Senior Director, Network Engineering

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

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About The Position

Defines and drives the enterprise network and connectivity strategy, aligning technology capabilities with business priorities and long-term organizational goals. Leads the Network & Voice Services function, ensuring secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective delivery of enterprise connectivity services. Shapes multi-year roadmaps for network modernization, cloud connectivity, automation, and operational excellence to support business transformation. Influences enterprise technology decisions and partners across Infrastructure, Security, Digital, and Business teams to deliver integrated outcomes. Establishes governance, service performance standards, and risk management practices that improve reliability, compliance, and operational effectiveness. Leads resolution and recovery strategies for critical incidents and service disruptions, ensuring business continuity and resilience. Directs strategic relationships with telecommunications providers, cloud partners, and technology vendors to maximize business value and service performance. Accountable for function-level operating and capital budgets, investment planning, and resource optimization. Leads and develops a multi-layered organization, fostering leadership capability, talent development, succession planning, and an inclusive culture. Evaluates emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation, enhance customer experience, and improve enterprise outcomes. Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience in Network engineering or a similar role OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 11 years of experience in network engineering or a similar role
• At least 5 years of engineering, architecture and design of complex data, voice, and converged networks
• At least 6 years of experience with voice, data, and converged connectivity services (telecom, route/switch, DNS, load balancers and firewalls, etc.) and networking aspects of cloud (connectivity, cloud exchange)
• Experience with vendor and vendor contract management, including SLA review.
• Experience with telecommunications management and carrier relations.
• Experience working with Cloud transformations and the resultant impact on Network and Communications services
• At least 5 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 5 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Defines and drives the enterprise network and connectivity strategy, aligning technology capabilities with business priorities and long-term organizational goals.
• Leads the Network & Voice Services function, ensuring secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective delivery of enterprise connectivity services.
• Shapes multi-year roadmaps for network modernization, cloud connectivity, automation, and operational excellence to support business transformation.
• Influences enterprise technology decisions and partners across Infrastructure, Security, Digital, and Business teams to deliver integrated outcomes.
• Establishes governance, service performance standards, and risk management practices that improve reliability, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Leads resolution and recovery strategies for critical incidents and service disruptions, ensuring business continuity and resilience.
• Directs strategic relationships with telecommunications providers, cloud partners, and technology vendors to maximize business value and service performance.
• Accountable for function-level operating and capital budgets, investment planning, and resource optimization.
• Leads and develops a multi-layered organization, fostering leadership capability, talent development, succession planning, and an inclusive culture.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation, enhance customer experience, and improve enterprise outcomes.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director