Lead Data Architect
Irving, TX - USA
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.
Overview
MomentimRx is advancing a modern healthcare data platform and digital products toaccelerate innovation and improve patient health outcomes. The Lead Data Architectwill lead the design and execution of enterprise-scale secure and scalable data solutionsshaping the next-generation healthcare data capabilities at McKesson.
This role partnerswith business and technology leaders to define architectural strategy drive interoperabilityand enable AI/ML and analytics-ready environments.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture Leadership: Define technical strategy architecture standards and long term roadmap; lead design and planning for new platforms products and services;
establish enterprise-wide best practices and reusable patterns.
Technology Innovation & Delivery: Oversee architectural execution of enterprise scale data solutions; evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative
business-aligned solutions; mentor teams on modern architecture and cloud-native
practices.
Governance Security & Compliance: Provide technical governance through
architecture review boards and standards enforcement; ensure compliance with
healthcare regulations and enterprise security standards; embed data security privacy
and regulatory compliance in all data architecture designs. Partner closely with
Compliance Privacy and Enterprise Governance teams to define and execute a holistic
data strategy aligned with regulatory requirements and enterprise risk posture.
Data Strategy & Governance Integration: Work in close collaboration with Data
Governance organizations to operationalize metadata management and lineage by
integrating enterprise data assets with governance platforms such as Alation. Ensure
consistent capture enrichment and stewardship of metadata across data platforms to
support discoverability lineage data quality and auditability.
Documentation & Standards: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation
of data architecture data dictionaries and data flow diagrams; ensure consistency
traceability and quality across platforms.
Minimum Requirement
Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10 years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Masters or Doctorate qualifications.
Critical Skills & Experience
10 years in technology roles with significant architecture experience in complex
enterprises.
Cloud & Data Platforms: Expertise in Azure Databricks multi-cloud architectures
data lakes/lakehouses real-time streaming Unity Catalog and modern data
governance frameworks.
Data Architecture & Engineering
Strong proficiency in data modeling techniques (conceptual logical physical) and
experience with data modeling tools.
Advanced data modeling normalization ETL/ELT pipeline design and
batch/streaming architectures.
Experience with relational databases (SQL Server Oracle PostgreSQL) and NoSQL
databases (MongoDB Cassandra DynamoDB).
Familiarity with data governance frameworks data quality management and
master data management (MDM) principles.
Integration of external data sources SFTP-based ETL and real-time pipelines.
Experience integrating metadata and lineage into enterprise data governance
platforms (e.g. Alation) to enable discoverability auditability and data quality
across the organization.
Interoperability & Standards: SOA modernization service-based architectures
OAuth2/OIDC/SMART/RBAC/ABAC; deep understanding of healthcare data standards
(HL7 FHIR ICD-10) and HIPAA compliance.
AI & Analytics Enablement: Architecting ML/AI-ready environments and real-time
analytics platforms.
DevOps & Platform Enablement: CI/CD pipelines automated deployment GitHub
version control.
Healthcare Domain Expertise: EMR systems claims processing MDM and IQVIA or
similar healthcare datasets.
Non-Technical Competencies
Ability to align diverse stakeholders around a clear and compelling technical vision.
Strong analytical skills to solve complex cross-functional enterprise challenges.
Proven ability to balance business priorities technical constraints and risk
management.
Excellent communicator capable of influencing audiences from engineers to senior
executives.
Experience participating in and leading architecture review boards and defining
reusable enterprise patterns.
Strategic mindset with the ability to guide long-term platform and capability evolution.
Demonstrates collaboration accountability and a team-first mindset.
Deep understanding of the healthcare industry enterprise risk management and
regulatory considerations.
Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with Compliance Privacy and Governance
stakeholders to drive enterprise data strategy and embed policy-driven governance
controls into architecture designs.
Startup experience (2 years) strongly preferred.
This role is a hybrid position. The selected candidate is expected to work on-site at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in-office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities.
McKesson complies with all applicable U.S. immigration laws and regulations. The Company does not provide employer support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment benefit for this role.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a fulltime basis without the need for employer support or sponsorship now or in the future. This includes having the legal right to work in the United States without the need for McKesson support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment authorization (e.g. H1B O1 E3 H1B1 TN F1 OPT F1 STEM OPT F1 CPT etc.) now or in the future.
If you will require McKesson to provide immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future you should not apply for this position
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Our Base Pay Range for this position
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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