McKesson · 5 hours ago
Lead Technical Project Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $225K/yr
10+ years expMcKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. The Lead Technical Project Manager plays a critical role in driving the successful delivery for AI/ML & Advanced Analytics initiatives across the organization, managing the project lifecycle and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareInformation TechnologyPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Define and own the end-to-end roadmap for AI/ML initiatives, translating business objectives into actionable programs such as demand forecasting models, NLP-driven chatbots, or predictive analytics. Manage the intake of new requests, gather necessary information for accurate sizing, confirm business value, and ensure alignment with strategic priorities. Evaluate and prioritize initiatives by balancing business value, technical feasibility, resource availability, and associated risks. Use portfolio management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet) to maintain visibility and alignment from ideation through deployment
Serve as the central coordinator, orchestrating collaboration across data scientists, ML engineers, data engineers, business analysts, and IT teams. Ensure high-quality pipelines and seamless integration into production systems through APIs, cloud ML services, and CI/CD pipelines
Oversee day-to-day delivery of AI/ML projects using Agile practices (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban). Manage sprints, backlogs, epics, and stories within Jira/Confluence, tracking dependencies and deliverables. Identify risks (e.g., limited data availability, model performance gaps, infrastructure bottlenecks) and implement mitigation strategies. Enforce robust testing standards including unit testing, model validation, A/B testing, and performance benchmarking
Act as a trusted partner to business stakeholders and product teams, translating business use cases into clear technical AI/ML requirements. Establish measurable KPIs (accuracy, ROI, adoption rates, productivity impact). Provide regular executive-level updates, communicating technical progress clearly and concisely
Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, FDA). Promote Responsible AI principles (fairness, transparency, explainability). Drive documentation, audit readiness, model cataloging, data lineage traceability, and reproducibility. Establish governance for MLOps including model versioning, drift monitoring, and automated retraining
Define and track KPIs across technical, business, and delivery dimensions (accuracy, precision/recall, F1 score, ROI, adoption). Provide transparent portfolio health reporting to leadership
Champion innovation by promoting emerging technologies (Generative AI, LLMOps, AutoML). Collaborate with architecture teams to modernize ML stack (Databricks Lakehouse, Vertex AI, Azure ML). Drive accelerators such as reusable code libraries, pre-trained models, and standardized MLOps pipelines
Qualification
Required
Strong technical acumen in AI/ML and analytics
Excellent project management skills
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
Proven ability to align cross-functional teams and remove delivery bottlenecks
Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Master's or Doctorate qualifications
Preferred
Experience with Generative AI, LLMOps, AutoML
Familiarity with platforms like Databricks, Vertex AI, Azure ML
Knowledge of governance frameworks and Responsible AI principles
Benefits
Annual bonus
Long-term incentive opportunities
Company
McKesson
McKesson distributes medical supplies, information technology, and care management products and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Brian Tyler
CEO
Jim McAuliffe
CFO
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