AI-Driven Design Leader, Senior Manager

McKesson Corporation; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Onsite in Las Colinas (DFW area)

Job summary

McKesson Corporation seeks a Senior Manager, Product Design to lead AI-enabled design for Pharmacy Management, Clinical Service, and Inventory Optimization platforms. You will guide end-to-end design from discovery to launch, partnering with product and engineering leadership to scale AI-powered design practices and outcomes.

You will mentor designers, drive design system maturity, and align artifacts with product strategy while prioritizing speed to market and quality across cross-functional

Qualifications

• 9+ years of progressive experience in product design experience in enterprise, platform, SaaS, digital experiences.
• 1+ year of management experience leading product design teams.
• Proven experience owning end-to-end product design for complex technical product portfolios in enterprise, platform, or SaaS environments from discovery to launch.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing design teams, including performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Extensive experience establishing design operating mechanisms and design review practices that drive continuous improvement across product teams and a strong understanding of customer research methodologies.
• Expert level proficiency in Figma including AI-enabled prototyping, design systems architecture and governance, component libraries, design tokens, and responsive design.
• Deep expertise in AI-driven design concepts including human-AI interaction patterns, design system management, product ideation, rapid prototyping, prompt engineering, content generation and UX writing, image generation, UX research, and responsible AI principles.
• Experience establishing, leading, and refining scalable design frameworks, design standards, interaction patterns and exercising judgment on where to enforce design consistency versus empowering product-specific customization.
• Expert cross-functional leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to own discovery sessions, design workshops, executive reviews, and strategic working sessions that drive alignment with product, engineering, marketing, customer success, and commercial leaders.
• Excellent communication, visual presentation, and storytelling skills with the ability to synthesize customer insights, technical concepts, and design recommendations into executive ready narratives.
• Strong experience implementing AI-enabled design workflows, automation capabilities, and emerging AI tools increase team productivity, delivery, and design quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of product designers responsible for launching AI-enabled product experiences for platforms across web, mobile, enterprise and other channels from discovery to launch, driving continuous optimization.
• Champion AI-led design methodologies, tools, rapid prototyping, and workflow automation to accelerate the design lifecycle and improve product quality.
• Define and track customer experience metrics including adoption, usability, engagement, and satisfaction to provide continuous support of product portfolio health.
• Partner with product, engineering, data, and customer success to integrate customer insights into product strategy to drive leading solutions that drive business outcomes.
• Mentor and coach junior designers to enrich the design craft, AI proficiency, and career advancement. Communicates business outcomes and ensures that design deliverables tie to the product strategy.
• Define and own the long term vision and strategy for AI-assisted design systems that drive consistency across components, accessibility standards, and interaction patterns across the product portfolio.

Skills

Product design leadership

AI in design

Mentoring

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Figma

Design systems

Job description

McKesson Corporation seeks a Senior Manager, Product Design to lead AI-enabled design for Pharmacy Management, Clinical Service, and Inventory Optimization platforms. You will guide end-to-end design from discovery to launch, partnering with product and engineering leadership to scale AI-powered design practices and outcomes.

You will mentor designers, drive design system maturity, and align artifacts with product strategy while prioritizing speed to market and quality across cross-functional