Sr. Manager, Product Designer

McKesson’s Corporate; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Senior Manager, Product Design to lead a team of designers crafting AI-enabled user experiences across Pharmacy Management, Clinical Service, and Inventory Optimization. You will guide end-to-end design from discovery to launch, enabling speed and quality via AI workflows.

This role emphasizes mentorship, design systems governance, and cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, data, and customer success to drive business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of progressive product design experience in enterprise/SaaS environments.
• 1+ year of supervisory/management experience leading design teams.
• Experience owning end-to-end product design for complex portfolios from discovery to launch.
• Strong leadership and mentorship capabilities in design teams.
• Expertise in AI-enabled design principles and rapid prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of product designers responsible for AI-enabled experiences across Pharmacy Management, Clinical Service and Inventory Optimization platforms.
• Champion AI-led design methodologies and rapid prototyping to accelerate product delivery.
• Define and track customer experience metrics to support product portfolio health.
• Partner with product, engineering, data, and customer success to inform strategy.
• Mentor designers to elevate AI proficiency and career growth.
• Define long-term design system strategy for AI-assisted design across products.

Skills

AI product design leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Figma

AI prototyping

Design systems

Prompt engineering

UX research

Accessibility standards

Communication & storytelling

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

Figma

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.

The Senior Manager, Product Design, will lead a team of product designers responsible for creating AI‑enabled, user‑centric design experiences across Pharmacy Management, Clinical Service and Inventory Optimization technology products. This role combines people leadership, human-centered design practices, design strategy, and AI innovation to deliver scalable solutions that optimize workflows, improve customer experiences, and drive business outcomes. As the Senior Manager, Product Design, this individual will build and champion an AI‑led design vision while owning end‑to‑end product design initiatives from discovery to launch. Partnering closely with Product and Engineering Leadership, this role will empower cross‑functional teams to leverage AI powered design practices, research methodologies, and tooling to accelerate product design and delivery. Further, this leader will own design artifacts that align to the product strategy and business outcomes. Reporting to the VP of Product, the Senior Manager, Product Design will lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team of designers. Additionally, this role will drive consistency across the product ecosystem, define scalable design practices, and prioritize speed to market using AI workflows and innovation. As a strategic leader, this role will drive the maturity of an AI‑led design ecosystem that implements modern design practices and spearheads iterative design improvement of cross‑portfolio products.

Key Responsibilities

• AI Product Design Leadership: 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.
• Communicate business outcomes and ensures that design deliverables tie to the product strategy.
• Design System & Architecture: 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.
• Establish and socialize best practices that drive continuous improvement for reusable interaction patterns, components, frameworks, product design recommendations, and personalization.
• Spearhead alignment across engineering, product, and data to establish reusable design‑to‑development frameworks that drive cohesive customer experiences and focus on speed and quality.
• Design Innovation: Craft best practices and AI‑led design standards that are accessible, trustworthy, and adhere to regulatory compliance standards.
• Assess and operationalize AI design technologies and automation tools that drive team productivity, design efficiency, and innovation.
• Foster a design culture amongst designers and other cross‑functional partners centered around continuous learning of AI principles, emerging industry trends, and product design optimization.

Minimum Requirement

• Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 9+ years of professional experience and 1+ years of supervisory and/or management experience.

Critical Skills

• 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.

Preferred Experience

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS in business strategy, design, innovation, or related).
• Proven experience defining, scaling, and managing design systems across product portfolios while enabling teams to deliver innovative customer experiences at scale.
• Deep understanding of AI‑enabled design to code workflows including automated prototyping, code generation, and the integration of design systems into product development practices.
• Familiarity with technical product concepts, cloud platforms, data ecosystems, and API‑driven models is beneficial.
• Experience in healthcare, pharmacy operations, supply chain, or predictive analytics domains.

Working Conditions

• Traditional office or hybrid environment, depending on location.
• Some travel required for cross‑site collaboration and customer/partner engagements.
• This position offers the possibility of a hybrid work arrangement based on recent updates to our in‑office/work‑from‑home model.
• If located in DFW area, the selected candidate may be expected to work on‑site at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely.
• Specific in‑office days may be designated according to team needs and business priorities.

Immigration and Employment Authorization

McKesson complies with all applicable U.S. immigration laws and regulations. The Company does not provide employer support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment benefit for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a fulltime basis without the need for employer support or sponsorship now or in the future. This includes having the legal right to work in the United States without the need for McKesson support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment authorization (e.g., H1B, O1, E3, H1B1, TN, F1 OPT, F1 STEM OPT, F1 CPT, etc.) now or in the future. If you will require McKesson to provide immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future, you should not apply for this position.

Compensation and Benefits

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. Our Base Pay Range for this position $134,700 - $224,500.

Equal Opportunity

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page. McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [e-mail] or (Canada) [e-mail]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.