Lead Integration/EDI Architect

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Lead Integration/EDI Architect to lead the design, modernization, and ongoing evolution of enterprise B2B/EDI integration platforms. This role uniquely combines forward-looking architecture and modernization leadership with operational accountability for existing platforms, ensuring current EDI environments consistently meet business KPIs while driving transformation toward scalable, automated, and AI-enabled architectures.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in EDI and integration ecosystems, with the ability to translate business objectives into practical architectural solutions and communicate effectively across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architecture for enterprise EDI/B2B platforms, balancing current-state stability with future-state modernization and scalability
• Translate business objectives into secure, resilient, and high-performing integration designs across connectivity, transformation, and orchestration layers
• Provide technical leadership for platform operations, ensuring systems consistently meet KPIs for availability, throughput, transaction integrity, and partner experience
• Lead resolution of systemic issues and major disruptions, ensuring stability across high-volume, mission-critical transaction flows
• Drive modernization initiatives that simplify architecture, reduce technical debt, and unlock scalability, resilience, and speed of execution
• Enable adoption of modern integration patterns, including API-led and event-driven architectures
• Act as a hands-on SME for complex EDI/B2B integration scenarios, including partner onboarding, data exchange, and transaction lifecycle management
• Guide engineering teams on troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance optimization for large-scale distributed systems
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and best practices across integration initiatives
• Lead architecture and design reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and operating model
• Drive automation and AI-led improvements to enhance operational efficiency, observability, and intelligent decision-making across the platform
• Partner with business, product, and external stakeholders to align architecture with customer experience, growth, and transformation goals, including vendor exploration and selection for future-state systems

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience (less if holding relevant Master’s or Doctorate qualifications)
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture with a strong focus on enterprise integration and EDI/B2B ecosystems
• Proven expertise in designing and operating large-scale, distributed systems supporting high-volume, mission-critical transaction processing
• Deep hands-on experience across the EDI lifecycle, including partner onboarding, data transformation, connectivity protocols, and transaction orchestration
• Demonstrated ability to balance platform operations accountability with forward-looking architecture and modernization initiatives
• Solid understanding of operational excellence principles, including system reliability, observability, performance optimization, and incident management
• Experience leveraging automation and emerging AI capabilities to improve platform efficiency, scalability, and decision-making
• Proven ability to influence architectural decisions and guide technical direction across cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise business and executive messaging
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S., now or in the future, without support from McKesson

Nice to have

• Experience driving or contributing to modernization programs involving cloud adoption, API-led, and event-driven integration patterns
• Ability to dive deep into system behavior, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive resolution in high-pressure scenarios
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and architects, fostering strong technical discipline and consistency
• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or supply chain environments

Pay

Our Base Pay Range for this position is $158,300 - $263,900. This range is aligned with McKesson’s pay philosophy and reflects factors such as performance, experience, skills, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities, may be offered.

Benefits

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package as part of our Total Rewards. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please visit our benefits page.