Senior Manager, Data Engineering & Data Products

McKesson; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson Canada is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the evolution of the Enterprise Data Hub service, building scalable data platforms and trusted data products across multiple business domains. The role blends data engineering, product thinking, governance, and AI-enabled delivery, with accountability for service ownership and platform modernization.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, drive Agile delivery excellence, ensure reliability and compliance, and collaborate with stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of data integration, data lakes, data warehouses, data modeling, and data product delivery.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, engineering automation, and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted engineering, software delivery automation, and emerging AI technologies.
• Experience implementing data quality controls, automated testing, monitoring, and observability practices.
• Understanding of metadata management, lineage, governance, data cataloging, and data ownership concepts.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead through change and influence both technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high-performing teams of data engineers and specialists.
• Drive Agile delivery excellence and improve backlog health, sprint discipline, and predictability.
• Improve service reliability, monitoring, incident management, and root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business and technology domains to deliver data products.

Skills

Data integration

Data lakes

Data warehouses

Data modeling

Data product delivery

CI/CD

DevOps

Engineering automation

Agile delivery

AI-assisted engineering

Data quality controls

Automated testing

Monitoring/Observability

Metadata management

Data governance

Data cataloging

Data ownership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Leadership / change management

Job description

Position Summary:

McKesson Canada is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Hub Engineering & Data Products to lead the evolution of our Enterprise Data Hub service. This individual will be responsible for building and scaling modern data engineering capabilities, enabling the delivery of trusted data products, advancing AI-enabled engineering practices, and driving operational excellence across the data lifecycle.

This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, product thinking, Agile delivery, governance, DataOps, and innovation. The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for delivering trusted, scalable, secure, and reusable data products that support business capabilities across Commercial, Specialty Health, Supply Chain, Enterprise, and Digital domains.

Unlike a traditional data engineering leadership role, this position is accountable not only for technical delivery, but also for service ownership, platform evolution, engineering modernization, and adoption of AI-powered delivery capabilities aligned to the Data Hub roadmap.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and Develop High-Performing Teams

• Lead, coach, and inspire a team of data engineers and technical specialists.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, inclusiveness, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure technical and leadership capabilities are aligned with the future needs of the Data Hub.
• Support workforce planning, recruiting, talent development, succession planning, and performance management.
• Promote a data product mindset focused on customer outcomes and business value.
• Establish and drive operational excellence practices.
• Ensure the design, implementation, deployment, and support of enterprise-scale data solutions.
• Drive the delivery of scalable data ingestion, transformation, quality, semantic, and consumption capabilities.
• Enforce engineering standards, reusable patterns, architecture guardrails, and development best practices.
• Collaborate closely with business and technology stakeholders.
• Drive innovation through adoption of emerging technologies, optimization of engineering workflows, and enhancement of team technical capabilities.
• Lead monitoring, observability, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.
• Provide subject matter leadership on critical issues, guiding troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation plans.

Drive Agile Delivery Excellence

• Advance the Data Hub Agile transformation journey.
• Improve backlog health, prioritization, sprint discipline, estimation quality, and delivery predictability.
• Establish measurable engineering and flow metrics.
• Continuously optimize team productivity, delivery throughput, and value realization.
• Improve visibility, governance, prioritization, and capacity management.

Improve Service Reliability and Operations

• Ensure Data Hub solutions meet reliability, performance, compliance, and maintainability requirements.
• Lead monitoring, observability, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

• Deep knowledge of data integration, data lakes, data warehouses, data modeling, and data product delivery.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, engineering automation, and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted engineering, software delivery automation, and emerging AI technologies.
• Experience implementing data quality controls, automated testing, monitoring, and observability practices.
• Understanding of metadata management, lineage, governance, data cataloging, and data ownership concepts.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead through change and influence both technical and business teams.

Business Experience:

• At least 7 years of progressive experience in data engineering, data management, data platforms, or related disciplines.
• At least 3 years of people management and technical team leadership experience.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions within complex business environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving engineering, architecture, products, quality, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Experience supporting operational services with accountability for reliability, quality, maintainability, and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading Agile delivery teams and improving delivery maturity and predictability.
• Experience using AI-powered technologies to enhance engineering productivity, quality, and operational efficiency.

Working Conditions: In office requirement, we are Flex and Connect with 2 days a week in office