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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.

As the Innovation Execution Specialist, you will manage the end-to-end innovation lifecycle, turning insights into actionable solutions that drive organizational growth and customer value. This role requires a strong ability to coordinate cross-functional teams, implement robust frameworks, and execute innovation opportunities to bring new products, services, processes, and business models to life. By facilitating the transition from concept to commercialization, you will accelerate the strategic roadmap and ensure successful delivery against defined business objectives.

Specific Responsibilities

• Facilitate the end-to-end innovation lifecycle to transform insights into actionable opportunities, ensuring seamless execution from ideation to commercialization.
• Coordinate the planning, design, and implementation of innovation initiatives that align with strategic priorities and deliver increased value for customers.
• Establish and maintain frameworks for evaluating ideas across feasibility, viability, and desirability to accelerate decision-making.
• Provide hands-on coordination, connection, and innovation process management to drive ideas through stage gate processes efficiently.
• Support cross-functional alignment and communication to achieve opportunity objectives, coordinating resources effectively.
• Define milestones, metrics, and success criteria for innovation initiatives, and develop detailed project plans to ensure timely execution.
• Actively manage the stage gate process across the organization, preparing materials and documenting decisions to support business case development.
• Organize and facilitate workshops, group facilitation sessions, and other collaborative activities to build on ideas and achieve desired outcomes with a high level of emotional intelligence and situational awareness.
•  Identify risks and deploy project, change, and risk management tools to mitigate issues and ensure project success from initiation to closeout.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive efficient outcomes and ensure alignment with business case objectives.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, project management or a related field (MBA or advanced degree preferred).
• Minimum of seven years of experience in strategic innovation, business development, or related roles.
• Consulting background highly desired
• Excellent research capabilities and ability to identify and evaluate emerging trends and technologies.
• Experience in design thinking and human-centered design with proficiency in conducting user research and gathering insights.
• Proven stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across various departments.
• Strong project management abilities, with expertise in agile methodologies or other frameworks
• Expertise in developing and validating business cases.
• Exceptional facilitation, communication, and collaboration skills with a focus on achieving measurable results.
• Experience in prototyping and minimum viable product (MVP) development.
• Ability to translate ideas into actionable plans and roadmaps.
• Financial acumen for basic ROI and cost-benefit analyses.
• Location: Toronto, Montreal or Mississauga

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

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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

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