McKesson

Healthcare

Sr.Manager,TechnicalEngineering

$124–206k Columbus, Ohio, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Sr. Manager, Technical Engineering at McKesson. Skills: Technical Engineering, Application Support, Systems Engineering, Production Support. Own day-to-day operational performance. Lead major incident response”

What You'll Achieve.

reliable service delivery; resilient operational solutions; measurable operational outcomes; SLO/SLA adherence; availability; performance; compliance; reduce repeat incidents; improve MTTR; reduce toil; improve support efficiency; production supportability; operational acceptance; improve release quality; improve production outcomes; customer outcomes; reliability; service demands

Industry & Context.

Healthcare
Problems you'll solve

root-cause analysis; troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

reside in the Columbus, OH metropolitan area, unable to provide sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

9+ years of professional experience, 1+ years of supervisory and/or management experience, 4+ years of experience in systems engineering, application support, infrastructure operations, or production engineering, 1+ year in a leadership role, expertise in incident, problem, and change management within a regulated environment, Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, drive root cause remediation to measurable outcomes, Experience owning complex operational delivery across technical teams, Executive-level communication skills, stakeholder management, risk articulation, clear documentation, Broad technical foundation across production environments, guide troubleshooting and stability improvements

Nice to Have

Experience operating mixed OS environments, supporting enterprise applications across on-prem and cloud infrastructures, Experience overseeing relational database–backed systems, provide leadership oversight across platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, Experienced partnering with DBAs and engineering teams on reliability, performance, capacity planning, release readiness, and incident response, Experience partnering with development teams across the SDLC to improve release quality and production outcomes, Experience with DR planning/testing, monitoring strategy, continuous service improvement

What You'll Do.

Own day-to-day operational performance

Lead major incident response

Ensure timely communications

Drive problem management

Establish operational processes

Improve support efficiency

Perform technical planning

Guide system integration

Ensure readiness for production operations

Lead functional analysis

Define dependency/interface

Recommend robust systems solutions

Define operational acceptance criteria

Coordinate release planning

Ensure deployment readiness

Validate changes across environments

Ensure functional requirements translate

Ensure non-functional requirements translate

Provide operational feedback

Define monitoring/alerting strategies

Improve early detection

Improve service quality

Drive systemic improvements

Champion disciplined change management

Ensure adherence to security standards

Ensure adherence to regulatory obligations

Embed secure-by-design operational practices

Provide full people-leadership accountability

Build a high-performing culture

Manage vendor relationships

Coordinate capacity and growth planning

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering closely with Application Development; Product; Infrastructure; Security; Quality teams; Partner with the Manager of Application Development; delivery teams; Collaborate with Product Owners; Business Analysts; QA; Project/Program Management; Partner with Security and Engineering teams; Coordinate with system/network/storage/platform teams

Communication Scope

Executive-level communication skills; stakeholder management; risk articulation; clear documentation

Process & Methodology

Project/Program Management

Full 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. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you. The **Sr. Manager, Technical Engineering** – Application Support leads a specialized production support organization responsible for L2/L3 application support, systems engineering, and operational readiness for business-critical healthcare platforms. This leader ensures reliable service delivery by guiding incident/problem management, monitoring and observability strategy, change/release execution, and disaster recovery readiness, while partnering closely with Application Development, Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Quality teams to translate product and customer requirements into resilient operational solutions. This role applies systems engineering discipline to the full solution lifecycle—concept, design, implementation, validation, deployment, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning—ensuring that technical, schedule, cost, and risk constraints are considered and that requirements are converted into measurable operational outcomes (SLO/SLA adherence, availability, performance, and compliance). **Key Responsibilities** **1) Service Operations Leadership (L2/L3 Production Support)** * Own day-to-day operational performance for assigned applications/services, including **stability, availability, latency/performance, and operational risk**. * Lead **major incident** response and escalation management; ensure timely communications, stakeholder coordinatio

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