and cross-functional execution in a matrixed environment.
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics, frame decisions, and create clear action plans.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and align product, engineering, architecture, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams on cloud platforms, modern data and analytics architecture, or shared technology platforms.
• Experience operating in a regulated environment and partnering with security, privacy, or compliance teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in technology, business, data, analytics, or a related field.
• Experience with AI governance, responsible AI practices, and the use of AI tools to improve productivity, workflow, and decision making.
• Experience driving enterprise analytics, data platform, servicing platform, or AI adoption at scale in healthcare, financial services, or another regulated industry.

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.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 139,900 - 233,100 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus and long term incentive plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. 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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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.