We all depend on healthcare throughout our lifetimes, for ourselves, and our families and friends, but it is notoriously difficult to navigate and understand. As an industry that comprises 20% of the US economy we think healthcare should work better for all of us. At Collective Health we believe it’s time for a new day in healthcare where as members we are informed and empowered to make the right care choices when the decisions are urgent and critical. 

Collective Health is seeking a Director of Software Engineering who will lead development across a number of health tech capabilities to support our journey in leveraging data to transform healthcare visibility, cost and health outcomes. In this role you will contribute to both nurturing a positive and empowering development environment, and leverage your technical expertise to guide the development of advanced capabilities that meet our customer and business needs and transform how technology helps everyone understand, navigate and get the best value from their healthcare experience. You must be able to inspire your teams as well as plan for short and long term technology capabilities. To be successful in this role, you are comfortable with ambiguity, but able to drive structured thinking and plans. You are also comfortable managing both small and large teams and welcome diverse roles as can be typical in a startup environment. 

What you'll do Gain a deep understanding of our current technical and product capabilities, including the processes by which we operate the business.  Quickly understand areas for investment in order to support operational and business scale.  Articulate technology and feature gaps as they exist in our current capabilities. Influence product and technology roadmaps by driving collaboration between your teams, other engineering functions, and cross organizationally.  Representing our engineering organization when presenting to senior leaders across functions.  Gain a deep understanding of our TPA processes in order to best understand how our platform can meet our customer needs, as well as differentiating how we deliver service to our customers and members.   Facilitate the design and development of high-quality, customer-insight driven capabilities. Participate in improving our engineering processes and governance. Work across functional and platform teams to ensure we are leveraging technology and standards to enable agility and velocity of development. Collaborate closely with your product management and design counterparts. Be a change agent and work tirelessly to ensure the “why” of decision making, technical decisions, and product decisions are understood. Hold yourself and your team accountable to delivering on commitments. Lead and mentor other team members. Identify and drive process improvements. Facilitate communication with cross-functional groups. To be successful in this role, you'll need: Deep understanding of the healthcare industry and the capabilities required to support plan design and management, open enrollment, eligibility, claims and payments. BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related degree. MS preferred. 10+ years of experience architecting, designing and developing complex software systems that are heavily reliant on data management and data integrity.  5+ years experience managing software engineering teams, including at least 2 years experience managing other managers Proven experience leading teams resulting in the successful deployment of applications built to support healthcare management systems. Experience driving technical ideas and communicating clearly with technical as well as non-technical audiences Experience as the technical lead or architect, organizing and mentoring junior and intermediate level developers, managers and architects.

 

Pay Transparency Statement

This is a hybrid position based out of our San Francisco office, with the expectation of being in office at least two weekdays per week. #LI-hybrid

The actual pay rate offered within the range will depend on factors including geographic location, qualifications, experience, and internal equity. In addition to the salary, you will be eligible for stock options and benefits like health insurance, 401k, and paid time off. Learn more about our benefits at https://jobs.collectivehealth.com/#benefits.

San Francisco, CA Pay Range$219,500—$275,000 USDAbout Collective Health

Collective Health is the leading health benefits platform that brings together medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, and program partners into an integrated solution that better enables employees and their families to understand, navigate, and pay for healthcare. By reducing the administrative lift of delivering health benefits, providing an intuitive member experience, and helping control costs and improve outcomes, the company guides employees toward healthier lives and companies toward healthier bottom lines.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Collective Health is committed to providing support to candidates who require reasonable accommodation during the interview process. If you need assistance, please contact recruiting-accommodations@collectivehealth.com.

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