Job Description
Work Location: Deerfield, IL / Chicago, IL
The Manager, Software Engineering role manages a team of software engineers responsible for
product delivery in alignment with technical and business goals within the Pharmacy Technology
domain. Effectively Guiding and supporting team members to promote team productivity through
strategic Initiatives.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manages a team of software engineers responsible for providing desired functionality to assigned digital content, products or services.
- Manages the development, testing and implementation of software that meets established specifications on time and within budget.
- Analyzes and investigates applications engineering tasks and prepares design specifications, analysis, and recommendations.
- Manages the activities of software development, enhancements and new products including cloudbased or internet-related programs.
- Oversees the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of computer programs for commercial or end user applications
- Ensures that features deployed have technical integrity and stability.
- Understands short and long-term goals and objectives and recommend technical solutions and services.
- May develop budget for functional area. Manages budget to plan. May be accountable for area budget and delivering against business goals/objectives.
- Stays abreast of industry leading best practices and brings them to the attention of the leadership team for innovative application. May develop partnerships (and relationships) with internal and external stakeholders to meet business needs.
- Allocates available resources to meet operating objectives. Develops and mentors staff through onboarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes; builds and maintains employee morale and motivation; ensures the team is appropriately staffed with required competencies; fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.
#L1-RD1
- Bachelor’s Degree and at least 4 years of experience as a software engineer or developer or similar OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience as a software engineer or developer or similar.
- Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices or mobile applications or deployment automation
- Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
- Experience working across multiple and disparate teams.
- Experience working in and leading agile teams
- At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
- At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
- Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
- Experience managing on-prem, hybrid and cloud applications
- Experience identifying operational issues and recommending/implementing strategies to resolve
- Previous experience as a full stack developer ranging from front end user interfaces to backend systems nice to have
- Expert level knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations and agile project delivery, would be accountable for the end-to-end delivery including budget management and reporting
- Proficiency in design, development, security, privacy & scalability of high-volume services implementation
- Experience with vendor management is highly desirable
- Exposure and motivation to learn latest tech stack in the software industry
- It's a people manager role, would need experience with conflict resolution, development and coaching resources and performance reviews
Work Location: Deerfield, IL / Chicago, IL
The Manager, Software Engineering role manages a team of software engineers responsible for
product delivery in alignment with technical and business goals within the Pharmacy Technology
domain. Effectively Guiding and supporting team members to promote team productivity through
strategic Initiatives.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manages a team of software engineers responsible for providing desired functionality to assigned digital content, products or services.
- Manages the development, testing and implementation of software that meets established specifications on time and within budget.
- Analyzes and investigates applications engineering tasks and prepares design specifications, analysis, and recommendations.
- Manages the activities of software development, enhancements and new products including cloudbased or internet-related programs.
- Oversees the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of computer programs for commercial or end user applications
- Ensures that features deployed have technical integrity and stability.
- Understands short and long-term goals and objectives and recommend technical solutions and services.
- May develop budget for functional area. Manages budget to plan. May be accountable for area budget and delivering against business goals/objectives.
- Stays abreast of industry leading best practices and brings them to the attention of the leadership team for innovative application. May develop partnerships (and relationships) with internal and external stakeholders to meet business needs.
- Allocates available resources to meet operating objectives. Develops and mentors staff through onboarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes; builds and maintains employee morale and motivation; ensures the team is appropriately staffed with required competencies; fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.
#L1-RD1
- Bachelor’s Degree and at least 4 years of experience as a software engineer or developer or similar OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience as a software engineer or developer or similar.
- Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices or mobile applications or deployment automation
- Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
- Experience working across multiple and disparate teams.
- Experience working in and leading agile teams
- At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
- At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
- Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
- Experience managing on-prem, hybrid and cloud applications
- Experience identifying operational issues and recommending/implementing strategies to resolve
- Previous experience as a full stack developer ranging from front end user interfaces to backend systems nice to have
- Expert level knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations and agile project delivery, would be accountable for the end-to-end delivery including budget management and reporting
- Proficiency in design, development, security, privacy & scalability of high-volume services implementation
- Experience with vendor management is highly desirable
- Exposure and motivation to learn latest tech stack in the software industry
- It's a people manager role, would need experience with conflict resolution, development and coaching resources and performance reviews
About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. True to its purpose of “more joyful lives through better health,” Walgreens has a more than 120-year heritage of caring for communities and providing trusted pharmacy services, and today is playing a greater role as an independent partner of choice offering healthcare services that improve care, lower costs, and help patients. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Walgreens is proud to serve nearly 9 million customers and patients daily. The company’s pharmacists are playing a more critical role in healthcare than ever before, providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those that drive equitable access to care for some of the nation’s most underserved populations. Walgreens offers customers and patients a true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms designed to deliver high-quality products and healthcare services. Within the U.S. Healthcare segment, Walgreens portfolio also includes businesses in primary care, multi-specialty, post-acute care, urgent care, specialty pharmacy services, population health and provider enablement.
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