Manager, Software Development & Engineering

McKesson is an impact-driven healthcare company that delivers insights, products, and services to make quality care more accessible and affordable. The Engineering Manager will lead a software engineering team in modernizing a critical legacy enterprise platform, establishing engineering best practices, and delivering a scalable, maintainable, and resilient platform. The role partners with Architecture, Product, Security, and business stakeholders while supporting technical strategy, delivery, and team development.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers through a significant platform modernization effort
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, technical excellence, and knowledge sharing
• Support engineers in adopting modern development practices and tools that improve productivity, software quality, and delivery speed
• Recruit and retain engineering talent while creating clear growth and development opportunities
• Balance technical priorities, delivery commitments, and team development needs
• Drive the modernization and re-architecture of a legacy enterprise platform
• Partner with engineers and architects to define target-state architecture and technical strategy
• Guide teams through complex technical decisions and tradeoffs involving scalability, maintainability, reliability, and security
• Champion modern software engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability
• Establish standards for software quality, code review, testing, and operational excellence
• Encourage effective use of modern engineering tooling to accelerate development, testing, validation, and troubleshooting activities

Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent experience
• Typically requires 6+ years of professional experience and 2 years of supervisory experience
• 6+ years in software engineering
• 4+ years developing software solutions
• 2+ years as a contributing leader or manager on technical teams, or equivalent lead-level experience
• 3+ years working in agile processes
• AI driven development tooling (Claude and ChatGPT)
• Priority will be given to candidates who reside in the Columbus, OH Metropolitan area
• We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role presently or in the future
• Experience leading teams through platform modernization or large-scale application transformation initiatives
• Experience building and supporting cloud-based enterprise applications
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture patterns and engineering best practices
• Familiarity with contemporary developer productivity tools and AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Experience enabling teams that leverage tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar technologies within established development and quality practices
• Experience mentoring engineers in the responsible and effective use of new development technologies