Sr. Domain Architect, Incentives

Domain Architect - Incentives

Oversee the architectural integrity of McKesson's Vendor and Customer Incentives technology landscape from strategy through execution. Works within the Incentives (EA) organization and aligns to the SAP S/4HANA transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full architectural lifecycle for the Incentives domain, including vision, strategy, conceptual design, logical blueprinting, roadmap development, and delivery-ready specifications for vendor rebates, customer incentives, pricing, and financial settlements.
• Define, publish, and enforce Incentives domain standards; represent the domain in Architecture Review Boards; embed enterprise architecture principles across all Incentives technology initiatives.
• Lead high-impact projects, ensuring every process and system design decision is traceable to the Incentives architectural strategy and McKesson's broader enterprise objectives.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for Incentives solutions-guiding project teams, resolving architectural ambiguity, and making binding decisions on platform, integration, AI and data design.
• Provide deep platform fluency in Incentives technology-including rebate/chargeback engines, settlement systems, pricing platforms, and downstream financial integrations-to accelerate delivery quality.
• Develop engineering and operations staff through mentoring and architecture coaching, imparting standards, patterns, and emerging Incentives-domain capabilities.
• Guarantee solution compliance with all applicable regulatory, security, privacy, and operational standards, including pharmaceutical trade obligations, government pricing requirements, and SOX controls.
• Drive continuous domain improvement via performance testing, total-cost-of-ownership analysis, and technology maturity assessments that sharpen the Incentives platform portfolio.
• Lead Incentives technology strategy at the deepest level of expertise-owning migration planning, integration architecture, and the long-term evolution of the domain's technical infrastructure.
• Partner across EA, Finance, Commercial, and Operations to ensure Incentives architecture remains tightly aligned with enterprise-wide programs.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• SAP S/4HANA experience.
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including 5+ years in a domain or enterprise architecture role.
• Solid understanding of SaaS-based enterprise platforms and solution architectures.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Unix/Linux shell scripting.
• Experience with data visualization and analytics tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
• Knowledge of modern cloud and data platforms, including Azure Data Lake and Databricks.
• Hands on experience or strong exposure to implementing AI/ML solutions in enterprise environments.
• Exposure to cloud and streaming technologies such as Azure, Snowflake, and Kafka.
• Ability to learn, apply, and govern architectural principles across enterprise systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

• Direct SAP S/4HANA experience in SD/MM incentive/rebate management.
• Hands on expertise in Vendor/Customer Incentives processes and the technology platforms that support them.
• TOGAF 9/10 or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.
• Healthcare distribution or pharmaceutical supply chain domain expertise.

Leadership & Behavioral Competencies

• Strategic Influence - Shapes the Incentives technology roadmap through rigorous analysis, compelling business cases, and executive ready communication.
• Systems Thinking - Sees past the Incentives domain boundary, connecting architecture decisions to enterprise wide program and platform impacts.
• Analytical Rigor - Applies discipline to financial analysis, maturity assessments, performance benchmarking, and investment prioritization.
• Cross Functional Partnership - Operates fluidly across EA, Engineering, Finance, Commercial, and Operations to drive decisions and sustain alignment.
• Talent Acceleration - Grows domain capability across the organization through deliberate mentoring, standards setting, and knowledge transfer.

Benefits

McKesson offers a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well being. The Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse employee population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves.

Base Pay Range for this position: €72,000 - €120,000. Compensation may include an annual bonus or long term incentive opportunities and is determined by performance, experience, skills, equity, job market evaluations, and geographical markets.