McKesson
Healthcare
Sr.Manager,TechnicalEngineering
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“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.
root-cause analysis; troubleshooting
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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