Manager, Software Engineering, PharmaApps

Cardinal Health

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About Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health is a global healthcare services and products company specializing in pharmaceutical distribution, medical products, and supply chain solutions for healthcare providers and pharmacies. Industry: Healthcare Distribution & Services

Cardinal Health currently has 36 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Manager, Software Engineering, PharmaApps

Manager, Software Engineering, PharmaApps serves as a critical leader within the Commercial Technologies team, overseeing the end-to-end lifecycle of pharmacy applications. This role is responsible for managing engineering projects, defining multi-year roadmaps, and ensuring the stability of integration-heavy systems in an operationally sensitive environment. The manager oversees a dedicated team of engineers and analysts to deliver high-quality software while managing budgets, capacity planning, and vendor relationships. Key responsibilities include enforcing SDLC governance, overseeing technical debt remediation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements for pharmacy operations. The role requires expertise in SQL, API development, middleware, and hybrid cloud environments. By solving complex problems related to patient onboarding and therapy fulfillment, the manager ensures that critical pharmaceutical platforms remain scalable, secure, and reliable while aligning technology investments with core business objectives and operational needs.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $223750 from 106 postings across 38 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end outcomes for pharmacy applications including intake, build, integration, transition to run, and ongoing support.
  • Translate business goals into executable delivery plans with clear scope, dependencies, success criteria, and risk awareness.
  • Manage multi-year application roadmaps that balance feature delivery, technical debt reduction, and platform modernization.
  • Oversee project budgets, resource capacity for onshore/offshore teams, and capital versus expense financial tracking.
  • Enforce SDLC governance, including QA standards, change control, and automated monitoring for system reliability.
  • Manage vendor relationships to ensure performance, contract fulfillment, and alignment on product roadmaps.
  • Lead a team of 3-5 members by setting clear priorities, performance goals, and development plans.
  • Communicate technical complexities to business leaders using non-technical language to influence decision-making.

What we're looking for

  • 8-12 years of experience (preferred).
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience (preferred).
  • Experience leading cross-functional delivery teams including Engineering, Integration, QA, and Project Management.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise systems, middleware, APIs, SQL-based data access, and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Demonstrated capability in estimation, planning, SDLC governance, and operational delivery execution.
  • Experience managing delivery plans, budgets, and capacity across multiple initiatives.
  • Experience directly managing a small technical team including technical leads, business analysts, and engineers.
  • Experience operating in regulated or operationally critical environments, such as pharmacy or healthcare platforms (preferred).

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