Senior Engineering Manager

McKesson

Senior Engineering Manager leading FastAuth, McKesson’s specialty-prescription prior-authorization platform. Directing React, .NET, Azure, and event-driven engineering delivery from Columbus.

Posted 8/19/2026full-timeColumbus • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $133,500 - $222,500 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in engineering management, with a focus on delivering impactful workstreams and fostering team health. Proficient in modern web stacks and cloud platforms, particularly TypeScript, React, .NET, and Azure, while effectively managing cross-functional collaboration and communication.

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Engineering ManagementTypeScriptReactSAFeCloud Platforms

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringEvent-Driven ArchitectureData-Driven DeliveryPerformance ManagementCareer Development

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationTeam CoachingConflict ResolutionMotivationInclusion Promotion

Tools & Technologies

AzureSAFeAI ToolingEHR IntegrationsFHIR

Industry Keywords

Healthcare ApplicationsPrior AuthorizationPharmacy DomainPayer DomainHealthcare Data Exchange

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloud.NETReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the FastAuth engineering team within McKesson's Specialty Access & Affordability value stream
Own delivery, team health, and technical direction across multiple major workstreams
Plan and execute workstreams, set goals, prioritize investment, and refocus efforts based on business impact
Run operating cadences within SAFe, including PI planning
Address root causes and remove team blockers
Define FastAuth's vision aligned with value stream and company priorities
Partner with architects and staff engineers on TypeScript, React, .NET, Azure, and event-driven architecture decisions
Resolve misalignment with partner teams and stakeholders
Coach the team through change, complexity, and ambiguity
Attract, hire, retain, interview, and assess engineering talent
Manage performance, motivate high performers, turn around low performers, and develop careers
Structure the team and plan headcount for sustained success
Collaborate across engineering, product, design, and quality
Build cross-functional relationships, facilitate conversations, and settle disagreements
Promote inclusion and address cultural issues
Communicate clearly with engineers, executives, and cross-functional partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree or equivalent experience
Typically 10+ years of relevant professional experience
4+ years of engineering management experience
4+ years leading software engineering teams, including hiring, performance management, and career development
Track record delivering multiple concurrent workstreams with real business impact
Technical foundation in modern web stacks and cloud platforms, ideally TypeScript, React, .NET, and Azure
Working understanding of event-driven architecture and its tradeoffs
Experience operating in a scaled agile environment, SAFe or equivalent, including planning across teams
Data-driven approach to delivery health, including throughput, cycle time, and predictability metrics
Demonstrated ability to drive adoption of AI tooling in engineering workflows
Ability to resolve cross-team misalignment directly
Clear written and verbal communication for engineers and executives
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Sponsorship is unavailable presently or in the future
Preferred: healthcare applications, EHR integrations, prior authorization, pharmacy or payer domain experience, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, healthcare data exchange, leading people managers, team scaling, and engineering communities of practice

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation package
Annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered
Equal employment opportunities
Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities