Director, Software Engineering

Job Description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Director, Software Development & Engineering – SCP Suite

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Director, Software Development & Engineering – SCP Suite

Role Overview

As the Director of Software Development and Engineering for the SCP (Strategic Capabilities & Partnership) suite, you will lead multiple development teams responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions for our SCP suite. You will be accountable for the technical direction, delivery, and long-term strategy of our enterprise-level applications, ensuring that they meet the needs of both internal stakeholders and external customers. Your leadership will drive both innovation and operational excellence while promoting a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

Lead the development and implementation of the technical strategy ensuring alignment with overall business goals for SCP

Oversee and mentor engineering managers and teams across multiple product lines and business units, ensuring high performance and adherence to best practices.

Manage departmental sub-functions within broader organizational initiatives, contributing to long-term technical vision and operational success.

Define, communicate, and enforce technology standards, methodologies, and best practices across the engineering organization.

Develop and manage budgets, timelines, and policies for the engineering department, ensuring on-time and on-budget project delivery.

Architecture & Technical Excellence

Partnering with the CMM Principal Architect(s), design, and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise-level software applications, with a strong focus on cloud-based solutions, microservices, and event-driven streaming architectures.

Ensure that all systems are designed with scalability and security at their core, leveraging modern technologies.

Ensure that all software development is aligned with best practices, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and seamless integration with other enterprise systems.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with product, business, and executive teams to define product requirements, timelines, and delivery strategies for multiple lines of business.

Interface regularly with executive stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure alignment and effective communication of technical solutions.

Guide teams in delivering customer-facing applications that meet business requirements while driving operational efficiency and scalability.

Process & Methodology

Champion Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban) across the software engineering teams, ensuring that teams are delivering high-quality software iteratively.

Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements gathering to post-deployment support, ensuring that best practices are followed throughout.

Identify and address operational inefficiencies, implementing process improvements to enhance team productivity and project delivery.

Team & Talent Development

Build and scale high-performing engineering teams by hiring, training, and mentoring engineers, managers, and technical leaders.

Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, ensuring that teams are constantly evolving and growing their technical capabilities.

Encourage cross-team collaboration and knowledge sharing, promoting a strong technical culture across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Typically requires 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including 6+ years in a leadership role managing cross-functional teams and delivering enterprise-level applications.

Qualifications

Experience

12+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with at least 6+ years of experience in a leadership role managing cross-functional teams.

Proven experience architecting, designing, and delivering enterprise-level software applications, particularly in cloud environments with microservices architectures.

Hands-on experience with technologies such as .Net, ReactJS, Node.js, Angular, MVC frameworks and event-driven architectures.

Demonstrated expertise in DevOps, Agile, and SRE practices with strong exposure to CI / CD pipelines.

Experience managing software development for healthcare-related products or platforms is a strong plus.

Skills

Deep technical expertise in building scalable, distributed systems and leading teams in delivering complex projects on time and within budget.

Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire teams and build high-performing engineering organizations.

Strong business acumen, with the ability to manage budgets, resources, and deliver on technical objectives in alignment with broader business goals.

Expertise in Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and continuous improvement processes.

Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, including executives and customers.

Additional Knowledge & Skills

Expertise in modern technologies, such as machine learning, cloud computing, and mobile app development.

Experience with event-driven streaming architectures and real-time data.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$152,300 - $253,900

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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