Counsel - Extended Care Commercial

McKesson; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Competitive pay

Bonus program

Job summary

McKesson’s MMS Legal Department seeks a Counsel to support the Extended Care segment in Richmond, VA. You will draft and negotiate customer-facing agreements, provide practical legal guidance, and partner with Sales, Operations, Compliance, and Finance to enable growth while managing risk.

Reporting to the Managing Principal Counsel, you will work in a hybrid environment with cross-functional teams to balance business needs and regulatory requirements in a dynamic healthcare context.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating commercial agreements.
• Ability to provide clear, practical legal guidance to commercial stakeholders.
• Sound judgment balancing legal risk with business objectives.
• Strong communication and collaboration in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical, risk-based legal advice supporting day-to-day operations, commercial strategy, customer relationships, and business initiatives for the Extended Care segment.
• Draft, review, analyze, and negotiate customer-facing agreements, including product supply, service, discount, rebate, rental, and related commercial documents.
• Serve as a dedicated legal partner for the Extended Care segment and support related customer-facing teams.
• Support new business opportunities, customer programs, sales initiatives, and commercial strategies by identifying legal issues early and guiding paths forward.
• Develop and promote templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and contracting processes to improve speed, consistency, and risk management.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Regulatory, Pricing, Finance, and other subject matter experts to address healthcare regulatory and compliance issues as appropriate.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Legal analysis

Business communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Education

Law degree

Job description

Counsel - Extended Care Commercial

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.

Location: Richmond, VA, USA - 9954 Mayland Drive - hybrid. Remote may be available

Competitive base pay, benefits, bonus program

Position Overview:

The MMS Legal Department is seeking a Counsel to join its Market Engagement & Sales (MES) pillar. This role provides practical, business-aligned legal support to MMS’s Extended Care segment and related customer-facing teams, helping enable commercial growth while managing legal, regulatory, and operational risk. The role reports to the Managing Principal Counsel, Market Engagement & Sales.

This position serves as a key legal partner to sales, operations, contracting, pricing, finance, compliance, and other business teams that support the Extended Care segment. The attorney will draft, review, analyze, and negotiate customer-facing commercial agreements and will provide clear, practical guidance on day-to-day business issues, customer relationships, and growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Legal Counseling: Provide practical, risk-based legal advice supporting day-to-day operations, commercial strategy, customer relationships, and business initiatives for the Extended Care segment.

• Commercial Transactions: Draft, review, analyze, and negotiate customer-facing agreements, including product supply agreements, service agreements, discount and rebate arrangements, rental arrangements, and related commercial documents.

• Extended Care Segment Support: Serve as a dedicated legal partner for the Extended Care segment and support related customer-facing teams, including stakeholders focused on long-term care, home health and hospice, and other non-acute care markets.

• Growth and Revenue Enablement: Support new business opportunities, customer programs, sales initiatives, and commercial strategies by helping identify legal issues early and providing practical paths forward.

• Contracting Tools and Process Improvement: Support the development and use of templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and contracting processes to improve speed, consistency, and risk management across recurring commercial matters.

• Healthcare and Compliance Collaboration: Partner with Compliance, Regulatory, Privacy, Finance, Pricing, and other subject matter experts to address healthcare regulatory, business conduct, privacy, marketing, pricing, and customer engagement issues as appropriate.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders and collaborate across Legal, Compliance, Sales, Operations, Finance, Pricing, Customer Experience, and other functions to support business objectives.

• Execution and Adaptability: Manage competing priorities, adjust to changing business needs, and operate effectively in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities and some ambiguity.

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 2+ years of relevant experience.

Critical Skills & Experience:

• Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and interpreting commercial agreements.

• Strong issue-spotting, drafting, negotiation, and legal analysis skills.

• Demonstrated ability to provide clear, practical, business-oriented legal guidance to commercial stakeholders.

• Sound judgment and ability to balance legal risk, business objectives, customer needs, and operational considerations.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with a record of developing strong working relationships in a matrixed enterprise environment.

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal concepts in a clear and actionable way.

• Ability to manage multiple matters, prioritize effectively, and adapt to evolving business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting healthcare, distribution, medical-surgical, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated commercial businesses.

• Experience supporting sales organizations or customer-facing business units.

• Experience with product supply agreements, discount and rebate arrangements, rental or service agreements, healthcare customer contracts, or other business-to-business commercial agreements.

• Familiarity with healthcare regulatory considerations affecting customer contracting, marketing, pricing, privacy, compliance, or non-acute care markets.

• In-house counsel experience preferred.

About McKesson Medical-Surgical

McKesson Medical-Surgical (MMS), which is expected to become Wellverse in early 2027, is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical-surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment and supplies, along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets – often referred to as Alternate Care or Non-Acute Care – include physician offices, surgery centers, long-term care providers, laboratories, home health and hospice agencies, health systems, government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers.

Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8,000 employees, a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles, we collaborate with more than 2,200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200,000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 270,000 SKUs of branded and private-label medical-surgical products – from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 tests.

Position Level - P2

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

$103,500 - $172,500

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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