Software Engineering Associate Director - HIH - Evernorth

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HIH - Software Engineering Associate Director Position Summary : The Software Engineering Associate Director p rovides hands on leadership, management, and thought leadership for a Delivery organization enabling Cigna's Technology team s . This individual will lead a team based in our Hyderabad Innovation Hub to deliver innovative solutions supporting multiple business and technology domains within Cigna . This includes the Service Operations , Entities, Pharmacy business lines , as well as testing and DevOps enablement . The focus of the team is to build innovative solutions enabling business while modernizing our existing asset base to support business growth . The Technology strategy is aligned to our business strategy and the candidate will not only be able to influence technology direction but also establishing ou r team through recruiting and mentoring employees and vendor resources . This is a hands-on position with visibility to the highest levels of the Cigna Technology team . This leader will focus on enabling innovation using the latest technologies and development techniques . This role will foster rapidly building out a scalable delivery organization that aligns with all areas within the Technology team. The ideal candidate will be able to attract and develop talent in a highly dynamic environment. Job Description & Responsibilities : Provide leadership, vision, and design direction for the quality and development of the US Medical and Health Services Technology teams based at the Hyderabad Innovation Hub (HIH). Work in close coordination with leaders and teams based in the United States, as well as contractors employed by the US Medical and Health Services Technology team who are based both within and outside of the United States, to delive r products and capabilities in support of Cigna's business line s. Provide leadership to HIH leaders and teams ensuring the team is meeting the following objectives : Design, configuration, implementation application design/development, and quality engineering within the supported technologies and products. Hands - on people manager who has experience leading agile teams of highly talented technology professionals developing large solutions and internal facing applications. They are expected to work closely with developers, quality engineers, technical project managers, principal engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure that application solutions meet business/customer requirements. A servant leader mentality and a history of creating an inclusive environment, fostering diverse views and approaches from the team, and coaching and mentoring them to thrive in a dynamic workplace. A history of embracing and incubating emerging technology and open-source products. A passion for building highly resilient, scalable, and available platforms, rich reusable foundational capabilities and seamless developer experience while focusing on strategic vision and technology roadmap delivery in an MVP / iterative fast paced approach. Accountable for driving towards timely decisions while influencing across engineering and development delivery teams to drive towards meeting project timelines while balancing destination state. Ensure engineering solutions align with the Technology strategy and that they support the application's requirements. Plan and implement procedures that will maximize engineering and operating efficiency for application integration technologies. Identify and drive process improvement opportunities. Proactive monitoring and management design of supported assets assuring performance, availability, security, and capacity . Maximize the efficiency (operational, performance, and cost) of the application assets. Experience Required : 16 to 18 years of IT and business/industry or equivalent experience preferred, with at least 5 years of experience in a leadership role with responsibility for the delivery of large-scale projects and programs. Leadership, cross-cultural communication, and familiarity with wide range of technologies and stakeholders . Strong Emotional Intelligence with the ability to foster collaboration across geographically dispersed teams . Experience Desired : Recognized leader with proven track record of delivering software engineering initiatives and cross-IT/business initiatives . Proven experience leading/managing technical teams with a passion for developing talent within the team. Experience with vendor management in an onshore/offshore model. Experience in Healthcare, Pharmacy . Experience with AWS . Education and Training Required : B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related degrees; Industry certifications such as AWS Solution Architect, PMP, Scrum Master, or Six Sigma Green Belt are also ideal. Primary Skills : Familiarity with most of the following Application Development technologies: Python, RESTful services, React, Angular, Postgres, and MySQL (relational database man

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