Engineering Management Director - Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Group • Missoula, MT

18h

About The Position

At Allegiance, our engineers make a meaningful impact by building and modernizing platforms that support our clients and their members. As a Software Engineering Director, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of our core application platforms—balancing operational excellence today with thoughtful modernization for tomorrow. This is an opportunity to lead with influence, build strong engineering leaders, and drive outcomes that matter across the business.

Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in software engineering, application development, systems design, or IT engineering.
• Extensive experience leading large-scale, business-critical application platforms in an enterprise environment.
• Proven ability to define technology strategy and lead execution across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience managing engineering leaders and cross-functional delivery teams.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience modernizing legacy platforms and implementing scalable, future-state technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end engineering delivery and operational outcomes across Allegiance’s core application platforms, ensuring stability, performance, and scalability.
• Define and execute a clear technology roadmap that addresses near-term operational needs while advancing long-term modernization of the VBA client platform and related systems.
• Lead and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, strengthening accountability, talent growth, and engineering excellence.
• Establish consistent engineering standards, delivery practices, and governance aligned with enterprise guardrails.
• Partner with business, product, and technology leaders to align engineering outcomes with Allegiance and enterprise priorities.
• Identify, assess, and manage technical risk, including legacy platforms and modernization initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery discipline, system reliability, and development practices across teams.

Benefits

• 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 and paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees