Sr. Director, Technology and Product

The Senior Director of Technology & Product is a strategic and hands‑on leader responsible for aligning technology, product strategy, and organizational goals. This role oversees product vision, engineering execution, and the successful delivery of platforms, features, and digital experiences.

What You’ll Do:

• Technology Leadership
  • Define and drive the technology strategy to support ClarusONE vision, product roadmap, and scalability while considering the needs and technology roadmap of Walmart and McKesson.
  • Lead engineering teams in architecture, development, quality assurance, and infrastructure.
  • Establish technical standards, best practices, and processes to ensure high‑quality delivery.
  • Lead integration of AI functionality into ClarusONE in‑house developed sourcing technology.
• Product Strategy & Management
  • Lead the Product team, owning the strategic product roadmap, prioritization, and lifecycle from discovery through delivery.
  • Partner with senior stakeholders both internal to ClarusONE and in partnership with Walmart and McKesson to translate business objectives into actionable product initiatives.
  • Bring best practice and inspiration from market leaders to create user‑centric product development, leveraging research, analytics, and market insights.
  • Co‑own ClarusONE digital strategy in partnership with the Senior Director Product and Technology Team.
• Team Leadership & Organizational Development
  • Lead, mentor, and grow high‑performing engineering and product teams.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Build strong relationships across the company and with Member partners, creating alignment and clear communication channels.
• Execution & Delivery
  • Oversee end‑to‑end execution of product and technical initiatives, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with goals.
  • Develop metrics and KPIs to measure success and drive performance.
  • Manage vendor relationships, technology budgets, and resource planning.
  • Partner with Senior Director AI, Data & Analytics to ensure technical delivery of AI roadmap.
  • Partner with Director of Process Improvement and Business Execution to feed the product roadmap and ensure business adoption of new technology.
• Risk & Compliance
  • Ensure systems meet security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
  • Maintain SOX‑compliant documentation and support all SOX‑related activities and audit working in close partnership with the VP Finance and key leadership within McKesson.
  • Oversee disaster recovery planning, uptime, and business continuity protocols.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience.
• 13+ years of professional experience AND 6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation skills.
• 13+ years’ experience within technology and/or technical product management.
• 5+ years’ experience of leading cross‑functional teams and working within a matrix organisation.

Preferred Skills / Experience

• Experience in the healthcare field beneficial.
• Proven ability to lead a team to achieve goals by focusing on results.
• Demonstrated consistent ability to develop strategic and tactical plans as well as creative problem‑solving capabilities.
• Exceptional organisational and project management skills using a consultative approach.
• Time management, including ability to organise and prioritise your team’s work to consistently meet critical and/or conflicting daily deadlines while ensuring the highest level of accuracy.
• Proven ability to research, analyse and problem solve.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal, flexible and adaptive to changes in the business.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with internal and external business partners and to influence a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Strong understanding of SOX controls.

Physical Requirements

Candidate must reside within a commutable distance to London, UK.

Candidate will be expected to be onsite at least 2 days per week at our ClarusONE location in London.

Candidate must be able to travel to the Unites States and Ireland.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties.

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