Director, Corporate Platform - Engineering & AI Enablement

Director, Corporate Platform - Engineering & AI Enablement

The Corporate Platform team delivers scalable, secure enterprise technology across Corporate Services (HR, Finance, and Global Business Services). In this role, you will lead the end-to-end engineering delivery and operational health of corporate platforms (e.g., Workday and its ecosystem), spanning integrations, security architecture, digital experience, analytics/data, and enterprise AI enablement. You will partner with business and technology leaders to modernize platforms, improve employee and manager experiences, and ensure solutions are resilient, compliant, and built for long-term value across the Family of Companies.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Define and execute a multi-year roadmap for corporate platforms and AI enablement aligned to enterprise strategy and measurable outcomes
• Own end-to-end technical delivery, stability, and evolution of Workday and the surrounding corporate services ecosystem
• Lead integration architecture and delivery across HR, Finance, and GBS platforms, using API-first patterns and MuleSoft (or equivalent) governance
• Design, pilot, and scale AI-native capabilities (gen AI, copilots, automation, orchestration) across corporate technology platforms
• Design and deploy scalable AI agents with appropriate orchestration patterns, including human-in-the-loop controls where required
• Establish and operate security and AI governance guardrails (role-based access, SOD/SOX, privacy, model oversight, and audit readiness)
• Set the analytics, reporting, and data strategy across Workday and adjacent platforms (data models, dashboards, and planning insights)
• Build and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams and partner with business/technology leaders to translate priorities into executable roadmaps

Qualifications

In this role, you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field
• 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise technology, platform delivery, integration, or technical leadership roles
• 6 years of leadership experience, preferably supporting Workday at enterprise scale
• Deep hands-on experience with Workday integrations and Workday Build technologies
• Strong expertise with MuleSoft or comparable enterprise middleware and API-led integration architectures
• Experience leading platform modernization initiatives in large, complex, and regulated environments
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, or governing AI solutions, including intelligent automation and agentic AI
• Experience building or orchestrating AI Agents across platforms and workflows, including human-in-the-loop designs
• Understanding of agent orchestration frameworks, multi-agent coordination, and AI governance models
• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline
• Proven ability to lead transformation and organizational change
• Strong people leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary technical teams
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills
• Preferred experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Workday AI, or agent frameworks such as Flowise
• Preferred experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native delivery patterns
• Workday Integration, Workday Studio, or MuleSoft certifications preferred
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, or other highly regulated industries preferred

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

About Us

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus' vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus' objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California's vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model:

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.