Lead Agentic AI Solutions Architect
Job Location:
Mississauga - Canada
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Job Summary
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 tomorrows health today we want to hear from you.
About the Role
McKesson is seeking an experienced Lead Agentic AI Solutions Architect to lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise AI and automation solutions that transform business operations and improve healthcare outcomes. This role owns the full lifecycle of Agentic AI and automation solution delivery from strategy and architecture through implementation deployment and optimization.
What Youll Do
- Own the full lifecycle of Agentic AI and automation solutions from discovery and architecture through deployment and operational support.
- Identify prioritize and deliver high-impact AI use cases aligned with business strategies and measurable outcomes.
- Design scalable Agentic AI architectures integrated with Agent Hub enterprise platforms APIs and business workflows.
- Lead technical design decisions involving LLMs AI agents retrieval systems orchestration frameworks and automation technologies.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define requirements solution roadmaps and implementation strategies.
- Establish engineering standards architecture patterns governance controls and reusable AI capabilities.
- Drive Responsible AI practices including governance security observability risk management and human oversight.
- Mentor engineers and architects while promoting technical excellence innovation and continuous improvement.
Minimum Requirements-Degree or equivalent andtypically requires 10 years ofrelevant experience. Less yearsrequired if has relevant Mastersor Doctorate qualifications
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT: General Office Demands We are Flex and Connect with 2 days a week in office
Critical Skills -
- 10 years of software engineering solution architecture application development or platform engineering experience.
- 5 years of experience designing and implementing AI-enabled enterprise solutions.
- Hands-on experience building AI machine learning automation or intelligent workflow solutions in enterprise environments.
- Strong proficiency in Python and Agentic software engineering practices.
- Experience designing enterprise integrations using MCPs APIs microservices and event-driven architectures.
- Proven experience leading technical delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Excellent communication collaboration and solution leadership skills.
Preferred Skills
- Strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs) tokenization context windows and model capabilities.
- Experience with LangChain LangGraph Semantic Kernel AutoGen Claude Agent SDK or similar frameworks.
- Experience designing function-calling patterns tool integrations and structured schemas.
- Expertise with Azure Cloud services Azure AI Foundry and cloud-native architecture patterns.
- Experience with Docker Kubernetes CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices.
- Experience implementing Human-in-the-Loop processes for critical business workflows.
Understanding of Responsible AI principles governance frameworks risk management and compliance requirements.
Travel / Work Environment / Physical Requirements
- Position may require limited travel (up to 10%) for business meetings workshops or strategic planning sessions.
- Hybrid or remote work arrangements may be available based on business needs and location requirements.
- Ability to work at a computer workstation for extended periods and participate in virtual collaboration sessions.
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 McKessons 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 pleaseclick here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$122100 - $162800McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKessons (or affiliated entities like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails job postings or social media light of these scams please bear the following in mind:
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McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability age genetic information or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKessons full Equal Employment Opportunity policies visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment please contact us by sending an email to (United States) or (Canada) . Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
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About Company
McKesson is the leading healthcare company for wholesale medical supplies & equipment, pharmaceutical distribution, and healthcare technology solutions. McKesson is the central nervous system of health care. At any given moment, in any given minute, we simultaneously execute thousands ... View more
