myPBM Transformation & AI strategy - Distinguished Engineer

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.

Job Profile Summary

Defines and advances the organization's technology, architecture, and AI strategy by providing enterprise-wide technical leadership, establishing architectural standards, driving innovation, and guiding the adoption of emerging technologies that enable business transformation and competitive advantage.

A Brief Overview

Provides leadership across technology strategy, architecture, and AI transformation initiatives. Partners with business, product, engineering, and architecture leaders to define future-state technology roadmaps, establish governance standards, and accelerate the adoption of AI-driven capabilities that improve business outcomes, operational efficiency, and customer experience. Influences technical direction through expertise, innovation, and thought leadership.

What You Will Do

• Defines and evolves the organization's technology strategy, enterprise architecture principles, and long-term technical roadmap.
• Establishes architectural standards, governance frameworks, and engineering practices that ensure scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions.
• Leads enterprise AI strategy, operating models, and adoption frameworks across business and technology organizations.
• Assesses and recommends emerging technologies, platforms, and AI capabilities that align with business objectives and transformation goals.
• Partners with executive leadership to align technology investments and modernization initiatives with strategic business priorities.
• Defines enterprise patterns, reference architectures, and governance models for AI, cloud, data, and digital platforms.
• Drives innovation through research, experimentation, proofs of concept, and evaluation of emerging technologies that create competitive advantage.
• Establishes responsible AI, security, compliance, and risk management practices to ensure trusted and sustainable adoption of AI technologies.
• Mentors senior engineers and architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Represents the organization as a technology and AI thought leader through industry forums, conferences, publications, and strategic partnerships.

For This Role You Will Need Minimum Requirements

• 15+ years of technology leadership experience across software engineering, enterprise architecture, digital transformation, or platform engineering.
• Deep expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, distributed systems, and modern engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, Agentic AI, intelligent automation, and enterprise AI adoption strategies.
• Mastery of problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Mastery of collaboration, influence, and executive stakeholder management.
• Mastery of growth mindset, innovation, and organizational transformation.
• Mastery of execution, strategic planning, and business outcomes delivery.
• Proven ability to influence enterprise technology direction without direct management authority.
• Education Bachelor's degree preferred.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is: $175,100.00 - $334,750.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. 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.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility. Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/30/2026 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Our Work Experience

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people.

Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.