Senior Director, Application Modernization Solutions

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Job Title: Senior Director, IT Application Modernization Solutions

Job Summary

As the Sr. Director, IT Application Modernization Solutions you’ll work with McKesson senior executives’ leaders across the business to enhance and support Generics landscape.  This role will guide the development of McKesson’s Generics business strategy, manage a portfolio of transformation initiatives, and direct enterprise communications and change management necessary to implement the new business operating model. This role will also manage the day-to-day operations and periodically conduct assessments of future needs and opportunities, as well as challenges faced by the organization and meet SLA.

This role serves as the primary contact to deliver applications and integrations to the Generics business unit.  This individual will maintain a portfolio of strategic initiatives across the enterprise, develop customer application as needed and integrations to ERP system and recommend portfolio changes to maximize the return on investment.

This role requires significant work across a federated organization and the development and application of governance processes, portfolio management, and change management. This position ensures alignment business initiatives, operational excellence with best practices in the cloud native development with the agile delivery method.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish strong relationships across both business and IT leadership; engage and align key stakeholders; establish cadence and agenda for key leadership meetings.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with third parties, centers of excellence, and owners of various information systems to resolve complex issue and improve service delivery.
• Provide resolutions to a diverse range of complex problems, use judgement within defined policies, laws, programs and practices.
• Manage escalations / appeal from clients in a timely and professional matter while reinforcing company culture / policies and controlling McKesson risk of non-compliance / lawsuit.
• Stay informed of market best practice and applicable laws.
• Ensure documentation of process and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications :

Requires a minimum of 15+ years of professional experience in IT application transformation and 6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization and people motivation skills. 

Critical Skills

• 15+ years of Application Development and System development life cycle
• Successfully led the transformation of applications to align with modern technological standards, utilizing a technology stack that includes Java, microservices, SOAP, REST, React/Angular with Azure/AWS/GCP, or .Net, WebAPI, React/Angular with AWS/Azure/GCP
• Experience in design thinking and can apply to support problem solving and development of learning solutions
• Prior experience managing direct reports required
• Prior experience managing vendors to their timelines and budgets
• Review SOW’s, estimations and handle the IT delivery timeline
• Excellent skills in organization and detail-orientation.
• Knowledge and experience in complex/technical project management and continuous improvement in an automation driven environment.
• Proficient computer skills and experience using Microsoft Office suite of products

Additional Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a team.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple, diverse teams.
• Organization skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to foster a community which will attract and retain talent.
• Works under limited direction. Receive general guidance and oversight from VP in the form of work objectives and strategy alignment, but typically leads independently.
• Ability to anticipate client’s needs, to analyze trends, produce business cases, SOP’s and meaningful analysis.
• Proven experience in influencing business leaders towards change, and business process alignment and improvement.
• Excellent oral and written communications.
• Ability to create impactful presentations and deliver to executive staff.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.   

Travel requirement: 10% across the US

*****Relocation assistance is not budgeted for this role******

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. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

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