Sr. Project Manager

McKesson; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Sr. Project Manager within the FSS Learning & Development team to design modern, high-impact learning experiences that drive workforce capability and business transformation. You’ll partner with L&D peers and leadership to translate priorities into scalable, measurable programs.

This role emphasizes AI-enabled design, digital learning, and continuous improvement, delivering learning solutions that align with enterprise priorities and future ways of working.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years in roles related to learning and development or project management.
• Experience implementing and managing a learning management system (LMS).
• Experience applying instructional design methodologies and using authoring tools like Articulate, Adobe Captivate, Ceros.
• Experience leveraging AI tools in content development and learning technology.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and projects in a matrixed environment.
• Resourceful with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, engaging learning solutions across modalities.
• Lead AI-enabled learning design and content development.
• Partner with subject matter experts to translate business knowledge into training.
• Define success metrics and measure learning impact.
• Drive change enablement and transformation initiatives.

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.

FSS Overview

Are you ready to be a pivotal force in Advancing Health Outcomes For All®? Join the Financial Services and Solutions (FSS) organization, where our focus is being a strategic business partner who creates value, provides efficiency, and ensures compliance for McKesson. In FSS, you'll gain exposure to all McKesson businesses while growing as a finance or data management professional and fostering collaborative relationships with internal and external customers. Our high employee engagement scores reflect a vibrant and diverse workplace where your contributions have a tangible impact on the enterprise. If you're passionate about making a real difference and want to be part of a dedicated team that values professional growth, FSS is the place for you. Join us and energize your career with endless opportunities!

The right candidate to join our FSS team can demonstrate the following competencies: embrace digital transformation, diverse and inclusive collaboration, strategic and analytical thinking, adaptability and growth mindset, and clear and impactful communication.

Role Summary

The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for designing and developing modern, high-impact learning experiences that support workforce capability and business transformation. This role sits within the FSS Learning & Development (L&D) team as part of Business Enablement in Financial Services and Solutions, a highly collaborative, forward-thinking team focused on building the skills, tools, and capabilities that drive performance across the organization.

As part of this team, you’ll play a key role in bringing strategy to life, partnering closely with L&D peers and leadership to translate priorities into engaging, scalable learning solutions that make a measurable impact.

This position focuses on execution, innovation, and continuous improvement of learning experiences, with a strong emphasis on AI-enabled design and digital learning, helping shape not just what learning looks like today, but where it’s going next.

1. Instructional Design & Development

• Design engaging, performance-focused learning solutions across multiple modalities.
• Apply instructional design methodologies to create effective, learner-centered experiences.
• Partner with subject matter experts to translate business knowledge into actionable learning.
• Evaluate and implement emerging tools and technologies to enhance learning outcomes.

2. Performance Consulting & Business Alignment

• Diagnose performance gaps and business needs with stakeholders.
• Recommend solutions that improve performance and results.
• Align development strategies to business priorities and transformation objectives.

3. Transformation & Change Enablement

• Enable business transformation through learning and adoption strategies.
• Build scalable capabilities that support evolving ways of working.
• Strengthen change readiness and future-focused workforce skills.
• Align capability development with enterprise priorities.

4. Learning Architecture & Scalability

• Define success metrics and use data to measure learning effectiveness and business impact.
• Communicate learning value through meaningful insights and outcomes.
• Design scalable learning frameworks, standards, and architectures that drive consistency and efficiency

5. AI-Driven Learning Innovation & Improvement

• Design scalable, AI-enabled learning experiences.
• Leverage AI to accelerate content development and delivery.
• Use feedback, data, and trends to continuously improve learning impact.
• Pilot innovative approaches and advance AI best practices across learning.

General Responsibilities

• Cultivates and maintains a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging healthy debate from multiple perspectives
• Collaborate and grow strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including BU Finance Leaders, Compliance, Procurement, Legal and Finance teams
• Build and train high performing teams while role modeling I2CARE and ILEAD behaviors.
• Drive operational maturity by identifying automation and self-service capabilities with a focus on enterprise-oriented solutions
• Work well in a high-pressure environment, ensuring that work is completed in an accurate and timely fashion

Minimum Job Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)

Education/Training

• Degree, or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with ADDIE or SAM learning frameworks and/or other similar methodologies is a plus

Business Experience

• Proven experience (at least 3 years) in specific roles/experiences needed
• Experience implementing and managing a learning management system (LMS)
• Experience applying instructional design methodologies and working with authoring tools like Articulate, Adobe Captivate, Ceros, or similar
• Experience leveraging AI tools in content development, instructional design, or learning technology with a working knowledge of generative AI, prompt engineering, and emerging agentic AI capabilities.
• Experience managing or working on small matrixed teams and experience leading projects across functional boundaries
• Resourceful, with an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset

Critical Skills

• Digital Transformation & Process Design: Demonstrates digital fluency and scales tech-enabled processes to reimagine how work flows across people, systems, and controls.
• Decision Intelligence: Turns data and digitally-enabled insights into clear decisions that advance business priorities and enterprise outcomes.
• Business Partnership: Builds trusted relationships and use finance expertise and judgment to align priorities and move work forward.
• Change Leadership & Growth Mindset: Leads through ambiguity, adapts quickly, and translates transformation into practical action.
• Human + AI Workforce Collaboration: Orchestrates people, technology, and automation, knowing where human judgment adds value while leveraging the scale of digital work.
• Communication & Presence: Communicates complex ideas simply, using storytelling and data to convey messages, creates alignment and drives work forward.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Takes ownership of problems, challenges legacy ways of working, and seeks out opportunities to create value for future business needs.
• Advanced writing, storyboarding, and verbal communication skills.
• Polished presentation and visual design skills.
• Proven track record of results as a Change Manager/Leader (stakeholder engagement, communications, training, change agent network) or project manager.
• Ability to understand and identify the connections between skillsets and strategic objectives.
• Ability to think through, organize, and lead multiple projects and tasks concurrently.
• Ability to facilitate and communicate effectively in a hybrid environment.

Working Conditions:

Environment (Office, warehouse, etc.) –

• Traditional office environment
• Travel 10%

Physical Requirements (Lifting, standing, etc.) –

• Large percent of time performing computer-based work is required.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$112,700 - $187,800

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.

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