Sr. Manager, Workforce Readiness
Mississauga - Canada
Job Summary
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 tomorrows health today we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The pace of business and technology transformation particularly with AI is outpacing the organizations ability to absorb change. The Workforce Readiness team exists to close that gap.
This role leads change strategy and execution across McKessons Employee AI Enablement portfolio which spans three tracks:
- Copilot Enablement & Adoption: Enterprise-wide adoption of Microsoft Copilot through learning journeys communications advocate networks and measurement.
- Unified Employee Agent: AI-powered employee service delivery (e.g. ServiceNow Workday/ADP) including pilot readiness champion models and change communications.
- Agentic AI Adoption: Governance learning community and support models to scale autonomous AI agents safely across the enterprise.
The ideal candidate has experience with launching internal AI enablement programs is a trusted advisor within program team with senior executives and brings strong business acumen exceptional communication skills and proven experience leading large-scale digital and organizational transformations in complex matrixed environments. Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to translate technical complexity into clear actionable insights are essential.
Key Responsibilities
Change Strategy & Delivery
- Lead development and execution of change strategies plans and communications that drive adoption across Copilot Unified Employee Agent and Agentic AI programs.
- Conduct stakeholder analysis readiness assessments and impact evaluations to anticipate barriers and define interventions.
- Establish and lead change agent champion and people leader networks (including AI Advocate and pilot champion structures) to drive adoption and gather field feedback.
- Define and support change success measures and KPIs for each track translating experience and security-led criteria into adoption outcomes.
Portfolio-Level Integration
- Synthesize change impacts across workstreams identifying cross-dependencies risks and alignment gaps.
- Develop a portfolio-level point of view on readiness stakeholder engagement and employee impact to inform leadership decisions.
- Build audience segmentation and persona-level impact views (e.g. end user builder platform admin) to ensure targeted interventions.
- Shape the integrated change narrative for clarity and consistency across all three AI enablement tracks; aligning with overall AI enterprise strategy.
Workforce Innovation & Capability Building
- Prototype new approaches to workforce planning scenario modeling and human AI collaboration.
- Activate engagement in learning journeys and enablement curricula for AI adoption (building on Copilot 101-401 and subsequently created content for Unified Agent and Agentic AI audiences ongoing).
- Translate learnings into repeatable frameworks tools or products that scale across the enterprise.
Communications & Engagement
- Craft high-impact communications and execute communications in partnership with program team: newsletters viva engage posts weekly updates progress summaries leader kits employee messaging and safe-adoption content.
- Manage SharePoint content to ensure materials are current accurate and easy to navigate.
- Lead weekly engagement sessions information cascades and alignment forums across application owners and teams.
Governance Metrics & Reporting
- Prepare executive-ready pre-reads updates and recommendations for governance forums.
- Define and track adoption metrics readiness indicators and engagement KPIs; build dashboards and summaries for senior audiences.
- Monitor risks and escalate or mitigate appropriately.
- Contribute change-relevant inputs for investment views PFRs and base reporting.
Sustainability & Support
- Drive post-launch reinforcement and continuous improvement to sustain adoption and realize value.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- 8 years of relevant experience in change management workforce transformation or related fields.
- 4-year degree in change management human resources psychology business or related field (or equivalent experience). Masters degree preferred.
Critical Skills
- Business Acumen: Links HR and business strategy; identifies ways to improve business performance.
- AI & Automation Fluency: Translates complex AI concepts (Copilot agentic workflows LLMs) into business-friendly communications and training. Shapes how human and digital work coexist.
- Change Management: Proven experience building and executing stakeholder plans readiness assessments and transition activities. Fluency with OCM frameworks (Prosci ADKAR Kotter or equivalent).
- Program management
- Consulting & Communication: Tailors style across all levels; creates executive-ready deliverables; effective at listening influencing and facilitation.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Defines and presents change success metrics OKRs and adoption KPIs to support evidence-based decisions.
- Delivers Through Ambiguity: Brings structure and next steps to complex evolving environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Enterprise transformation experience in a large complex matrixed organization.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot AI agents or similar generative AI platforms.
- Experience with ServiceNow Workday or ADP in employee experience or HR tech transformation.
- Familiarity with AI governance responsible AI and safe-use frameworks.
- Prosci certification or equivalent.
- Bilingual (English/French) is an asset.
- Experience building or scaling champion/advocate community models for technology adoption.
- Background in consulting (internal or external) with strong deck-building and facilitation skills.
- Healthcare pharmaceutical or Fortune 500 experience.
Physical Requirements
General office demands.
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McKesson is the leading healthcare company for wholesale medical supplies & equipment, pharmaceutical distribution, and healthcare technology solutions. McKesson is the central nervous system of health care. At any given moment, in any given minute, we simultaneously execute thousands ... View more