Director, Intelligent Platforms

McKesson Corporation

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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Irving, TX
Salary
$158,300–$263,900 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
38 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $245k
This role $211k
$142k most similar roles pay here $312k

This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $205,425–$284,962 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $211k versus about $245k for comparable roles.

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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 59 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $127,400–$211,300 across 59 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Intelligent Platforms

As Director, Intelligent Platforms, you will lead enterprise-scale reliability, observability, and operational transformation initiatives within the Site Reliability Engineering and Operational Intelligence domain. You will drive the vision and execution for modern operations capabilities, including infrastructure automation, AI-enabled operations, and service reliability practices. Your daily responsibilities involve managing teams to oversee platforms like Dynatrace, Datadog, LogicMonitor, and Prometheus while implementing Infrastructure as Code via Terraform and configuration management through Ansible. You will develop proactive operations using predictive analytics, distributed tracing, and event correlation. The role requires expertise in AIOps, MLOps, and generative AI workflows to build self-healing infrastructure and intelligent automation. By partnering with cross-functional leaders, you will solve complex problems regarding service availability and operational efficiency across cloud environments including Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform to ensure high-performing, secure technology services.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute enterprise strategies for Site Reliability Engineering, Operational Intelligence, and Observability.
  • Lead teams managing observability platforms including Dynatrace, Datadog, LogicMonitor, and Prometheus.
  • Drive proactive operations through predictive analytics, automation, and AI-driven operational improvements.
  • Establish governance, standards, metrics, and service reliability objectives across all technology platforms.
  • Lead Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management adoption using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Manage strategic roadmaps, budgets, vendor relationships, and operational portfolios.
  • Develop high-performing teams through coaching, succession planning, and leadership development.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
  • 12+ years of professional experience with 4+ years of people leadership in enterprise technology organizations.
  • Experience leading SRE, Platform Engineering, Operations Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Observability functions.
  • Hands-on experience with observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Datadog, LogicMonitor, or Prometheus.
  • Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and configuration management solutions like Ansible.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise-scale operational transformation, automation, and reliability initiatives.
  • Experience managing budgets, strategic roadmaps, vendors, and cross-functional technology programs.
  • Experience with AIOps, MLOps, Generative AI, or cloud platforms across Azure, AWS, or GCP (preferred).

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