Principal Orbital Systems Integration Lead

McKesson•Irving, TX

About The Position

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you. Role Overview The Principal Orbital Systems Integration Lead is accountable for orchestrating end to end integration across all Orbital systems within a large-scale ERP transformation program. This role ensures alignment across business processes, technology, data, testing, cutover, and deployment activities so that the program delivers a single, cohesive, and stable solution. Acting as the primary integration and coordination lead for Orbital systems, this role manages cross stream dependencies, integration risks, decision flows, and execution readiness. The Orbital System Lead enables predictable delivery, minimizes business and operational disruption, and ensures a successful go live and post deployment stabilization.

Requirements

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 13+ years, with 8+ years, of direct work-related experience. Less years required if has relevant Master's or Doctorate qualifications.
Proven experience leading system integration in large scale ERP transformations (SAP S/4HANA preferred)
Deep understanding of system integration patterns, data flows, and end to end business processes
Strong cross functional coordination and stakeholder management skills
Experience managing complex dependencies, risks, and decision processes
Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels within a fast paced program environment

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with Orbital or similarly complex mission critical systems
Experience in regulated or high volume transaction environments
Strong analytical, communication, and executive level presentation skills

Responsibilities

Own end to end integration of Orbital systems with the ERP platform and other upstream/downstream applications.
Ensure Orbital system requirements, constraints, and dependencies are incorporated into overall solution design and delivery plans.
Act as the single point of accountability for Orbital system integration outcomes across the program lifecycle.
Coordinate activities across business process, functional, technical, data, testing, cutover, and deployment workstreams related to Orbital systems.
Identify, track, and actively manage cross stream dependencies and timing conflicts impacting Orbital integration.
Drive resolution of integration issues through structured problem solving and escalation where needed.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Integration, and Technical Leads to ensure Orbital system designs align with target state architecture and ERP integration standards.
Validate that integration patterns (interfaces, APIs, middleware, data flows) meet performance, scalability, security, and resiliency requirements.
Ensure design decisions balance business needs, technical feasibility, and long term maintainability.
Partner with Data and Business Process Leads to ensure Orbital related data objects, mappings, transformations, and reconciliations are defined and validated.
Confirm end to end business processes involving Orbital systems are fully enabled, tested, and operationally viable post go live.
Ensure master and transactional data dependencies are clearly understood and sequenced appropriately.
Ensure Orbital systems are fully incorporated into system integration testing (SIT), end to end testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and cutover rehearsals.
Validate that integration test scenarios cover critical Orbital to ERP and ERP to Orbital flows.
Partner with the Testing Lead to triage defects, drive root cause analysis, and ensure timely remediation.
Own Orbital system readiness for cutover and go live, including sequencing, blackout periods, and rollback considerations.
Coordinate Orbital system activities during mock conversions, dress rehearsals, and final cutover execution.
Ensure operational handoffs, monitoring, and support models for Orbital systems are in place prior to deployment.
Proactively identify integration risks related to Orbital systems and define mitigation and contingency plans.
Own and manage Orbital related risks and issues through established governance and RAID processes.
Prepare decision materials and recommendations for program leadership, ensuring clear options, impacts, and trade offs.
Represent Orbital systems in program forums, including design reviews, integration syncs, testing cadence meetings, and cutover readiness reviews.
Serve as a trusted liaison between business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and the ERP program leadership.
Ensure transparency of status, risks, dependencies, and impacts related to Orbital systems.