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The job profile for this position is Engineering Management Director, which is a Band 5 Management Career Track Role.
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The Evernorth Software Management Director will lead Software Engineering teams that deliver innovative digital healthcare technology solutions to our patients, members and customers. They will courageously push the boundaries of our agile engineering culture. They will passionately, persistently and productively challenge the status quo. They will balance a wide-range of initiatives and manage relationships with other technology and business leaders to deliver on our strategic priorities. They will forge new relationships with our digital partners across the organization. They will lead high-performing teams of front-line engineers who design, develop, implement and support customer-facing web applications using agile engineering practices.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Cultivate an empowered team of high performing engineers and engineering managers who are deeply passionate about building quality software products
• Foster ongoing agile engineering transformation and continuous improvement throughout the organization, advocating for common engineering patterns, efficiency, quality, resiliency, security and performance
• Demonstrate courage in pushing cultural boundaries in a transforming organization
• Ensure applications are designed and constructed using solid engineering patterns
• Create an environment of trust in which teams can “fail fast”, developing the team in the process
• Encourage innovation and diversity of thought to solve complex business problems
• Remove impediments to achieving quality standards, project deadlines and business objectives
• Willing and able to jump in and solve technical problems when needed
• Calm and thoughtful leadership presence leading urgent events
• Develop strong matrix relationships with product owners, experience designers, peer engineering teams, architects, infrastructure engineers, etc.
• Influence and communicate at all levels of the organization
• Ensure holistic ownership and accountability for technology products and delivery, including
• Deep understanding of the engineering practice maturity, strengths and opportunities in each product team, striving for continuous improvement
• End-to-end knowledge of product ecosystem, business transactions, technology stack, dependencies, and engineering practices
• Influence business partners at all levels of the organization to align future state business and technical road maps
• Ensure technical product road maps are complete, consistent and feasible
• Construct business cases to influence support for large, transformative technology investments
• Partner with business and technical product owners to optimize working relationships and clarify roles and responsibilities
• Establish organizational staffing strategy including budget planning, performance management and development of the team
• Deliver through the team, using delegation effectively to deliver
• Apply knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals
• Have the technical expertise and presence to lead the troubleshooting conversation confidently, yet is able to discern when it is appropriate to pivot between tactical and strategic tasks
• Keep a pulse on industry trends and help the organization envision what is possible
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QUALIFICATIONS:
• Fluent knowledge of software engineering principles & philosophies (SOLID, DDD, TDD, etc)
• Strong Emotional Intelligence
• Demonstrated experience building cloud-based web applications
• Demonstrated record of leading a team of software engineers and building high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated record of setting strategy and vision for a team of software engineers.
• Ability to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems; solutions are innovative, thorough, practical and consistent with organizational objectives.
• Ability to travel up to 20% domestically to other corporate sites and team locations.
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 158,100 – 263,500 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 plan and long term incentive plan.
We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why 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) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna.
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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