Director, Enterprise Software Engineering - Health Systems

Wolters Kluwer•Riverwoods, IL

About The Position

The Director, Enterprise Systems – Health will serve as a senior technology leader within Global Technology Systems (GTS), partnering closely with the Health Business Division to deliver reliable, scalable, and future‑ready enterprise systems. This role owns the delivery, operational excellence, and strategic alignment of Health’s enterprise systems portfolio, while leading the transition of Health ES capabilities into GTS. As the primary technology counterpart to Health business leadership, the Director translates business strategy into measurable technology outcomes, ensuring system stability today and enabling long‑term transformation. The role is accountable for enterprise platform performance, roadmap execution, and modernization initiatives, while driving collaboration across Architecture, Engineering, Security, Data, and PMO teams. Through strong business partnership, disciplined execution, and a focus on continuous improvement, this leader ensures Health enterprise systems support growth, transformation, and M&A initiatives at scale.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience required
15+ years of experience in enterprise technology or business systems with progressive leadership responsibility
Proven success managing complex, global technology portfolios and business critical systems
Strong business partnership skills across Finance, Operations, Product, Data, and Engineering
Experience with ERP, CRM, workflow automation, and integration platforms (e.g., SAP, Salesforce)

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree and certifications (ITIL, PMP, Scrum/Product, TOGAF, cloud) preferred
Experience supporting M&A, largescale transitions, or reorganizations preferred

Responsibilities

Lead ES technology workstreams for the Health to GTS transition, serving as the primary liaison to Health leaders and managing risks and dependencies to GTS transition, serving as the primary liaison to Health leaders and managing risks and dependencies to GTS transition, serving as the primary liaison to Health leaders and managing risks and dependencies
Act as the dedicated ES technology partner for the Health Business Division, translating business priorities into measurable technology outcomes
Own execution of the “Health” division’s ES portfolio and roadmap across enterprise platforms, aligned to business strategy, system health, and architecture standards
Ensure operational stability, availability, and performance of Health business systems, including incident management, escalation, and root cause analysis
Drive continuous improvement across integrations, automation, monitoring, and release readiness
Partner with Health business transformation leaders to define and deliver the multi‑year technology roadmap and modernization initiatives
Lead technology due diligence, integration, and execution for ‘Health’ division related M&A initiatives.
Drive alignment across Architecture, Engineering, Security, Data, and PMO organizations for Health Enterprise Systems