McKesson

Lead Solution Architect, Customer Analytics, EDW & AI

McKesson$122K — $162K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in data analytics and enterprise data warehouse integrations.
  • Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture and software delivery.
  • Proficient in AI solutions, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation and LLM orchestration.
  • Strong understanding of security, performance, compliance, and operational standards.
  • Experience leading technical architecture and consulting across multiple domains.

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage the architecture for customer analytics and AI-powered insights.
  • Establish architecture standards across various data platforms and APIs.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable architecture designs.
  • Evaluate technology options to recommend secure and compliant solutions.
  • Lead design reviews for initiatives involving data, AI, and cloud platforms.
  • Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements like performance and security.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance.
  • Professional development opportunities and continuous learning.
  • Health and wellness programs including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching.
  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation.
Full Job Description
Job Title: LeadSolution Architect – Customer Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehouse & AI

PositionSummary

TheLead Solution Architect – Customer Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehouse & AI is responsible for establishing enterprise-grade technical architecture that delivers sustained business value across system-wide, mission-critical programs. This role owns architectural components and ensures alignment to future-state technology vision, directs fit-gap analysis, validates migration plans, and evaluates technology platforms and architectural patterns to ensure solutions meet rigorous security, performance, reliability, compliance, and operability expectations.
This role will focus on customer-facing analytics, enterprise data warehouse integrations, reporting products, APIs, dashboards, semantic models,and AI-enabled data products. The architect will guide full-stack engineering and EDW teams to design scalable, secure, and reliable platforms that deliver actionable insights to customers through dashboards, APIs, semantic layers, and intelligent AI-powered experiences.
The successful candidate will bring deepexperience in data analytics, large-scale EDW integrations, cloud-native architecture, software delivery, and enterprise AI solutions, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Agentic AI frameworks, LLM orchestration, vector search, AI APIs, and Azure-based AI governance.
Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Lead Solution Architectwill consult across multiple domains, harmonize initiatives with enterprise architecture, set and enforce standards, provide clear technical recommendations to non-technical stakeholders, and advance measurable outcomes aligned with McKesson’s strategic objectives.

KeyResponsibilities

EnterpriseSolution Architecture
  • Defineand own the target architecture for customer analytics, enterprise data warehouse integrations, reporting products, APIs, semantic models, dashboards, and AI-powered insights.
  • Establisharchitecture standards and reference implementations across Snowflake, Databricks, data modeling, orchestration / ELT, APIs, front-end consumption, and customer-facing AI capabilities.
  • Translatebusiness requirements into scalable architecture designs that align with enterprise architecture principles, business objectives, and technology standards.
  • Evaluatetechnology options, platforms, and architectural patterns to recommend secure, scalable, and compliant solution components.
  • Leaddesign reviews and provide architectural direction for high-impact initiatives across data, application, AI, and cloud platforms.
  • Ensuresolutions meet non-functional requirements for availability, performance, security, observability, compliance, operability, and cost efficiency.

CustomerAnalytics, EDW & Data Platform Architecture
  • LeadEDW integration architecture by defining resilient ELT / ETL patterns, data contracts, lineage, quality checks, governance controls, and measurable service expectations.
  • Modeldata for analytics using facts, dimensions, semantic layers, and data products that support BI tools, APIs, reporting applications, and AI consumption patterns.
  • Driveperformance tuning, partitioning, clustering, caching, and cost governance across storage, compute, and query layers.
  • Designarchitecture patterns that allow structured and unstructured enterprise data to be securely consumed by AI solutions through governed RAG pipelines.
  • Definemetadata, lineage, governance, and knowledge-management strategies to improve trust, retrieval quality, and response grounding.
  • Architectsemantic layers, data products, and knowledge graphs that improve contextual retrieval and reasoning across customer analytics platforms.

AI,RAG & Agentic AI Architecture
  • Definearchitecture patterns for AI-powered analytics products, including conversational analytics, natural language query experiences, automated insight generation, intelligent reporting, and autonomous workflow orchestration.
  • Designscalable Agentic AI architectures that leverage LLMs, multi-agent orchestration frameworks, tool calling, memory management, enterprise APIs, and secure execution patterns.
  • Establish reference architectures forRAG solutions, including document ingestion, chunking strategy, embedding generation, vector search, semantic retrieval, prompt orchestration, grounding, and evaluation frameworks.
  • Leadintegration of enterprise data products with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, vector databases, and external AI APIs.
  • Define and promote AI governancepractices covering responsible AI, model monitoring, prompt safety, privacy, auditability, explainability, and risk management.
  • Establishbest practices for prompt engineering, model evaluation, AI observability, retrieval quality measurement, agent testing, and continuous model improvement.

EngineeringLeadership & Delivery Enablement
  • Partnerwith full-stack engineering teams to shape service boundaries, API contracts, integration patterns, and secure data consumption models.
  • Guideengineering teams in building AI services, copilots, intelligent agents, and conversational experiences integrated with customer-facing analytics products.
  • Createarchitecture decision records, solution diagrams, API specifications, data contracts, standards, and knowledge-sharing artifacts.
  • Mentorengineers, data engineers, and architects on architecture patterns, secure coding, testing, reliability, logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, incident response, and operational readiness.
  • Drivepractical execution from architecture documents to working reference implementations and reusable production-grade patterns.
  • Partneracross product,

About McKesson

McKesson Corporation provides medicines, pharmaceutical supplies, information and care management products and services across the healthcare industry. The Company operates in two segments. The McKesson Distribution Solutions segment delivers ethical drugs, medical-surgical supplies and equipment and health and beauty care products throughout North America. This segment also provides specialty pharmaceutical solutions for biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers, sells financial, operational and clinical solutions for pharmacies (retail, hospital, long-term care) and provides consulting, outsourcing and other services. The McKesson Technology Solutions segment delivers enterprise-wide clinical, patient care, financial, supply chain, strategic management and software solutions. In July 2011, the Company acquired Portico Systems from Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. On March 25, 2012, it acquired the independent banner and franchise businesses of Katz Group Canada Inc. McKesson Distribution Solutions delivers pharmaceuticals to retail pharmacies and institutional providers like hospitals and health systems. They operate pharmaceutical distribution centers across the country, serving customers in all 50 states. They also deliver a comprehensive offering of health care products, technology, equipment and related services to the alternate site market, including physician offices, surgery centers, long-term care facilities and home care businesses across the country. McKesson is currently the largest pharmaceutical distributor in North America. McKesson also operates McKesson Canada and has an equity holding in Nadro, a leading distributor in Mexico.

McKesson Careers

Join McKesson, a leading global healthcare company, and be part of a team that is redefining the future of healthcare. With a variety of job opportunities available, McKesson is the perfect place to advance your career, whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out. Work You’ll Do At McKesson, we are committed to improving care in every setting—one product, one partner, one patient at a time. We’re seeking talented professionals to join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, diversity, and leadership. Our employees are driven by a deep sense of purpose and a desire for continuous growth and improvement. Empower Your Future in Healthcare With positions ranging from internships to leadership roles, McKesson offers unparalleled employment opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career. Our commitment to diversity training ensures that all team members have the opportunity to thrive. Join a team where your skills will be honed, your professional growth will be supported, and where you can genuinely see the difference you make in the lives of patients around the world. Innovative Work Environment McKesson is at the forefront of healthcare innovation. Our team is constantly exploring new ways to improve patient outcomes and streamline care processes. This commitment to innovation is what sets us apart and what makes McKesson an exciting place to work. Career Development and Benefits McKesson believes in nurturing the potential of its employees through robust career development programs and comprehensive benefits designed to support your life and well-being. From leadership training to health and wellness benefits, we ensure our team members are equipped to meet their professional and personal goals. Explore Job Opportunities Whether you’re looking for an internship to kickstart your career, or a senior position to utilize your extensive experience, McKesson offers a range of opportunities. Explore our open positions and find where you can make a difference at McKesson. Stay Connected Join Our Team Search for open positions that match your skills and interests. We are looking for passionate, curious, and solution-driven team players who are ready to take the next step in their careers. Keep Up to Date Stay ahead with career tips, insider perspectives, and industry-leading insights you can put to use today—all from the people who work here. Networking and Professional Growth At McKesson, networking and professional growth are part of our everyday environment. We encourage our employees to connect, share, and learn from each other to foster personal and professional development. Job Alert Emails Personalize your subscription to receive job alerts, latest news, and insider tips tailored to your preferences. Discover the exciting and rewarding career opportunities that await you at McKesson. Join McKesson today and be part of a team that is dedicated to shaping the future of healthcare.
Learn more about McKesson
Size
58,000 employees
Market Cap
$53.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$4.1 billion
Founded
1833
5 Year Trend
+5.9%
Revenue
$237.6 billion
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