Senior Director, Shared Capabilities & Engagement Experience

McKesson

. Own shared platform capabilities including API surface management, common service APIs, Kafka event streaming, schema governance, consumer SLAs, and multi-region reliability .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $183,800 - $306,300 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in platform engineering and leadership, with a strong focus on API management, GitOps principles, and developer portal operations. Proven ability to drive strategic initiatives, enhance partner engagement, and implement AI-assisted tooling in a complex enterprise environment.

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Platform Engineering LeadershipGitOps Principles and ToolingKafka Event StreamingInternal Developer Portal ManagementExecutive-Level Communication

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Hard Skills

API ManagementInfrastructure as CodeTerraformDistributed SystemsEvent StreamingAI-Native PlatformsProduction-Grade ToolingSubscription Portal DevelopmentDORA MetricsService Catalog Management

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationOrganizationPeople MotivationPlanning

Tools & Technologies

KafkaConfluent PlatformBackstagePortCortexClaude CodeGitHub CopilotAzureAKSSAFe

Industry Keywords

Healthcare TechnologyCompliance FrameworksHIPAASOC 2HITRUSTFHIRNCPDPHL7Regulated EnvironmentsExternal Developer Portals

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureDistributed SystemsDNSFirewallsKafkaTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own shared platform capabilities including API surface management, common service APIs, Kafka event streaming, schema governance, consumer SLAs, and multi-region reliability
Provide leadership oversight for the Integrations team and key network customers and stakeholders
Build and operate the Subscription Portal for external partner onboarding, API credential provisioning, documentation, and integrations
Define the partner integration lifecycle and roadmap for the Subscription Portal
Measure partner adoption, time-to-first-call, and integration health
Own the Internal Developer Portal, including service catalog, Golden Path templates, onboarding automation, and tooling discoverability
Make the Internal Developer Portal the single pane of glass for developer context
Integrate AI agents and agentic workflows into external and internal portals
Establish GitOps as the source of truth for infrastructure, configuration, application state, and portal content
Champion AI-assisted engineering tooling such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
Define multi-year strategy for shared platform capabilities, developer portals, and partner engagement
Align engineering capacity with the FY27 roadmap and DC exit commitments
Lead and develop two engineering teams across multiple disciplines
Establish test-first, GitOps-first, AI-native tooling, and observability standards
Drive DORA metrics as team health indicators
Partner with Core Platform, Reliability, Product Security, and McKesson Technology on platform architecture, security, networking, DNS, firewalls, and Kafka dependencies
Represent the external engagement surface in SAFe PI Planning, ART sync, and executive program reviews
Deliver Subscription Portal MVP, Internal Developer Portal capabilities, Kafka standards, unified engagement strategy, and measurable toil reduction milestones

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree or equivalent experience
Typically 13+ years of relevant software engineering experience
6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation experience
Experience leading platform engineering, shared services, or developer experience teams at scale
Track record of building platforms adopted by multiple product teams
Deep fluency in GitOps principles and tooling, including Infrastructure as Code and Terraform
Experience building or operating internal developer portals such as Backstage, Port, Cortex, or equivalent
Experience with external developer-facing API products
Strong distributed systems and event streaming background
Production-scale Kafka or Confluent Platform experience
Experience leading and developing engineering managers
Ability to operate in a matrixed enterprise environment with shared infrastructure dependencies
Executive-level communication skills and ability to present roadmaps, trade-offs, and investment asks
Preferred: production-grade AI-native platforms, agentic workflows, AI-assisted developer tooling, or LLM-integrated platform services
Preferred: healthcare technology, regulated environments, or compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, SOC 2, or HITRUST
Preferred: Azure, AKS, and Azure-native platform ecosystem experience
Preferred: SAFe or other scaled agile framework familiarity
Preferred: external developer portals or API marketplaces
Preferred: prior authorization, pharmacy, or healthcare interoperability exposure, including FHIR, NCPDP, or HL7

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation package
Annual bonus may be offered
Long-term incentive opportunities may be offered
Benefits under McKesson’s Total Rewards program
Reasonable accommodation for job search or application