Senior Director of Software Development and Engineering

About the Role

As the Senior Director of Software Development and Engineering for Specialty Access and Affordability Solutions, you will lead multiple development teams responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions for this groundbreaking initiative. 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.

• Our ideal candidate will reside in the Columbus, OH, but we me may consider a well-qualified, fully remote candidate.
• At this time, we are not able to offer sponsorship for employment visas. This includes individuals currently on F-1 OPT, STEM OPT, or any other visa status that would require future sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Oversee and mentor engineering managers, director 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
• Lead the development and implementation of the technical strategy ensuring alignment with overall business goals for SAAS

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
• Proven experience designing and operating enterprise-scale, high-availability applications entirely on Microsoft Azure

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with product, operations, and executive teams to define product requirements, timelines, and delivery strategies
• 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 cross 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, and typically requires 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering with at least 4+ years experience in a senior leadership role managing large, 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 Java, Golang, ReactJS, Node.js, Angular, MVC frameworks (Spring, JSF), and event-driven architectures
• Experience managing software development for healthcare-related products or platforms is a strong plus

Skills Required

• 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, SAFE, and continuous improvement processes
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, including executives and customers
• Expertise in modern technologies, such as machine learning, cloud computing, and mobile app development
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, including executives and customers

Compensation

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

$183,800 - $306,300

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