Success Profile
What makes a successful Business Intelligence Developer? Here are the top traits.
- Conceptual
- Proactive
- Problem-Solver
- Strategic
- Technologically Savvy
- Visual Thinker
Culture

Accomplish
Make a meaningful impact by using your problem-solving skills to push the boundaries of innovation in healthcare, while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Innovate
Foster a digital mindset to drive IT transformation across McKesson through our evolving data and technology tools.

Grow
Join a supportive environment where you can advance your career and develop both personally and professionally.
Benefits
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Coverage you can rely on
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Health Spending Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
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Benefits that go beyond your base pay
- 401(k) (U.S.)
- Pension (Canada)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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Support for total well-being
- Mental Health Programs
- Flexible Schedules
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness Program
- Education Reimbursement
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Flexible Work Environment
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Responsibility
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.
The candidate will work on a team interacting with all aspects of the business including external customers to support the BI platform, design data models for new products, analyze data, and build reports and dashboards. The ideal candidate should have a data engineering focus with excellent communication and troubleshooting skills. The BI Developer will focus mainly on our on-prem IBM Cognos platform and will also assist as we move systems over time to new cloud Power BI Databricks platform.
Key Responsibilities
Will start as secondary IBM Cognos administrator and move to primary when fully trained
Perform routine system maintenance like patching and reinstalling Cognos occasionally when rebuilding systems (Dev, QA, Prod)
Work closely with IT team to perform system maintenance
Will serve as technical project lead providing leadership, mentoring, and work guidance to less experienced personnel.
Capture and analyze requirements to develop and document designs in a business intelligence/data warehouse environment
Work closely with Business Analysts, Product Managers, and end users to understand business rules and interpret data
Manage report security & distribution by working with data source owners to authorize groups or individuals can access data
HIPAA compliance filtering, which limit report users to only what is required for their job or role
Troubleshooting and problem solving for production issues and end user inquiries.
Participate in after-hours support as needed
Work with team to build out new cloud Power BI platform
Minimum Qualifications:
Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience
Candidate must be based in the metropolitan area of our hub city Columbus, OH. Position will primarily allow for remote working, but candidate must reside in the Columbus, OH area and be willing to come into the office from time to time for key meetings and face time.
We are unable to provide sponsorship now or in the future for this position.
Education:
4-year degree
Critical Skills:
Minimum of 5 years of strong IBM Cognos Analytics development experience
Minimum of 3 years of IBM Cognos Administration
Minimum of 3 years’ working experience with Oracle 12c/19c
Minimum of 3 years’ working experience in an open source environment (Oracle, Red Hat Linux,OpenLDAP).
Experience installing and testing Cognos patches
Preferred Skills:
Strong data modeling experience with Oracle and Framework Manager
Experience with Cognos tools such as Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio and Cognos Connection
Experience building complex reports, dashboards, and scorecards
Experience analyzing data and interpreting results
Strong technical, SQL, analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving abilities
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Advanced data troubleshooting skills
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Comfortable working interactively with Developers, Product Managers, Account Managers, Customer Support, and external customers
Great attention to detail
Additional Knowledge:
Experience usingMotioproducts
Experience with the IBM Cognos Java SDK is preferred
Familiarity with Perl,Javascript, HTML, XML, ETL, and Shell Scripting
Experience with MicroStrategy
Experience with Tableau in the cloud
Experience with Power BI
Experience with Databricks
Familiar with Jira and Confluence
Familiar with pharmacy real-time transaction standards
Familiar with pharmaceutical manufacturer data and marketing methods
Starting Pay is between $115,000 to $120,000 based on skills and qualifications for this role in Columbus OH
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$100,100 - $166,900McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
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