Enterprise Architecture Director – US Employer

Cigna Group•Bloomfield, CT

2d•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Architect supporting US Employer Enterprise Architecture, you will help shape architecture across a portfolio of business and technology domains. You will connect business strategy, capabilities, information, applications, platforms, and operating models into a coherent enterprise direction; align domain initiatives to target states; and develop value-based roadmaps that balance near-term delivery with long-term simplification, resilience, and growth. In this role, you will partner broadly across Enterprise Architecture, Technology, Product, Operations, Data, and US Employer business teams to influence decisions, align stakeholders, and bring clarity in ambiguous and fast-changing environments. You will work with domain leaders to shape capability roadmaps, identify cross-domain dependencies, and sequence investments that improve business outcomes, technology agility, and operational effectiveness. You will bring an outside-in perspective on market, healthcare, and technology trends while helping teams converge on practical, value-driven architecture choices. This role requires strong influence and innovative problem-solving to translate business needs into technology strategy and architectural direction. You will operate with high autonomy—executing from intent, not instruction—and proactively drive progress from problem framing through aligned decisions and outcomes as a trusted partner and advisor at all levels of the organization. Depth in every domain is not required; success depends on establishing clear enterprise direction, connecting decisions across domains, and partnering effectively with domain, solution, platform, data, security, AI enablement, and operations teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering or related field, advanced degree a plus
8+ years of experience in a software engineering, infrastructure, or architecture environment
Demonstrated enterprise architecture experience delivering target-state architectures, capability maps, standards/patterns, and multi-year roadmaps (e.g., reference architectures, capability maps, roadmap milestones)
Demonstrated track record of influencing enterprise decisions and delivering cross-functional outcomes across multiple business lines and technology teams
Interpersonal & Organizational Savvy – must be able to influence and develop relationships at all levels of the organization (executive to engineers), and be able to navigate in a highly matrixed organization
Strategic Mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies
Cultivates Innovation – Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
Leadership & Decision-making – Takes a leading position, makes decisions that are timely, right-sized and value driven
Communication – must have executive presence, ability to succinctly deliver key messages (verbal and written)
Drives Results – Pushes team and cross functional partners to deliver needed results in tough circumstances and expedited timelines
Attitude – has an attitude or persona of “let’s find a way to do it” attitude – no task is too big or too small
Manages Complexity – Makes sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
Manages Ambiguity – Operates effectively and drives work forward even when things are not certain or there is no clear way forward
Instills Trust – Quickly gains confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
Develops Talent – Mentors more junior team members to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals
Business and capability architecture – translate strategy into capability models, value streams, target operating implications, and investment priorities across multiple domains
Application, platform, and integration architecture – shape modular application portfolios, shared platforms, APIs, events, interoperability patterns, and modernization paths
Data and information architecture – define trusted data domains, ownership, access patterns, information flows, and reusable data services in partnership with data governance and platform teams
Cloud, security, resilience, and technology foundations – incorporate enterprise standards for scalability, availability, privacy, security, observability, and operational readiness into architecture decisions
Automation and AI enablement – assess where automation, generative AI, and agentic capabilities can create value, and partner with enablement and governance teams on responsible adoption
Portfolio planning and architecture governance – use capability-led planning, value-based roadmaps, reference architectures, principles, standards, and decision records to guide investment and delivery

Nice To Haves

Healthcare and employer-sponsored benefits experience – understanding of payer, pharmacy, care, provider, employer, client, and customer dynamics, with the ability to translate business and market needs into enterprise architecture priorities
Multi-domain architecture leadership – experience shaping strategy and roadmaps across a collection of interdependent business and technology domains rather than a single platform or function
Portfolio modernization – rationalization, platform consolidation, cloud adoption, technical debt reduction, and sequencing of complex transformation portfolios
Data, integration, and interoperability – domain-oriented data patterns, APIs, events, shared services, and information exchange across complex ecosystems
AI and automation delivery – experience moving emerging capabilities from experimentation into governed, measurable production use
Architecture operating models – experience establishing effective engagement models, decision rights, governance, guardrails, and communities of practice across federated teams

Responsibilities

Drive strategic direction using market and technology signals; model financial and experience outcomes; and run test-and-learn experiments and pilots to validate forecasts.
Partner across Enterprise Architecture, Business, Technology, Product, Data, and Operations to drive timely decisions by clarifying options, trade-offs, dependencies, and sequencing across the US Employer portfolio.
Execute from intent, not instruction, to drive outcomes from problem framing through aligned decisions and delivery.
Develop target-state architectures, roadmaps, and reference patterns that balance delivery, sustainability, and technical debt reduction across horizons.
Optimize existing assets when fit-for-purpose, extend shared capabilities when needed, and pursue disruptive capabilities when they create step-change value.
Define reusable enterprise patterns and integration approaches that connect capabilities across domain boundaries and support consistent, scalable business change.
Communicate architecture direction through clear artifacts and narratives, translating between executive goals and technical implications by adapting detail to the audience and focusing on decision-relevant information.
Partner with Engineering and Solution Architecture to co-develop guardrails and reusable patterns, support solution design reviews, remove blockers, and accelerate delivery of prioritized outcomes by driving adoption through influence, coaching, and practical enabling patterns.
Coach and mentor architects and engineers to build architecture maturity and consistent practices across teams, fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion.