Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health is reimagining how members engage with their health through AI-powered assistance, personalized care navigation, and seamless digital experiences. The Executive Director of Solution & AI Engineering will lead the strategic vision, technology roadmap, multidisciplinary engineering teams, and delivery of scalable solution engineering and AI initiatives. The role also oversees responsible AI practices, cross-functional collaboration, budgets, vendors, and executive communication.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Skills
- 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
- Bachelor's Degree
- 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
Benefits
- 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.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
- Other resources, based on eligibility
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