Sr. Director, AI/ML Engineering

About the role

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 Sr. Director leads major divisional functions or corporate sub-functions, providing enterprise-level strategic direction, long-range 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.

Responsibilities

The Sr. Director will be responsible for leading talent pipelines, strengthening leadership benches, and managing significant conflicts and disciplinary matters. It drives continuous improvement, optimizes cross-functional workflows, and ensures strategic communication across stakeholder groups.

• Proven leadership of AI/ML engineering organizations through a management layer
• Finance/P&L ownership at scale
• Deep technical credibility in AI/ML systems
• Executive-level stakeholder management
• Experience operating in a regulated or high-compliance enterprise environment
• Track record of translating business strategy into a multi-year technical roadmap and being held accountable for its execution

Requirements

Minimum requirements include a degree or equivalent experience, typically requiring 13+ years of professional experience and 6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation skills.

• 10+ years of experience in Responsible AI practices, model risk management, data governance, audit readiness
• Long-range planning, competitive/market environment scanning, translating trends into roadmaps
• Partnering with Product, Data Engineering, Platform/Infra, Security, Legal/Compliance, and BU leaders
• Experience with enterprise-scale cloud AI/ML platforms
• Succession planning, performance calibration, handling significant conflict and disciplinary matters
• Board/executive-level storytelling, translating technical complexity for non-technical stakeholders
• Strong Vendor & Partner Management
• 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

Qualifications

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.

Pay

Our Base Pay Range for this position $230,800 - $384,600. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.