RTE, Director IT
Richmond, VA - 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.
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is the servant leader and facilitator for the Agile Release Train (ART) responsible for enabling successful delivery of strategic business and technology initiatives. The role drives program execution aligns teams to enterprise priorities manages dependencies risks and governance and promotes continuous improvement to accelerate value delivery across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and facilitate ART ceremonies including PI Planning ART Syncs Scrum of Scrums System Demos and Inspect & Adapt events.
Drive execution of complex cross-functional initiatives aligned with strategic business objectives and transformation goals.
Ensure alignment between portfolio priorities roadmaps capacity and delivery execution.
Proactively manage program risks issues dependencies and impediments escalating where necessary to maintain delivery commitments.
Provide executive-ready reporting and insights on program health PI objectives delivery predictability capacity risks and value realization.
Partner with Product Management Architecture Portfolio Management Business Leaders and Delivery Teams to ensure alignment and transparency.
Foster Lean-Agile practices operational excellence and continuous improvement across the ART.
Enable adoption and optimization of delivery tools such as Jira Azure DevOps Smartsheet and Power BI.
Support enterprise transformation efforts through Agile coaching change enablement and organizational alignment.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Business Information Technology Engineering or related field; Masters degree preferred.
12 years of experience in Program Management Agile Delivery Enterprise Transformation or related leadership roles.
4 years of people management experience.
Leadership experience managing teams of Scrum Masters and Outside Service Workers.
Experience building developing and retaining high performing teams in Agile delivery.
5 years supporting Agile Release Trains or large-scale Agile delivery organizations.
Strong knowledge of SAFe Lean-Agile Waterfall and hybrid delivery methodologies.
Proven experience managing large-scale programs cross-functional dependencies risks and stakeholder relationships.
Experience with Jira Azure DevOps Smartsheet Power BI and enterprise delivery reporting tools.
Strong facilitation communication analytical and executive stakeholder management skills.
SAFe RTE SPC 5.5 or higher and PMP required.
Success Measures
Success in this role is demonstrated by:
Consistent achievement of PI objectives and predictable delivery outcomes.
Effective management and resolution of dependencies risks and program impediments.
Strong alignment between enterprise strategy portfolio priorities and execution.
High-quality executive reporting that enables informed decision-making.
Measurable improvements in delivery flow quality efficiency and value realization.
Establishment of a high-performing Agile culture that supports enterprise transformation and continuous improvement.
About MMS
McKesson Medical-Surgical (MMS) which is expected to become Wellverse in early 2027 is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical-surgical supplies pharmaceuticals diagnostic equipment and supplies along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets often referred to as Alternate Care or Non-Acute Care include physician offices surgery centers long-term care providers laboratories home health and hospice agencies health systems government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers.
Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8000 employees a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles we collaborate with more than 2200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 270000 SKUs of branded and private-label medical-surgical products from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 tests.
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
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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