Lead Salesforce Solution Architect, Specialty Health

About McKesson

McKesson is a global leader in healthcare services and technology, dedicated to improving health outcomes for patients and providers. We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Salesforce Solution Architect to drive the vision, strategy, and architecture of our Salesforce ecosystem supporting Specialty Health initiatives.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape enterprise-scale healthcare solutions, influence platform strategy, and lead the evolution of Salesforce Health Cloud capabilities that support patient services, specialty pharmacy operations, and healthcare delivery programs.

Position Summary

As the Lead Salesforce Solution Architect, you will serve as the technical authority and strategic leader for Salesforce architecture across the Specialty Health organization. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to define the Salesforce roadmap, architect scalable solutions, and ensure alignment between technology investments and business objectives.

The ideal candidate combines deep Salesforce architecture expertise, hands-on Salesforce Health Cloud experience, healthcare industry knowledge, and strong leadership capabilities.

What You'll Do

Strategy & Architecture Leadership

• Define and drive the Salesforce platform strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Establish architecture standards, governance processes, and best practices.
• Lead enterprise architecture reviews and technical design decisions.
• Ensure solutions meet scalability, security, compliance, and reliability requirements.

Salesforce Solution Architecture

• Architect enterprise Salesforce solutions leveraging Salesforce Health Cloud and related platform capabilities.
• Design solutions supporting patient engagement, care coordination, scheduling, case management, and healthcare workflows.
• Guide modernization initiatives across the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Provide architectural oversight for implementation teams and delivery partners.

Integration & Enterprise Technology

• Design complex integration architectures connecting Salesforce with enterprise applications, healthcare platforms, data services, and third-party systems.
• Define API strategies and event-driven architectures supporting real-time data exchange.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to establish integration patterns and platform standards.

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with business leaders, Product Managers, Engineering leaders, and end users to translate strategic objectives into scalable technical solutions.
• Influence architectural direction and technology investment decisions.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams while fostering technical excellence across the organization.
• Communicate architectural strategies and recommendations to executive leaders and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technology leadership roles.
• 5+ years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions.
• Hands-on experience implementing and architecting Salesforce Health Cloud solutions.
• Strong expertise in Salesforce platform architecture, application design, and solution delivery.
• Experience designing highly integrated enterprise platforms and ecosystems.
• Deep understanding of APIs, integration frameworks, event-driven architectures, and modern cloud-native design patterns.
• Proven ability to influence technology strategy and lead large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Application Architect Certification
• Salesforce System Architect Certification
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
• Salesforce Health Cloud Accreditation or extensive Health Cloud implementation experience
• Salesforce Field Service experience
• Experience within healthcare, specialty pharmacy, patient support services, pharmaceutical, payer, provider, or healthcare technology organizations
• Experience working in regulated environments involving healthcare compliance and data privacy requirements

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will:

• Own the Salesforce architecture vision for Specialty Health.
• Influence strategic technology decisions across the organization.
• Drive modernization and platform transformation initiatives.
• Deliver scalable healthcare solutions that improve patient and business outcomes.
• Serve as the trusted Salesforce architecture leader for Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders.