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Senior Manager Architecture

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Full-Time Employee

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Bangalore / Hyderabad / Gurugram

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Senior Manager

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Senior Director Technology

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Enterprise Architecture, Pharmacy Platforms, AI Spec-Driven Development

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iRx IDW Data Mgmt

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People Manager

ABOUT ELEVANCE HEALTH

Elevance Health is a leading health company in America dedicated to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler.  It is the largest managed health care company in the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association serving more than 112 million individuals across 14 states.

A regular in Fortune 500 list, Elevance Health ranked 18 in 2026. Gail Boudreaux, President and CEO of Elevance Health has been a consistent name in the Fortune list of most powerful women and currently holds 81st rank on this list.

ABOUT CARELON GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Carelon Global Solutions (CGS) is a healthcare solutions company simplifying complex operational processes to improve the health of the healthcare system.

Previously known as Legato Health Technologies, Carelon Global Solutions (hereinafter, CGS) underwent a name change and joined the Carelon family of brands in January 2023, as a fully owned subsidiary of Elevance Health (Previously Anthem Inc.). CGS brings together a global team of like-minded innovators who manage and optimize operational processes for health plans as well as providers.

Our brightest minds housed across our global headquarters in Indianapolis as well as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Gurugram in India, Manila in the Philippines, and San Juan in Puerto Rico bring with them innovative capabilities and an unmatched depth of experience. This global team uniquely positions CGS to enable scalable, next-generation platforms and specialized digital tools that make healthcare operations more practical, effective, and efficient.

OUR MISSION & VALUES

Our Mission: Improving Lives and Communities. Simplifying Healthcare. Expecting More.
Our Values: Leadership | Community | Integrity | Agility | Diversity

JOB PURPOSE

• Carelon Global Solutions India is seeking a Senior Manager Architecture to lead architecture and end-to-end implementation of enterprise pharmacy management capabilities for CarelonRx.
• The role owns technical vision, solution architecture, engineering execution, implementation readiness, and platform outcomes across complex, multi-system pharmacy transformation programs.
• The position is intentionally weighted toward architecture, engineering, AI-enabled Spec-Driven Development, and large-scale implementation leadership. Delivery administration is a supporting responsibility, not the primary mandate.
• The leader will combine strong software engineering depth with practical pharmacy and PBM domain knowledge to translate business capabilities into secure, scalable, resilient, and operable platforms.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY

Enterprise Pharmacy Architecture

• Define and govern target-state solution architecture for end-to-end pharmacy management systems, aligned with enterprise architecture, security, data, privacy, resiliency, and regulatory guardrails.
• Create capability maps, domain boundaries, reference architectures, reusable patterns, integration standards, and modernization roadmaps across the pharmacy ecosystem.
• Lead architecture decisions for microservices, APIs, event streaming, workflow orchestration, data platforms, cloud-native services, observability, and interoperability with legacy platforms.
• Own architecture reviews, trade-off decisions, non-functional requirements, technical debt strategy, and design assurance from concept through production adoption.

End-To-End Pharmacy Platform Implementation

• Lead implementation across relevant pharmacy and PBM capabilities such as benefit configuration, formulary, eligibility, claims adjudication, pricing, prior authorization, pharmacy networks, specialty pharmacy, clinical programs, rebates, member and provider experiences, and operational reporting.
• Translate business journeys and pharmacy operating models into domain-aligned services, data contracts, interfaces, implementation increments, migration plans, and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Own the technical implementation lifecycle covering discovery, architecture, engineering, integration, data conversion, testing strategy, cutover, production readiness, stabilization, and benefits realization.
• Manage cross-platform dependencies and ensure that application, data, infrastructure, security, operations, and vendor workstreams converge into one implementable solution.
• Drive phased rollout, coexistence, migration, and decommissioning strategies that protect member, client, pharmacy, and operational continuity.

AI-Enabled Spec-Driven Development (SDD)

• Establish an AI-first Spec-Driven Development approach in which approved business, architecture, interface, security, testing, and operational specifications become the governed source for implementation.
• Enable engineering agents and copilots to accelerate design elaboration, code generation, test creation, documentation, code review, traceability, and impact analysis, with human review and approval at critical control points.
• Define reusable SDD templates, prompt and context standards, repository conventions, quality gates, evaluation criteria, and responsible AI controls for enterprise adoption.
• Measure SDD outcomes using baselines and agreed targets for engineering cycle time, specification-to-code traceability, automated test coverage, escaped defects, rework, deployment frequency, and productivity improvement.
• Ensure AI-generated artifacts meet enterprise standards for security, privacy, intellectual property, explainability, maintainability, and auditability.

Engineering Excellence And Hands-On Technical Leadership

• Provide credible, hands-on technical leadership through design reviews, code and API reviews, proof-of-concept direction, critical problem solving, performance analysis, and production diagnostics.
• Guide teams on software design principles, domain-driven design, secure coding, automated testing, DevSecOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, reliability engineering, and cloud cost optimization.
• Define engineering scorecards and quality gates covering code health, architecture compliance, security vulnerabilities, reliability, performance, recoverability, maintainability, and operational readiness.
• Champion platform engineering, reusable services, developer experience, automated environments, and self-service capabilities that reduce implementation friction at scale.

Large-Scale Implementation Leadership

• Lead multiple engineering teams and technical workstreams across product, architecture, software engineering, data, quality engineering, cloud, security, operations, and partner organizations.
• Create an integrated technical implementation plan that connects architecture runway, dependency sequencing, environment readiness, test strategy, migration, cutover, and operational acceptance.
• Act as the senior technical decision-maker for complex implementation risks, cross-team conflicts, architecture exceptions, integration failures, and production-readiness gaps.
• Provide transparent executive-level reporting on architecture health, implementation progress, critical dependencies, risk exposure, quality, readiness, and realized business outcomes.
• Build governance that is lightweight but effective, emphasizing decision velocity, measurable technical outcomes, and removal of systemic blockers rather than delivery administration.

Pharmacy Domain And Stakeholder Partnership

• Apply working knowledge of the prescription lifecycle, PBM operations, payer and pharmacy interactions, clinical and utilization management, drug data, pricing, formulary, claims, and applicable industry transactions and regulations.
• Partner with pharmacy business leaders, product managers, enterprise architects, security, operations, compliance, and client teams to shape solutions that are technically sound and operationally adoptable.
• Convert domain policies, rules, and exceptions into explicit specifications, testable requirements, decision services, and traceable implementation controls.
• Challenge assumptions using outside-in engineering and pharmacy-platform practices while tailoring recommendations to CarelonRx business priorities and enterprise constraints.

People And Capability Leadership

• Build, lead, and mentor engineering managers, solution architects, principal engineers, technical leads, developers, quality engineers, and platform specialists across distributed teams.
• Establish clear technical accountabilities, architecture ownership, engineering career paths, succession plans, and communities of practice for pharmacy engineering and AI SDD.
• Create a culture of engineering rigor, transparent decision-making, experimentation, learning, inclusion, and accountability for outcomes.
• Assess capability gaps and execute hiring, upskilling, partner augmentation, and workforce plans required for large-scale implementation.

Delivery Governance As A Supporting Responsibility

• Partner with product and program leadership on planning, investment sequencing, release readiness, dependency management, and risk escalation.
• Use delivery metrics only as supporting indicators. Primary accountability remains architecture quality, end-to-end implementation integrity, engineering excellence, and business capability outcomes.
• Ensure commitments are realistic, technically grounded, and supported by clear specifications, measurable acceptance criteria, and production-readiness evidence.

QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline; postgraduate qualification is preferred.
• Strong foundation in software engineering, enterprise solution architecture, systems integration, cloud engineering, data architecture, cybersecurity, and operational resilience.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate architecture and implementation choices to business executives, product leaders, engineers, risk partners, and external vendors.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, make evidence-based trade-offs, and connect pharmacy business outcomes to technical architecture and implementation decisions.
• Working knowledge of Agile, product operating models, DevSecOps, secure SDLC, and modern engineering governance.

EXPERIENCE

• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise platforms, and technology implementation, including 5+ years leading engineering managers, architects, or large technical teams.
• Proven leadership of large-scale, multi-year enterprise implementations involving multiple applications, complex integrations, data migration, cloud platforms, distributed teams, and production cutover.
• Relevant healthcare, pharmacy, or PBM experience, with demonstrable understanding of end-to-end pharmacy capabilities and their technology implications.
• Demonstrated experience defining target architecture and taking complex platforms from architecture through implementation, production readiness, stabilization, and measurable adoption.
• Experience applying AI-assisted engineering, Spec-Driven Development, agentic workflows, or comparable automation across the SDLC with appropriate human oversight and governance.
• Experience managing strategic vendors and globally distributed teams while retaining internal ownership of architecture, engineering quality, and implementation outcomes.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems using APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns, cloud-native platforms, automated testing, DevSecOps, observability, and reliability practices.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Core Technical Competencies

• Enterprise and solution architecture; domain-driven design; capability modeling; microservices; API-first and event-driven architecture; integration and interoperability patterns.
• Java and/or .NET engineering ecosystems; REST and GraphQL APIs; event-streaming platforms; containers and Kubernetes; Azure and/or AWS; CI/CD; infrastructure as code; observability and SRE practices.
• Data architecture, master and reference data, transactional and analytical data patterns, data quality, lineage, privacy, and secure information exchange.
• Architecture fitness functions, performance engineering, resilience, disaster recovery, security-by-design, threat modeling, and production operability.

Pharmacy And Healthcare Domain Competencies

• Prescription and pharmacy claims lifecycle; benefit configuration; formulary and utilization management; eligibility; pricing; pharmacy networks; specialty and mail pharmacy; clinical programs; rebates; member and provider journeys.
• Awareness of healthcare and pharmacy interoperability, transaction standards, regulatory obligations, data privacy, and audit requirements relevant to the assigned platform scope.

AI and SDD Competencies

• Spec-Driven Development, AI-assisted software engineering, agent orchestration, retrieval and context patterns, prompt and evaluation practices, automated testing, traceability, and responsible AI governance.
• Ability to establish engineering baselines, controlled pilots, adoption guardrails, and measurable value realization for AI-enabled development.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinking, systems thinking, executive communication, architecture decision-making, technical talent development, vendor leadership, influencing without authority, and crisis leadership.
• Bias for simplification, measurable outcomes, engineering quality, operational accountability, and continuous improvement.

Preferred Certifications

• Cloud architecture certification in Azure or AWS.
• AI, machine learning, responsible AI, or generative AI certification.
• Healthcare or pharmacy domain certification, where applicable.
• SAFe Agilist or equivalent product and Agile leadership certification.

Indicative Success Measures

• Architecture: target-state adoption, design conformance, reuse, technical debt reduction, resilience, security, and platform scalability.
• Implementation: capability readiness, integration completeness, migration quality, cutover readiness, production stability, adoption, and business outcome realization.
• Engineering: cycle-time improvement, automation coverage, defect escape reduction, reliability, developer experience, and maintainability.
• AI SDD: specification coverage and traceability, governed AI adoption, reusable agent workflows, quality of generated artifacts, and validated productivity benefits.
• Organization: critical-skill coverage, leadership bench strength, team health, succession readiness, and growth of architecture and engineering capability.
• Delivery: predictable release support and governance compliance, intentionally weighted below architecture, implementation, engineering, and business outcomes.

THE CARELON PROMISE

Aligning with our brand belief of ‘limitless minds are our biggest asset’, we offer a world of limitless opportunities to our associates.

It is our strong belief that one is committed to a role when it is not just what the role entails, but also what lies in its periphery that completes the value circle for an associate.

This world of limitless opportunities thrives in an environment that fosters growth and well-being, and gives you purpose and the feeling of belonging.

LIFE @ CARELON

• Extensive focus on learning and development
• An inspiring culture built on innovation, creativity, and freedom.
• Holistic well-being
• Our culture and initiatives are underpinned by diversity, equity and inclusion
• Varied opportunities for rewards and recognitions
• Competitive health and medical insurance coverage
• Best-in-class amenities and workspaces
• Policies designed with associates at the center.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Carelon Global Solutions is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

Reasonable Accommodation

Our inclusive culture empowers Carelon Global Solutions to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, but we also celebrate the diverse ways we work.

If you have a disability and need accommodation such as an interpreter or a different interview format, please ask for the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form.

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