Director, Data Engineering Modernization

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CoverMyMeds, fast-growing prescription technology organization within McKesson Corporation, is looking to hire a Director of Data Engineering Modernization to join our Data Strategy and Solutions team. This individual will lead our Data Modernization teams and have leadership oversight on transforming our many legacy data platforms into a modern, scalable ecosystem powered by a unified enterprise data model and integrating data across the organization. The Director, Data Modernization works at the strategic level for optimizing and streamlining data engineering processes and data warehouse platform design, overseeing enterprise data & analytics projects from the initiation phase through production readiness.

What You’ll Do:

As the Director of Data Engineering Modernization your daily to-dos will shift with business needs, but here’s a snapshot of what to expect:

• Own and oversee data engineering best practices and platform development

• Lead, mentor, guide, and grow a team of talented engineers and analysts to deliver products with high quality, on time delivery and designed to meet the needs of the business

• Provide hands-on design guidance and documentation as needed

• Ensure high level of data availability, developing and implementing processes that ensure the stability and performance of our data applications.

• Provide evaluations, analysis, and recommendations for system enhancements, performance optimization techniques, and development methodology advancements.

• Create solutions that adhere to privacy, governance, legal, compliance and other standards. Partner with business and technology to create a continuous loop of risk evaluation and remediation.

• Ensure that team is tracking and communicating team capacity and velocity. Serve as a coach to help business stakeholders and team prioritize work within team capacity.

Skills You’ll Need

• Degree or equivalent and typically has 12 years of relevant professional experience, including 4 years of management experience

• Experience managing teams in complex environments with legacy systems

• Strong, hands-on experience as a technologist working with data warehouse solutions, cloud technology, relational databases and dashboarding tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, Oracle, MySQL, Qlik, Tableau, SQL Server, etc.

• Experience working with cloud and modern data platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks etc., understanding of both cost and architecture

• Experience with creating technical roadmaps and driving data engineering projects to timely delivery

• Experience navigating a complex technical and organizational environmen

• Excellent oral and written communications skills with the ability to present complex technical ideations to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Exceptional time management skills with the capacity to manage several tasks at once and prioritize accordingly to meet project and task deadlines

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

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