Senior Manager, Clinical Data Product Owner (EHR)

McKesson is a Fortune 10 healthcare company focused on delivering insights, products, and services to improve access and affordability of quality care. The company fosters a growth-oriented culture that empowers employees to innovate and make an impact in healthcare.

Location: United States

Salary: $119,000 - $198,300

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor product owners across four pods, fostering a culture of ownership, operational excellence, and accountability.
• Ensure consistent, standardized data management practices and execution approaches across all pod teams.
• Drive end-to-end clinical data management workflows that power Ontada’s research data products.
• Translate business requirements into clear data and technical specifications that align with Ontada’s data strategy.
• Align the data management roadmap with organizational priorities; define pod-level plans, milestones, dependencies, and required resources.
• Proactively identify risks, blockers, and cross-team dependencies; develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Own data management prioritization across pods, balancing speed, completeness, accuracy, and data quality.
• Partner with PMO and pod product owners to maintain accurate JIRA backlogs, including epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Build and maintain operational dashboards to provide visibility into progress, forecasting, resource allocation, risks, and timelines.
• Ensure rigorous QA and validation processes to deliver research-grade, high-integrity data.
• Continuously refine and improve data processes using quality metrics, operational insights, and customer feedback.
• Define and monitor pod-level KPIs that measure throughput, delivery performance, data quality, and operational stability.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure data workflows and technical processes are scalable, reusable, and efficient.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 9+ years of professional experience and 1+ years of supervisory and/or management experience.
• 9+ years in data management, data product management, or technical product management—preferably in healthcare, life sciences, or health tech.
• Proven experience leading product owners or managing multiple complex workstreams.
• Expertise with JIRA, Confluence, and Agile practices; strong capability in writing/refining user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong experience translating business needs into data management requirements and actionable technical tasks.
• Familiarity with data ingestion, ETL, integration, and reconciliation of multi-modal healthcare datasets.
• Demonstrated success collaborating across engineering, data science, and business stakeholders in highly matrixed environments.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner at all levels.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to drive near-term delivery while shaping long-term platform evolution.
• Operates with strong ownership, accountability, and a mindset of automation, simplification, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including base pay, bonuses, and long-term incentives.
• Total Rewards program with benefits detailed on the McKesson careers page.

Additional Information

• Up to 10% travel nationwide.
• The role requires strong leadership, technical acumen, and collaboration skills.
• Preferred skills include deep understanding of healthcare data standards and data models, such as ICD-10, SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, FHIR, OMOP, mCODE.