Director, Compliance & Ethics

Mckesson Corporation; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson Canada is seeking a Director of Compliance & Ethics to lead the privacy, compliance, and governance program. This strategic leader reports to the Vice President and partners across business units to identify and mitigate risk while enabling responsible growth.

The role oversees policy governance, risk assessments, investigations, privacy incident management, training, and regulatory engagement, while developing a team of privacy and compliance professionals to advance organizational

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of key components of McKesson Canada's Privacy & Compliance Program.
• Influence and support governance frameworks, standards, policies, procedures, and controls related to privacy, compliance, ethics, and information governance practices.
• Support integration of new business units, acquisitions, products, services into established compliance and privacy frameworks.
• Champion Privacy by Design principles and oversee enterprise privacy governance processes including PIAs, data use reviews, privacy consultations, and privacy risk assessments.
• Oversee risk assessments, monitoring, investigations, corrective action, regulatory engagement, and executive reporting.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Governance

Privacy by design

Regulatory knowledge

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

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.

Work Arrangement: This is a hybrid position requiring candidates to work on-site at least 2 days per week at our office in Mississauga. The remaining days may be worked remotely, subject to team and business needs.

About the Role (Job Summary):

The Director, Compliance & Ethics reports to the Vice President, Compliance & Ethics (Canada) and serves as a strategic leader responsible for the implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of McKesson Canada’s Privacy & Compliance Program.

The Director leads privacy, compliance, ethics, and governance initiatives that protect the organization, support business growth, and foster a culture of integrity and accountability. The role provides strategic guidance on privacy, regulatory, ethics, and compliance matters, partnering across business units to identify and mitigate risk, strengthen controls, and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, contractual obligations, and company policies.

The Director is accountable for the execution and oversight of key program elements, including privacy, compliance, and ethics programs; policy governance; risk assessments; compliance monitoring; investigations; privacy incident management; training and awareness; corrective action management; regulatory engagement; and executive reporting. The role translates strategic objectives into practical business solutions that enable responsible growth while managing risk.

The Director leads and develops a team of privacy and compliance professionals and serves as a trusted advisor to business leaders. The role provides oversight of governance processes, including Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), privacy-by-design initiatives, and compliance monitoring programs, while collaborating with Legal, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Enterprise Compliance, Information Security, Data Governance, and other functions to enhance organizational effectiveness and compliance maturity.

Success in this role requires strategic thinking, sound judgment, organizational influence, business acumen, and the ability to lead change in a complex and highly regulated environment.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities):

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Implement functional priorities and oversee the execution of McKesson Canada’s Privacy & Compliance strategy through the programs, initiatives, and resources assigned to the function.
• Provide subject matter expertise and strategic guidance to business and functional leaders on privacy, compliance, ethics, and governance matters.
• Drive initiatives that strengthen compliance culture, ethical decision-making, accountability, and risk awareness.
• Partner with business leaders to embed privacy, compliance, and governance principles into business planning, transformation initiatives, and operational processes.
• Provide leadership and oversight for governance forums and reporting
• Evaluate, promote, and lead the responsible adoption of other emerging technologies to strengthen compliance, privacy, and governance program effectiveness, enhance oversight, improve operational efficiency, and enable greater focus on high-impact, risk-based priorities while aligning with regulatory and ethical expectations.
• Establish functional priorities and oversee resource allocation to ensure effective program delivery, organizational alignment, and continued compliance program maturity.
• Lead organizational change initiatives that strengthen compliance capabilities, governance practices, and business adoption of compliance and privacy requirements.

Privacy & Compliance Program Oversight

• Lead the implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of key components of McKesson Canada's Privacy & Compliance Program.
• Influence and support governance frameworks, standards, policies, procedures, and controls related to privacy, compliance, ethics, and associated information governance practices.
• Support the integration of new business units, acquisitions, products, services, and strategic initiatives into established compliance and privacy frameworks.
• Champion Privacy by Design principles and oversee enterprise privacy governance processes, including Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), data use reviews, privacy consultations, and privacy risk assessments.

Risk Management, Monitoring & Investigations

• Lead privacy and compliance risk assessments to identify emerging risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Oversee risk-based monitoring, auditing, and assessment activities to proactively identify trends, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
• Oversee investigations and assessments relating to potential privacy, ethics, compliance, or regulatory concerns and ensure matters are appropriately reviewed, resolved, and documented.
• Ensure corrective and preventive action plans are developed, implemented, monitored, and reported through appropriate governance channels.
• Monitor changes in the regulatory environment and assess organizational impacts and response strategies.

Regulatory & External Stakeholder Engagement