Senior Manager Software Development Engineering

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Cloud Software Application Delivery is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of cloud-based software applications. This role partners closely with product management, engineering, architecture, security, and operations teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and high-quality cloud solutions are delivered on time and within budget. The role combines technical leadership, people management, and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery & Execution

• Lead the delivery of complex cloud software applications across multiple agile teams from planning thru' deployment and post release support
• Own delivery timelines, milestones, risks, and dependencies across initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in cloud-native development, CI/CD, and DevOps.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery processes, quality, and operational efficiency.
• Lead large‑scale, complex application delivery programs across multiple teams and geographies.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and technical debt.

Technical Leadership

• Provide leadership in cloud application architecture, design, and delivery (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Partner with architects and engineers to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and resilient.
• Oversee application performance, reliability, and production readiness.
• Provide technical oversight for cloud‑native architectures, frontend UIs, microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Champion adoption of AI tools, observability and automation best practices
• Ensure applications meet security, compliance, performance, and reliability standards.

People Management

• Manage, mentor, and develop engineering managers, delivery managers, or technical leads.
• Set clear goals, conduct performance management, succession planning, provide regular feedback, and support career development.
• Foster high‑performing, diverse teams with a strong culture of inclusiveness, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Promote agile and product‑centric mindsets across teams.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a key point of contact for product, business, and executive stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into delivery plans and execution strategies.
• Communicate delivery status, risks, and outcomes clearly to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery processes and engineering effectiveness.

Governance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and operational standards.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and implement mitigation plans.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and vendor management as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in software engineering and application delivery.
• 5+ years of experience managing managers or leading large, distributed delivery teams.
• 3+ years of experience in managing delivery of applications in a product model
• Strong experience delivering cloud-native applications (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
• Solid understanding of & hands on experience with Agile, Scrum, and DevOps methodologies
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Proven experience delivering cloud‑based, enterprise‑scale software applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with front end tech (such as Angular, React or equivalent), microservices, APIs, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP) a plus.
• Background in enterprise-scale cloud transformations.
• Strong business acumen and executive communicati