Director, Enterprise RTE & Agile Coaching

McKesson•Columbus, OH

1d•$142,600 - $237,600

About The Position

McKesson is hiring a Director, Enterprise RTE & Agile Coaching to support and coach the RTE and agile coach community across its value streams. The role partners with each RTE to facilitate and support Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) events, including Discovery & Prioritization workshops, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt, and provides direct support to value streams when needed. The Director manages the standard PDLC operating rhythm across value streams. This includes maintaining the enterprise PDLC planning calendar on an 11-week cycle, partnering with RTEs to ensure accurate value stream rosters, establishing consistent ART health measures using flow and value metrics, and promoting consistent processes, tools, and ceremonies across ARTs. The role also supports cross-value-stream continuous improvement and center of excellence work, sharing best practices and standardizing fixes with RTEs. The Director communicates consistent updates on the progress of SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and value stream transformation through channels such as newsletters, town halls, and leadership updates, and turns feedback into improvement opportunities. The position requires deep SAFe expertise, the ability to move complex transformation work forward, and collaborative influence with senior leaders. The base pay range is $142,600–$237,600. Annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may also be offered.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
12+ years of professional experience.
4+ years of management experience.
8+ years in Agile/SAFe delivery, including hands-on experience coaching RTEs.
Active SAFe certification: Certified SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC), Certified SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE), or Certified SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM).
Deep SAFe expertise and ability to advance complex to highly complex transformation work.
Ability to bring perspectives from multiple functions and disciplines together to drive progress.
Ability to influence senior leaders’ decisions through a collaborative, solutions-focused approach.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading value streams or ARTs in large technology or healthcare organizations, particularly in provider, pharmacy, biopharma, or payer environments.
Proven track record of transforming large organizations to SAFe, with influence at executive, peer, and team levels across a matrixed organization.
Experience using flow and value metrics to assess train health and drive measurable improvement.
Hands-on experience using AI tools, especially Claude and Microsoft Copilot.
Strong skills with agile tools, including Jira, Office 365, and Miro for remote collaboration.
Sound judgment in setting standards by combining personal expertise with input from diverse teammates, without needing to be the deepest expert in the room.
Experience in learning and development or transformation facilitation, such as human-centered design, leading workshops, and delivering training.
Ability to simplify complex processes, prioritize competing needs, and adjust as new information becomes available.

Responsibilities

Partner with, coach, and support each value stream’s RTEs and agile coaches as a community of practice.
Partner with RTEs to facilitate and support PDLC events, including Discovery & Prioritization workshops, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt.
Provide direct support when a value stream needs additional assistance.
Manage the enterprise PDLC planning calendar on an 11-week cycle.
Maintain accurate value stream rosters in partnership with RTEs.
Establish consistent success measures for ART health across value streams using flow and value metrics.
Promote consistent processes, tooling, and ceremonies across ARTs.
Support continuous improvement and center of excellence work when changes affect all value streams.
Share best practices across value streams and ARTs and standardize fixes with RTEs.
Communicate progress on SAFe LPM and value stream transformation through newsletters, town halls, and leadership updates.
Turn feedback loops into improvement opportunities to execute with each value stream.