Executive Director, Digital Architecture

CVS Health•Sacramento, CA

About The Position

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. The Executive Director of Architecture is the enterprise technology steward responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the end-to-end architecture strategy across digital experience, platforms, integrations, data, AI, and operations. This leader ensures the organization builds cohesive, scalable, secure, and reusable architectures that accelerate delivery while reducing complexity, duplication, and long-term technical risk. The role balances strategic architecture vision with hands-on architectural leadership for the company’s most critical initiatives.

Requirements

15+ years in software engineering, platforms, or architecture, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
Proven experience defining and governing enterprise-scale architectures.
Deep expertise in: • Distributed systems and APIs • Cloud-native architectures • Integration patterns (sync, async, event-driven) • Data and AI architecture fundamentals
Experience operating in large, regulated, high-availability environments.
Strong executive communication and influence skills.

Nice To Haves

Background in healthcare, payments, financial services, or similarly complex domains.
Experience architecting platform-based and product-centric organizations.
Hands-on exposure to AI/ML and agentic architecture patterns.
Experience modernizing legacy systems at scale.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Vision & Strategy
Solution & Domain Architecture Leadership
Architecture Governance & Decisioning
AI, Data & Emerging Technology Architecture
Cloud, Security & Reliability Alignment
Architecture Organization & Talent Leadership
Executive & Cross-Functional Influence

Benefits

Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

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