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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Director Business Systems - **Company:** McKesson - **Location:** Richmond, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $181,500.0 - $302,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Application Lifecycle Management, Application Portfolio Management, Business Software, Business Systems, Systems Integration, Web Platforms, Enterprise Software Applications, Technical Debt - **Published:** September 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://mckesson.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Careers/job/USA-VA-Richmond/Senior-Director-Business-Systems_JR0154628 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. * 10+ years leading teams and/or enterprise programs, including setting strategy, defining metrics, managing budgets, and driving execution across multiple stakeholders. * Significant progressive experience leading enterprise technology, business applications, or digital platforms. * Demonstrated success managing complex technology portfolios and large-scale transformation initiatives. * Strong experience developing technology strategies and roadmaps in partnership with senior business leaders. * Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, integrations, data, security, architecture, and application lifecycle management. * Strong financial, vendor, portfolio, and people leadership capabilities. * Excellent executive communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills., * Experience supporting technology portfolios across HR, Legal/Contracts, Compliance/Ethics, Real Estate, or Facilities. * Experience modernizing enterprise application portfolios and simplifying legacy environments. * Experience leveraging AI, workflow automation, analytics, and emerging technologies to transform business processes. * Experience operating within a complex, highly regulated enterprise environment. Leadership Profile The ideal candidate is a business-minded technology leader who can move seamlessly between strategy and execution. They will build strong executive partnerships, simplify complex technology environments, challenge legacy approaches, develop great talent, and create clear accountability for measurable business outcomes. This is an opportunity to lead a diverse portfolio of business-critical technologies and shape how technology enables the organization's people, compliance, business operations, and workplace of the future. ## Description We are seeking a Senior Director, Business Systems to lead the technology strategy and portfolio supporting critical enterprise business functions, including Human Resources, Contracts, Compliance/Speak Up, and Facilities., This role will serve as a strategic technology partner to business leaders, translating business priorities into modern, scalable technology solutions. The Senior Director will own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, integration, and ongoing evolution of these platforms while driving simplification, automation, strong governance, and an exceptional user experience., * Develop and execute multi-year technology strategies and roadmaps across HR, Contracts, Compliance/Speak Up, and Facilities. * Serve as a trusted technology advisor to senior business leaders, connecting business strategy with technology capabilities and investment priorities. * Lead modernization and simplification of the application portfolio, reducing complexity and technical debt while increasing business value. * Oversee major system implementations, integrations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives. * Drive opportunities for automation, AI, analytics, and self-service to improve business processes and employee experiences. * Establish strong portfolio governance across demand, prioritization, architecture, delivery, security, lifecycle management, and investment. * Partner across Technology, HR, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Facilities, Security, and other enterprise functions. * Manage strategic technology vendors and partners, ensuring strong performance, cost effectiveness, and accountability. * Lead portfolio budgeting, forecasting, licensing, and technology investment decisions. * Build and develop a high-performing team, creating a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. ## Related Videos - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Project Fugu: Extending the web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/832-project-fugu-extending-the-web) - [Resolving technical debts in software architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1680-resolving-technical-debts-in-software-architecture) - [Empowering People in a Digital World: HR’s Next Big Chapter](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1813-empowering-people-in-a-digital-world-hr-s-next-big-chapter) - [Your Code as a Crime Scene](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1342-your-code-as-a-crime-scene) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) ## Related Articles - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best Companies to Work For in Berlin: Top 14 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/188-best-companies-to-work-for-in-berlin-top-14-companies-in-2023) - [What Industries Outside of AI Are Hiring The Most AI Experts?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/98-what-industries-outside-of-ai-are-hiring-the-most-ai-experts)