This role pays more than
66%
of similar roles. Most pay
$200,500–$280,875
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$262k
versus about
$241k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About McKesson Corporation
McKesson Corporation is a premier American healthcare services company that distributes pharmaceuticals, medical-surgical supplies, and provides technology to the healthcare industry.
McKesson Corporation currently has
61 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$121,100–$201,900
across 61 roles with salary data.
Director, AI/ML Engineering leads a large-scale engineering organization through a management layer to provide strategic direction and operational leadership. The role involves managing operating budgets, translating business strategy into multi-year technical roadmaps, and overseeing the full machine learning lifecycle. Key responsibilities include making build-versus-buy decisions, managing vendor partnerships, and ensuring audit readiness within highly regulated environments like healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution. The successful candidate will navigate complex data governance, model risk management, and responsible AI practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams including Product, Security, and Legal. Technical requirements include expertise in enterprise-scale cloud AI/ML platforms using Azure services, Langchain, LangGraph, and Python. This position solves the challenge of deploying large-scale LLMs and data architectures within a high-compliance environment to support multiple business units and product lines concurrently.
AI
ML
RAG
LLMs
Generative AI
Distributed Systems
Platform Engineering
Context Orchestration
Memory Systems
Retrieval Systems
Real-time Inference
Observability
System Optimization
Agent-based Systems