Technology Strategy Leader - Enterprise Data, AI & Platforms - Hybrid

Cigna Healthcare

$139K — $233K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years in technology strategy, operating model transformation, or platform product leadership.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise-scale roadmaps and governance in a matrixed environment.
  • Exceptional executive communication skills, with a talent for simplifying complex topics.
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and align diverse stakeholders including engineering and business teams.
  • Experience with cloud platforms and modern data architecture in partnership with engineering.
  • Familiarity operating in regulated environments and collaborating with compliance teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of integrated technology strategy and multi-year roadmap.
  • Translate enterprise goals into an actionable portfolio, clarifying scope and tradeoffs.
  • Enhance platform experience through improved access, documentation, and support for users.
  • Collaborate across teams to align decisions and remove barriers for progress.
  • Build investment cases linking funding to measurable outcomes for products and systems.
  • Establish governance routines that promote accountability and transparency across initiatives.
  • Advance responsible AI strategy by prioritizing projects and improving quality and speed.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits starting day one including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) plan and company-paid life insurance.
  • Tuition reimbursement to support ongoing education.
  • Minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year plus paid holidays.
  • Access to well-being and behavioral health programs.
Full Job Description
The Enterprise Data, AI and Platforms team is shaping how our company uses data, analytics, AI, and shared technology services to deliver stronger experiences and measurable value. As the Technology Strategy Leader, you will connect enterprise priorities to clear roadmaps, investment choices, and operating routines that help teams move with focus, speed, and accountability. This role is a strong fit for a strategic, collaborative leader who can make complex work simpler and bring partners together around outcomes that matter.

Responsibilities
  • Lead an integrated technology strategy and roadmap across Enterprise Data, AI and Platforms, including priorities, sequencing, dependencies, and multi-year outcomes.
  • Turn enterprise goals into an actionable portfolio by clarifying scope, tradeoffs, decisions, and value measures for product, engineering, and business partners.
  • Improve the platform experience through stronger onboarding, access, documentation, support, observability, and enablement that reduce friction and increase adoption.
  • Partner across product, engineering, architecture, governance, security, privacy, compliance, finance, operations, and business teams to align decisions and remove barriers.
  • Build investment cases and benefits plans that connect funding decisions to measurable outcomes, including adoption, reliability, reuse, satisfaction, and cost efficiency.
  • Establish governance routines, decision rights, portfolio reviews, standards alignment, dependency management, and risk escalation paths that improve transparency and accountability.
  • Advance responsible AI strategy by helping teams prioritize intake, move experiments to scale, and improve quality, speed, and reuse across the enterprise.


Required Qualifications
  • 15 or more years of experience in technology strategy, operating model transformation, platform product leadership, program leadership, or portfolio leadership.
  • Experience leading enterprise-scale roadmaps, governance models, standards, dependency management, and cross-functional execution in a matrixed environment.
  • Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics, frame decisions, and create clear action plans.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and align product, engineering, architecture, governance, operations, and business stakeholders.
  • Experience partnering with engineering teams on cloud platforms, modern data and analytics architecture, or shared technology platforms.
  • Experience operating in a regulated environment and partnering with security, privacy, or compliance teams.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in technology, business, data, analytics, or a related field.
  • Experience with AI governance, responsible AI practices, and the use of AI tools to improve productivity, workflow, and decision making.
  • Experience driving enterprise analytics, data platform, servicing platform, or AI adoption at scale in healthcare, financial services, or another regulated industry.


If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 139,900 - 233,100 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus and long term incentive plan.

At The Cigna Group, you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

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