Lead Director Software Development, Architecture, Client Experience

CVS Health

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Work type
On-site
Location
Richardson, TX
Salary
$144,200–$288,400 / yr
Posted
23 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 29, 2026

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This role pays more than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $184,900–$247,171 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $216k for comparable roles.

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About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company operating retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, and a health insurance segment through Aetna, one of the nation''s largest health insurers. Industry: Healthcare & Pharmacy

CVS Health currently has 81 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $118,450–$284,280 across 79 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Director Software Development, Architecture, Client Experience

Lead Director Software Development (Architecture, Client Experience) leads the architecture vision and execution for complex enterprise-scale initiatives across Adjudication and Client Experience platforms. This role involves managing a team of architects to establish standards for AI-first and automation-first solution designs while overseeing technical guidance for strategic projects. The position focuses on building end-to-end architectures that incorporate agentic workflows, event-driven integration frameworks, and intelligent automation to reduce manual processes. Key responsibilities include performing buy versus build analyses, managing cloud migrations, and reducing technical debt. Required skills include expertise in Azure and GCP, microservices, Domain-Driven Design, and streaming technologies like Kafka or Pulsar. The role addresses the challenge of integrating AI/ML and Generative AI into pharmacy benefit management systems while ensuring security, scalability, and performance across high-performance cloud-native environments and complex data-driven workflows.

What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end architecture vision and execution for complex enterprise-scale initiatives across Adjudication and Client Experience platforms.
  • Integrate AI-assisted, data-driven, and intelligent capabilities into all solution designs by default rather than as an afterthought.
  • Establish and scale a technology incubation function to drive the adoption of advanced architectures like Generative AI and agentic workflows.
  • Lead, manage, and mentor a team of architects while setting standards for quality, consistency, and automation-first thinking.
  • Perform Buy vs Build vs Partner analyses for AI platforms, models, and services to provide defensible recommendations.
  • Develop reference architectures for cloud-native, event-driven, API-first, and microservices-based solutions.
  • Resolve architectural bottlenecks related to scalability, performance, resilience, and operational intelligence in partnership with SRE teams.
  • Translate complex technical and AI concepts into business outcomes through compelling narratives and demos for executive leadership.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
  • 10+ years of overall design and development experience, including enterprise-scale solution architecture.
  • 7+ years of hands-on cloud architecture experience, primarily in Azure with solid experience in GCP.
  • Deep expertise in software architecture patterns, including Domain-Driven Design, microservices, event-driven, and AI-enabled architectures.
  • Strong experience with enterprise integration platforms and streaming technologies such as Kafka or Pulsar.
  • Proven ability to lead, influence, and mentor architects across large, matrixed organizations.
  • Ability to translate complex technical and AI concepts into business-relevant outcomes.
  • PBM or healthcare domain experience; hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms and Generative AI architectures (preferred).

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