Software Development Team Lead Jobs in Illinois

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Job Purpose and Summary:

The Lead Director, Software Engineering will manage the software engineering and product management teams in the organization that develops and operates the systems and processes for PBM Rebates for CVS Health. The Lead Director will collaborate with the business stakeholders, vendors, and external partners to align the technology solutions with the strategic goals and objectives.

Successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing strategic initiatives and ensuring the successful execution of engineering programs. This role requires a visionary leader with a strong technical background, exceptional management skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

***We will consider remote USA for this role

Responsibilities:

• Provide direction and guidance to the technology teams that work on rebates software products and applications.
• Manage the delivery of IT initiatives, ensuring the quality, design, timeliness, and budget adherence, and meeting the key OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and KPIs (Key Performance Indicator).
• Manage the IT budget, resources, and vendors delivering the IT projects and services in alignment with OKRs.
• Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration with the business stakeholders, vendors, and external partners, meeting the business requirements and expectations, and resolving any issues or escalations.
• Drive the innovation and continuous improvement solutions, leveraging best practices, industry trends, and emerging technologies.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of leadership experience in matrixed organization spanning technical leadership and application development.
• 7+ years of leading full-stack engineering teams or similar experience including defining and leading the execution of the long-term technology strategy management and delivery.
• 5+ years of experience in the following tech stack: Angular, TypeScript, SpringBoot, Java, Kotlin and test Frameworks (Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Selenium, Protractor) and CI/CD tool (Jenkins, Github actions, Concourse, Circle CI), Informatica and mainframes.
• 5+ years of experience leading with deployment/modernization of applications to cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, AWS, API Design & Development and Microservices Architecture.
• 5+ years of Fiscal Management of capital and operating expense budgets.
• 7+ years of partnering across the organization and lead enterprise initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ progressive years in enterprise level software delivery in high impact business areas.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on setting technical direction and ensure alignment with our technology strategy.
• Drive scale & reuse by leveraging platforms and capabilities.
• Technology research and innovation to develop long term roadmap based on emerging trends in healthcare and digital technologies with a hands-on, roll up your sleeves collaborative style of working.
• Strong fundamental understanding of data analytics platforms and data pipelines.
• The ability to inspire your organization to deliver quality software solutions.
• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers in modernizing our platform and core capabilities.
• Embrace and incubate emerging technology and open-source products across all platforms.
• Work in a startup mindset to modernize our existing tech stacks.
• Collaborate with internal teams to find areas of opportunities for automation and machine learning.
• Partner with architects, product owners, and software engineers to drive the implementation of new solutions and applications.
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across mobile and web full-stack development tools and technologies.
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into cloud environments – AWS, GCP and Azure.
• Conduct design and code review to ensure compliance with standards.
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.
• Develop proof of concepts and ensure their successful transition to production, maintaining the highest standards of security and quality.
• Strong knowledge and experience in IT vendor management, and IT service management methodologies and frameworks.
• Demonstrated leadership through transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience in a product led transformation and mature operations.
• Strong people leadership capabilities with a strong ability to build a high performing team through formal training, diverse assignments, coaching, mentoring, and other techniques.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience. Master's Degree Preferred.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

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.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

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: 06/30/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.