Executive Assistant to CTO

McKesson; North Carolina; On-site; USD 88,461,000 - 147,220,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant in Columbus to support senior leaders and their teams with highly visible administrative duties. You will coordinate cross-department activities, prepare reports, and enable efficient decision-making.

This role requires exceptional calendar management, event planning, travel administration, and the creation of executive communications. A Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience are preferred, with strong communication and project

Qualifications

• 8+ years of advanced administrative support experience working with senior-level executives.
• Bachelor's degree in business or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Maximizes leadership impact by providing admin support to a Leadership Team executive and others.
• Project management with cross-functional coordination and high-level project management.
• Event coordination for leadership team events, including logistics and materials.
• Travel management including arranging travel, maintaining budgets, and expense reporting.
• Communications: draft and communicate within and outside the organization using automation and AI.
• Optimization: maintain calendars and agendas to maximize efficiency and align with priorities.
• Leverage automation and AI to streamline operations.
• Create and edit executive materials for meetings.
• Manage travel itineraries; ensure cost efficiency and policy compliance.
• Onboarding: support new hire onboarding.

Skills

Advanced administrative support

Project management

Travel management

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Executive presence

Cross functional collaboration

Automation & AI

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related discipline

Tools

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Teams

Copilot

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.

Executive Assistant

CoverMyMeds is growing rapidly, and we are seeking a seasoned Executive Assistant to provide administrative support to executives and their teams. In this highly visible role, you will be responsible for providing analytical and specialized administrative support to relieve and assist executives of complex details and advanced administrative duties. You will coordinate activities between departments and outside parties and contact company personnel at all organizational levels to gather information and prepare reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Maximizes leadership impact. Provide administrative support to a Leadership Team executive and others. Handles confidential and critical details of the team while managing daily coordination and administrative responsibilities.
• Project Management. Provides meeting support that often requires cross functional coordination and high-level project management.
• Event Coordination. Coordinates activities between departments and external parties/stakeholders.Plans and executes aspects of leadership team on- and off-site events. (i.e., logistics, room setup, required materials, refreshment needs)
• Travel Management. Arrange regular travel, maintain T&E budgets, stay current with expense reporting and budget compliance
• Communications. Assists in effectively communicating inside and outside the organization. Identifies tools, venues, forums and content that actively engages the audience and achieves desired outcomes. Creates draft with the support of automation and AI.
• Optimization. Proactively and skillfully maintains and manages calendars to optimize time and efficiency in alignment with business goals and strategic priorities. Ensures meeting cadence, content and logistics maximize efficiency and effectiveness. Maintains agendas, identifies action items and monitors deliverables.
• Leverages automation, AI and digital tools to streamline operations and executive support.
• Creates impactful materials. Prepares and edits correspondence, presentations, and reports for executive-level meetings
• Manages travel itinerary and experience. Coordinates all travel arrangements in a timely and cost-effective manner following policy guidelines.
• Onboarding. Supports new hire onboarding ensuring a complete and welcome experience to the team.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of advanced administrative support experience working with senior-level executives
• Bachelors degree in business or related discipline

Critical Skills

• Resiliency with the ability to navigate competing priorities and deliverables
• Demonstrated experience applying analytical thinking, and organizational skills in a fast-paced work environment.
• Fortune 500 experience and healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Proven project management skills, including event planning and coordination, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and Copilot) and other digital collaboration tools.
• Demonstrated experience in leveraging automation and AI technologies to enhance efficiency and quality of administrative support.
• Experience with executive travel management.
• Executive presence; ability to interact in a variety of situations and people, sometimes under high pressure.
• Ability to work independently and in a different location than team.
• Cross functional collaboration, networking and team engagement.

Additional Skills & Knowledge

• Positive attitude and ability to work with varying situations and personalities, sometimes under high pressure
• Self-directed with resourcefulness and drive to work independently and through ambiguity
• Commitment to McKesson’s ICARE and ILEAD values and culture

Physical Requirements

• Must have the ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• General Office demands

Location

• Onsite in the Columbus office three days a week - Tues- Thurs

Career Level

• IC-Professional-P1
• 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. 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, pleaseclick here.

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, pleaseclick here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$30.83 - $51.39

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [e-mail] or (Canada) [e-mail]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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