Evernorth Health Services · 1 month ago
Head of Enterprise Architecture (Managing Director), Evernorth Health Services (Hybrid)
Morris Plains, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$204K/yr - $339K/yr
10+ years expEvernorth Health Services is seeking a strong leader in Enterprise Architecture to own and advance the architecture strategy for their Pharmacy & Pharmacy Benefit Services segments. This transformational role requires engaging with senior leadership to guide platform and data strategies while ensuring security and compliance by design.
Employee BenefitsHealth Care
Responsibilities
Leveraging talent on team, define and maintain PBS and Pharmacy capability maps, platform strategy (buy/build/retire), reference architectures (cloud, data, API/eventing, streaming), and modernization waves tied to business outcomes
Establish and chair/participate in pragmatic architecture reviews; codify principles and decision records; instrument decision SLAs to remove bottlenecks and improve transparency
Embed responsible AI/GenAI designs (safety, observability, model governance) in pharmacy and PBS operations (e.g., clinical capabilities), digital experiences, and analytics products
Integrate CIP standards (e.g., change management, supplier security, data handling) into architecture guardrails and developer‑facing guidance; track adoption and exceptions
Ensure architectures ship: define golden paths, reusable assets, and tooling; pair with engineering on first implementations; measure adoption and outcome impact
Mentor principal architects and high‑potential ICs; curate communities of practice; maintain a living pattern library and decision log for learn‑once/use‑many scale
Qualification
Required
10+ years in enterprise architecture/technology strategy experience
Depth in modern architectures: public cloud (Azure/AWS), data platforms (warehouse/lake/lakehouse; streaming), API & event‑driven integration, zero‑trust, resilience/observability. (Market‑norm for distinguished‑level EA.)
Demonstrated record designing and landing multi‑year platform and data strategies at enterprise scale
Executive presence with the ability to simplify complex decisions and drive change through influence (high enterprise impact with a lean direct span)
Experience operationalizing corporate security & compliance standards within engineering practices (e.g., CIP)
Excellent storytelling, facilitation, and stakeholder management with SLT and cross‑functional leaders
Experience in high-growth or transformational environments (startups, M&A, platform rebuilds)
Systems thinker who balances ideal-state architecture with real-world execution
Preferred
Prior PBM/specialty pharmacy platform knowledge (e.g., claims/benefit management, care coordination, specialty workflows)
Earlier hands‑on engineering (software, data, or platform) before moving into architecture leadership
Industry credentials (e.g., TOGAF, Azure/AWS architecture) and/or published architecture patterns
Benefits
Medical
Vision
Dental
Well-being and behavioral health programs
401(k) with company match
Company paid life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
A minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
Paid holidays
Company
Evernorth Health Services
Flexible and connected pharmacy, care and benefit solutions that move organizations and people forward.
10001+ employees
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Eric Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
Jon Salon
CEO/ President, MDLIVE
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