VP, Pharmacy+ Technology Transformation

POSITION OVERVIEW

Reporting directly to the SVP Pharmacy and Care Delivery Technology the VP of PharmacyTechnology Transformationshapes how Pharmacy competes scales and innovatestransforming technology into a strategic growth engine powered by AI-first agentic workflows and experience-led platforms.

This role will leadboth the delivery of current Pharmacy capabilitiessuch asAccredo Home DeliveryandESSDSandthe NextGen Pharmacy of the Future strategyintegrating clinical operational and patient/provider with enterprise-level influence this leader builds a resilient compliant globally scalable technology foundation supporting specialty home delivery and health system pharmacy growth across the US Ireland and Hyderabad.

The Vice President of Pharmacy Technology Transformation is expected to be asenior leaderwhotransforms the Pharmacy technology organization into an AI-first outcome-driven engine. This includestranslating business priorities into investment and delivery maintaining transparent total cost of ownership across Portfolio/Change/Run while driving year-over-year reduction and championing security cyber risk management audit/compliance and business continuity (BCP) to scale safely and sustainably.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide executive leadership presence with key Pharmacy leaders to maintain tight strategicalignment anddefine a multiyear technology vision and roadmap to deliver the Pharmacy of the Future integrating AI digital platform and core pharmacy systems.

• Lead the evolution to AI-first cloud-first and agentic architectures starting with Pharmacyowning strategy and delivery of the NextGen Pharmacy pillars including agentic orchestration decision intelligence and human-in-the-loop execution models that improve speed quality and cost while maintaining safety and compliance.

• Create & deliver new solutions by helping partners to see the art-of-the-possible and influencing the change needed to execute and deliver successfully.

• Reset how teams work by shifting from project-centric delivery to outcome-driven product and capability-oriented operating models with clear ownership and measurable results.

• Improve delivery predictability engineering productivity and time-to-value across large distributed teamswhile ensuring technology delivery supports both core operations and future-state transformation.

• Drive Lead to One execution by aligning org design funding models metrics and incentives to enterprise and Pharmacy outcomesreducing duplication and prioritizing shared capabilities over siloed solutions.

• Maintain transparent TCO across Portfolio Change and Run; continuously surface actionable insights make tough calls and influence decisions that reduce TCO and the overallopexprofile year over year.

• Own delivery discipline at scale: in partnership with peers balance innovation with reliability compliance and operational excellence across an approximately1500 (and growing)globalresource Pharmacy and Care Delivery technology footprint.

• Partner closely with Architecture AI EO Infrastructure Security Operations and peer technology leaders to ensure alignment clear handoffs and sustainable execution.

• Integrate patient and provider experience (digital voice and contact center) into the core AI pharmacy architectureensuring experiences are context-aware stateful and adaptive.

• Develop and lead a world-class global workforce (US Ireland Hyderabad) with strong talent mobility and succession depth thatfosters a culture of accountability learning innovation and collaboration.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degreerequired; aMastersdegree is preferred.

• 15 years of senior technology leadershipexperience inlarge complex healthcare and/or other highly regulated environments.

• Ability to apply knowledge of the healthcare landscape to achieve strategic goals including capability development and recommendations for partnerships or M&A.

• Proven leadershipdriving innovation and transformation in technology systems for healthcare companies prepared to lead aglobal matrixorganization of approx. 1500 resources

• Experience integrating digital voice and contact center capabilities into core healthcare or pharmacy platforms to deliver consistent safe scalable experiences across global delivery teams.

• Proven track record in leadinglarge-scale IT initiatives preferably inhealthcare systems orinsurance technologyenvironments.

• Skilled at explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences influencing stakeholders vendors and clients.

• Experience in recruiting motivating and developing technologyteamsglobally.

• Experiencebuilding relationships engaging with and shaping the perspectives of internal business partners supporting organizations (Infrastructure CIP Digital contact center) and key external customers to gain support on key issues and/or create a favorable business environment.

• Vendor management experience especially with healthcare and PBM technology vendors to manage partnerships and contracts.

Technical Skills:

• Experience withdata management and analytics platforms especially in the context of healthcare data.

• Familiarity withcloud computingandmodern ITarchitectures.

• Knowledge ofmachine learning AI and data analyticsin optimizing PBM processes.

• Expertise inintegration ofPharmacytechnologywith insurance carriers healthcare providers and other stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem.

• Understanding ofsoftware development methodologies(Agile DevOps) andsystems integrationin healthcare environments.

Leadership and Management Skills:

• Proven leadershipin driving innovation and transformation in technology systems forhealthcare companies.

• Ability tocommunicate technical conceptseffectively to non-technical stakeholders.

• Strongproblem-solving skills especially in the context of integrating PBM services and technology.

• Capable of overseeinglarge cross-functional teamsincluding developers engineers data analysts and healthcare professionals.

• Skilled in managingbudgets timelines and resourcesfor large-scale IT projects.

• Ability to balance business needs withtechnology innovation ensuring scalability and efficiency of PBM systems.

Regulatory and Industry Knowledge:

• In-depth understanding ofpharmaceutical and healthcare regulations(HIPAA Affordable Care Act CMS regulations etc.).

• Knowledge ofdrug pricing strategies formulary design and trends in pharmaceutical management.

• Familiarity withhealthcare interoperability standardslike HL7 FHIR and NCPDP.

Critical Leadership Competencies:

• Drives Vision and Purpose Articulates a compelling vision of the positive impact the organization can make

• Innovation- creating better ways for the organization to be successful in ahighly-complexenvironment

• Drives Results Pushes team and cross functional partners to deliver needed results in tough circumstances and expedited timelines

• Builds Effective Teams Builds strong identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals

• Action Oriented Takes on tough challenges with sense of urgency high energy and enthusiasm

• Decision Quality Makes sound and timely decisions to keep work moving forward

• Directs Work Provides direction to direct reports and cross functional teams and removes barriers to getting work done

• Manages Complexity Makessense 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

• Balances Stakeholders Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders across Health Services and Enterprise

• Collaborates Quickly builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to ensure progress

• Courage Steps up to address difficult issues and says what needs to be said

• Instills Trust Quickly gains confidence and trust of others through honesty integrity and authenticity

• Communicates Effectively Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear message and adapts to multiple audiences
• Situational Adaptability Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations

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

At The Cigna Group youll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment youll 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. For more details on our employee benefits programs click here.

About The Cigna Group

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