Senior Director Business Systems

McKesson’s Corporate; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive opportunities

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Senior Director, Business Systems to lead technology strategy and a portfolio supporting HR, Contracts, Compliance/Speak Up, and Facilities. You will partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into scalable technology solutions and own strategy, roadmap, delivery, and governance.

The role drives automation, AI, analytics, and self-service, builds strong vendor partnerships, and leads a high-performing team across enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 10+ years leading teams and/or enterprise programs, including setting strategy, defining metrics, managing budgets, and driving execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Significant progressive experience leading enterprise technology, business applications, or digital platforms.
• Demonstrated success managing complex technology portfolios and large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience developing technology strategies and roadmaps in partnership with senior business leaders.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, integrations, data, security, architecture, and application lifecycle management.
• Strong financial, vendor, portfolio, and people leadership capabilities.
• Excellent executive communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year technology strategies and roadmaps across HR, Contracts, Compliance/Speak Up, and Facilities.
• Serve as a trusted technology advisor to senior business leaders, connecting business strategy with technology capabilities and investment priorities.
• Lead modernization and simplification of the application portfolio, reducing complexity and technical debt while increasing business value.
• Oversee major system implementations, integrations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive opportunities for automation, AI, analytics, and self-service to improve business processes and employee experiences.
• Establish strong portfolio governance across demand, prioritization, architecture, delivery, security, lifecycle management, and investment.
• Partner across Technology, HR, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Facilities, Security, and other enterprise functions.
• Manage strategic technology vendors and partners, ensuring strong performance, cost effectiveness, and accountability.
• Lead portfolio budgeting, forecasting, licensing, and technology investment decisions.
• Build and develop a high-performing team, creating a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Vendor management

People leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Technology/Business/Engineering

Tools

Enterprise SaaS platforms

Data security

Architecture

Application lifecycle management

Job description

About McKesson

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

We are seeking a Senior Director, Business Systems to lead the technology strategy and portfolio supporting critical enterprise business functions, including Human Resources, Contracts, Compliance/Speak Up, and Facilities. This role will serve as a strategic technology partner to business leaders, translating business priorities into modern, scalable technology solutions. The Senior Director will own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, integration, and ongoing evolution of these platforms while driving simplification, automation, strong governance, and an exceptional user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year technology strategies and roadmaps across HR, Contracts, Compliance/Speak Up, and Facilities.
• Serve as a trusted technology advisor to senior business leaders, connecting business strategy with technology capabilities and investment priorities.
• Lead modernization and simplification of the application portfolio, reducing complexity and technical debt while increasing business value.
• Oversee major system implementations, integrations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive opportunities for automation, AI, analytics, and self-service to improve business processes and employee experiences.
• Establish strong portfolio governance across demand, prioritization, architecture, delivery, security, lifecycle management, and investment.
• Partner across Technology, HR, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Facilities, Security, and other enterprise functions.
• Manage strategic technology vendors and partners, ensuring strong performance, cost effectiveness, and accountability.
• Lead portfolio budgeting, forecasting, licensing, and technology investment decisions.
• Build and develop a high-performing team, creating a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 10+ years leading teams and/or enterprise programs, including setting strategy, defining metrics, managing budgets, and driving execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Significant progressive experience leading enterprise technology, business applications, or digital platforms.
• Demonstrated success managing complex technology portfolios and large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience developing technology strategies and roadmaps in partnership with senior business leaders.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, integrations, data, security, architecture, and application lifecycle management.
• Strong financial, vendor, portfolio, and people leadership capabilities.
• Excellent executive communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting technology portfolios across HR, Legal/Contracts, Compliance/Ethics, Real Estate, or Facilities.
• Experience modernizing enterprise application portfolios and simplifying legacy environments.
• Experience leveraging AI, workflow automation, analytics, and emerging technologies to transform business processes.
• Experience operating within a complex, highly regulated enterprise environment.

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate is a business-minded technology leader who can move seamlessly between strategy and execution. They will build strong executive partnerships, simplify complex technology environments, challenge legacy approaches, develop great talent, and create clear accountability for measurable business outcomes. This is an opportunity to lead a diverse portfolio of business-critical technologies and shape how technology enables the organization’s people, compliance, business operations, and workplace of the future.

About McKesson Medical-Surgical

McKesson Medical-Surgical (MMS), which is expected to become Wellverse in early 2027, is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical-surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment and supplies, along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets – often referred to as Alternate Care or Non-Acute Care – include physician offices, surgery centers, long-term care providers, laboratories, home health and hospice agencies, health systems, government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers. Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8,000 employees, a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles, we collaborate with more than 2,200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200,000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 270,000 SKUs of branded and private-label medical-surgical products – from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 tests.

Benefits and Compensation

• We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards.
• Our Base Pay Range for this position $181,500 - $302,500
• 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.

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Equal Opportunity and Accommodations

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