Director, AI/ML Engineering

McKesson Corporation; Town Center (TX); On-site; USD 196,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Director (M4) to lead major enterprise functions with strategic direction, long-range planning, and cross-functional leadership across AI/ML disciplines. The role involves shaping opportunities, aligning products and capabilities with priorities, and driving execution across management teams in a regulated healthcare environment.

The position requires 12+ years of experience and 4+ years in management, with strong credentials in AI/ML, cloud platforms, and governance.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience; 12+ years of professional experience and 4+ years of management experience.
• Experience leading AI/ML engineering orgs and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with enterprise-scale cloud AI/ML platforms (Azure services, Langchain/LangGraph, Python) at production scale.
• Proven track record translating business strategy into multi-year technical roadmaps and executing them.
• Healthcare/pharma distribution regulatory context is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Proven leadership of AI/ML engineering orgs through a management layer.
• Finance/P&L ownership at scale with an operating budget and forecast.
• Deep technical credibility in AI/ML systems to guide build vs. buy decisions.

Skills

AI/ML leadership

Finance / P&L ownership

AI/ML systems credibility

Regulated enterprise experience

Strategy to roadmap execution

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Azure AI/ML

Langchain/LangGraph

Python

Job description

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.

Position Summary (Purpose of job):

The Director(M4)leads major divisional functions or corporate subfunctions, providing enterpriselevel strategic direction, longrange planning, and operational leadership across multiple related disciplines. This role analyzes external business environments to anticipate trends, influence strategy, and recommend growth opportunities for the business unit. It directs managers ensuring operational excellence, crossfunctional integration, and execution of highimpact initiatives. The Director is financially accountable for operating plans, budgets, and forecasts, and manages complex organizational performance across services.

As a senior enterprise advisor, the Director interfaces with leaders to shape integrated business strategies and ensure alignment of products, solutions, and capabilities with organizational priorities. The role leads talent pipelines, strengthens leadership benches, and manages significant conflicts and disciplinary matters. It drives continuous improvement, optimizes crossfunctional workflows, and ensures strategic communication across stakeholder groups.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proven leadership of AI/ML engineering orgs through a management layer- direct experience managing people, not just individual senior engineers or a single flat team.
• Finance/P&L ownership at scale- has managed and grown an operating budget/forecast, not just consumed one handed down.
• Deep technical credibility in AI/ML systems- enough hands-on depth (ML lifecycle, data architecture, LLMs deployment at scale) to make and defend build/buy/architecture decisions with engineering teams and with executives.
• Experience operating in a regulated or high-compliance enterprise environment (healthcare and pharma distribution) - given McKesson's regulatory and data-sensitivity context.
• Track record of translating business strategy into a multi-year technical roadmap and being held accountable for its execution.

Minimum Requirements -

Degree or equivalentexperience. Typically requires12+ years of professionalexperience and 4+ years ofmanagement experience

Critical Skills-

• 5+ years of experience in Responsible AI practices, model risk management, data governance, audit readiness
• Partnering with Product, Data Engineering, Platform/Infra, Security, Legal/Compliance, and BU leaders
• Experience with enterprise-scale cloud AI/ML platforms (Azure services, Langchain/LangGraph, Python etc.) at production scale
• Succession planning, performance calibration, handling significant conflict and disciplinary matters
• Strong Vendor & Partner Management - Build-vs-buy analysis, negotiating with cloud/AI vendors
• KPI/metrics frameworks, SLA management across services and programs, continuous improvement methodology
• Business impact scope - Has supported multiple business units, product lines, or customer segments concurrently

Nice to Have

• Domain expertise in healthcare, pharmaceutical distribution, or supply chain preferred

Candidate must be authorized to work in the U.S, now or in the future, without the support from McKesson.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$196,100 - $326,900

McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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