Integration Platform Leader

About Cigna International Health Cigna International Health (IH) is a global health benefits business serving individuals, employers, brokers, and partners across multiple markets worldwide. As part of The Cigna Group, we combine global scale with deep local expertise to deliver innovative health insurance solutions, exceptional customer experiences, and improved health outcomes for those we serve. Technology is a critical enabler of our business strategy. Our teams are driving a significant transformation focused on modern engineering practices, cloud adoption, platform-based delivery, AI-enabled capabilities, and data-driven decision making. We are investing in scalable technology platforms and high-performing teams that accelerate innovation while maintaining the reliability, security, and compliance expected in a global healthcare environment. Joining Cigna International Health provides an opportunity to work on complex business and technology challenges, influence strategic initiatives, and help shape the future of healthcare technology on a global scale. Job Summary The Integration Platform Leader will be responsible for defining and executing the strategy for International Health's Integration Platform capability. The role will lead the evolution of the current integration engineering function into a product-oriented platform organization focused on all forms of integration such as APIs, middleware, event-driven, file-based, and data integration capabilities. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong technical leadership skills and the ability to collaborate across Engineering, Architecture, Data, Product, and Business teams to deliver scalable, reusable, and reliable integration capabilities. The successful candidate will help establish integration as a strategic enterprise capability and accelerate delivery through reusable integration products and services. The successful candidate will establish Integration as a strategic enterprise capability, enabling business transformation, digital experiences, data accessibility, AI adoption, and accelerated delivery through reusable platform products and services. Key Responsibilities Define and execute the Integration Platform strategy, operating model, and multi-year roadmap, ensuring successful delivery of platform capabilities that support International Health business and technology objectives. Lead the evolution of the Integration engineering organization into a product-oriented platform capability and oversee delivery of reusable API, middleware, event-driven, and data integration services across International Health. Drive platform modernization, simplification, and technology evolution, reducing technical debt while enabling cloud, data, digital, and AI initiatives. Partner with business, product, architecture, engineering, and operations leaders to prioritize, fund, and deliver integration capabilities that accelerate business outcomes and strategic transformation initiatives. Build and develop a high-performing global engineering organization while fostering product thinking, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Establish and govern integration engineering standards, security controls, resilience, and operational practices to ensure reliable, scalable, and compliant platform services. Own platform outcomes including adoption, reliability, security, cost efficiency, delivery acceleration, and overall business value realization. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred. 15+ years of technology experience, with significant experience in integration, platform engineering, or software engineering leadership. Strong experience with enterprise integration technologies, API management, and integration architecture. Experience designing and delivering enterprise integration capabilities using API management, middleware, event-driven, data integration, and cloud-native integration technologies. Technologies may include IBM ACE, Kong, Kafka, Databricks, and AWS or Azure integration services. At least 3 years’ experience working within Agile delivery models and product-oriented organizations. Experience establishing or transforming platform-based operating models and engineering organizations. Partner with business, product, architecture, engineering, and operations leaders to prioritize, fund, and deliver integration capabilities that accelerate business outcomes and strategic transformation initiatives. Proven leadership, stakeholder management, and team development skills. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication capabilities. Experience establishing or transforming platform-based operating models and engineering organizations. About The Cigna Group Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives. Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

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