Senior Director, CGAT Technology Center of Excellence

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Job Details Tomorrow's health is... Defining a new possible. Senior Director, CGAT Technology Center of Excellence Irving, Texas Job ID JR0155497 Category Service Management Post Date Oct. 09, 2026 Apply McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you. About the Role The Senior Director, CGAT Technology Center of Excellence is responsible for leading the technology strategy, roadmap, and execution for the CGAT organization. This role partners closely with business leaders and cross-functional IT teams to drive innovation, build organizational capabilities, and deliver measurable business outcomes across SAP, non-SAP, and AI-enabled solutions. What You'll Do Lead the CGAT Technology Center of Excellence and own the technology strategy, roadmap, delivery, operations, and overall performance. Define technology priorities, governance, investment strategies, and success metrics aligned to business objectives. Drive modernization and delivery of CGAT solutions across software engineering, transformation initiatives, and operations. Expand AI across the software development lifecycle to improve speed, quality, and productivity. Identify and implement practical AI use cases across business processes and service operations. Build talent, delivery practices, reusable solutions, and change management capabilities. Partner with business, product, engineering, architecture, security, data, and operations teams. Ensure initiatives meet financial, compliance, security, data governance, and responsible AI requirements. Basic Requirements 13+ years of technology experience, as well as 6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation skills (or equivalent experience). Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Experience leading large-scale technology organizations, programs, or Centers of Excellence. Strong strategic planning, executive communication, people leadership, vendor management, and financial management skills. Experience delivering enterprise technology solutions within complex business environments. Preferred Skills/Experience Expertise in cloud-native and AI-native product delivery, enterprise transformation, and application modernization across SAP and non-SAP environments. Demonstrated success leveraging emerging technologies to deliver measurable business outcomes. Deep understanding of modern software delivery, AI-assisted engineering, service management, and organizational transformation. Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, cell and gene therapy, or regulated supply chain environments. Knowledge of compliance, security, data governance, and responsible AI frameworks. Travel / Work Environment / Physical Requirements Ability to effectively collaborate with business leaders, technical teams, and external partners across multiple functions and locations. Travel, work environment, and physical requirements may be aligned with company standards for senior leadership roles. Ability to travel up to 25% of the time. 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 $185,100 - $308,500 McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. 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