Senior Director, Engineering

Walgreens
Deerfield, IL
Job Summary

Directs and controls the activities of multiple units and/or a large unit of engineers accountable for providing desired functionality to assign content, products, and/or services. Collaborates with cross functional teams to drive innovation, enhance operational efficiency, and ensure a seamless integration of control and automation solutions. The successful candidate will be seasoned professional with a strong background in controls engineering, automation technologies, and a proven track record successfully managing complex projects.

Job Responsibilities
  • Directs and/or oversees processes and approaches, working with long-term perspective. Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of the company. Develops strategies, plans, and operational guidelines to support the company's vision for building stakeholder relationships within the Division.
  • Directs the development of innovative approaches, processes, and solutions that support department and division strategies. Assesses, Identifies and evaluates fundamental issues, proving strategy and direction for a major functional areas. Erroneous decisions may have a long term effect on the overall success of the business unit and potentially the company.
  • Interacts internally and externally with executive level management and/or major stakeholders. Interactions require negotiation of critical matters. Acts as an influencer in policy making. Acts as an idea generator, working with others as a thought leader and subject- matter expert to help brainstorm new processes and solutions.
  • Creates and fosters high performance culture, focused on engagement, accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Makes decision about resource allocation (people and financial) within scope of responsibility.
  • Owns and manages relationships with third party service providers, including partner selection, contract negotiation, and performance management. Has direct impact on short- and long-term results, divisional in scope. Makes resource and investment allocation decisions in support of the vision and strategy to satisfy customer needs.
  • Provides advanced leadership, advice to the Organization, and addresses technical problems. Transfers knowledge across functions and Walgreen Co. Divisions in support of broad organizational goals.
  • Champions company initiatives, connecting efforts to company vision and purpose and driving increased engagement. Consults at high levels within the Organization, providing technical leadership and influence across the company.
  • Monitors industry trends, best practices, and regulatory issues as they relate to specific area(s) of responsibility and shares learnings, as appropriate, with direct reports and peers. verses formulation of operating guidelines which promote leadership, collaboration, and supports decision- making at the lowest appropriate level.
  • Plans, develops and manages departmental expense and capital budgets. Ensures budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
  • Develops and mentors staff through on-boarding, 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.
About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens ( 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.

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Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree and at least 8 years of experience in a supply chain or business role OR High School Diploma/ GED and at least 11 years of experience in a supply chain or business role.
  • 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.
  • Willing to travel up to 20% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience managing cloud-native or mobile-native engineering teams.
  • Experience leading agile delivery teams and demonstrated success implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary Range: $186500 - $320000 / Salaried
Posted 2026-04-10

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