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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield · 1 week ago

Vice President, Business Software Development (Hybrid)

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$194K/yr - $292K/yr

15+ years exp

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Vice President for Business Software Development. This leader is responsible for developing and delivering system solutions for Claims Processing, Enrollment Operations, and Customer and Member Services, while also managing strategic application roadmaps and fostering a high-performing team.

Health CareNon ProfitService Industry

No H1B

Responsibilities

Directs organization in defining application solutions for the claims processing, enrollment operations, and customer and member service lines of business. This includes defining multi-year strategic roadmap, gaining alignment with senior leadership to manage budgets and communicating to the value of the product offerings

Responsible for directing the end-to-end delivery of strategic system initiatives and system enhancements related annual statements of work (SOWs) for claims processing, enrollment operations and customer and members service lines of business. Executive sponsor for SOWs providing management oversight, budget control, and decision making

Advance emerging software development and deployment technologies and methods that provide high quality and stable applications that meet current and future business direction and improves time to market

Partner with business stakeholders while serving as a trusted advisor on new trends and best practices in software development and delivery

Oversees the strategic and the day-to-day activities of the Department, including directing, coaching, and guiding associates to implement departmental, divisional, and organizational mission/goals. Recruits, retains, and develops a high performing team. Evaluates performance of each team member, generates development plans and sets goals within the context of the corporate policies and procedures. Develops annual goals, and prepares, monitors, and analyzes variances of departmental budgets to control and appropriately allocate resources

Qualification

Software Development Life CycleAgile methodologyCloud migrationStrategic thinkingLeadershipRelationship managementCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems or industry related field OR in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience

15 years Progressive management and executive leadership experience in software development capacity

Preferred

Expertise in Software Development Life Cycles and a demonstrated ability to transform an organization from a traditional Waterfall methodology to an Agile methodology

Prior experience as a lead or chief developer for the purposes of having a thorough understanding of the work the department is responsible for delivering and applying best practices to optimize the software development discipline

Demonstrated success creating application development standards that ensure applications are developed, deployed, and maintained in accordance with Enterprise and Business Architecture standards and roadmaps

Demonstrated success migrating enterprise applications to the Cloud

Competency in strategic thinking and leadership with strong abilities in relationship management

Knowledge of and demonstrated success in organizational transformation

A proven track record of delivering high quality applications on time and within established budgets