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McKesson

Supplies medicines and technology to healthcare teams

Director, Compliance & Ethics

Regulatory Compliance & Ethics +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent business experience.
  • 8–12+ years of progressive experience in privacy, compliance, ethics, risk management, regulatory affairs, governance, healthcare, or related disciplines.
  • A minimum of 3 years of leadership experience, including responsibility for talent development and delivery of complex enterprise initiatives.
  • Experience identifying and leveraging emerging technologies to drive innovation, improve organizational effectiveness, strengthen risk management, and enable business growth in a regulated environment.
  • Experience leading regulatory interactions, investigations, audits, monitoring programs, and risk assessments.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
  • Strong business acumen and capabilities in strategic planning, change leadership, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
  • Proven ability to balance risk management with business enablement in a highly regulated environment.
  • Proficiency in spoken and written English is required to support clients outside Quebec and/or in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Implement functional priorities and oversee execution of McKesson Canada's Privacy & Compliance strategy through assigned programs, initiatives, and resources.
  • Provide subject matter expertise and strategic guidance to business and functional leaders on privacy, compliance, ethics, and governance.
  • Drive initiatives that strengthen compliance culture, ethical decision-making, accountability, and risk awareness.
  • Partner with business leaders to embed privacy, compliance, and governance principles into business planning, transformation initiatives, and operational processes.
  • Provide leadership and oversight for governance forums and reporting.
  • Evaluate, promote, and lead responsible adoption of emerging technologies to strengthen compliance, privacy, and governance program effectiveness, enhance oversight, improve operational efficiency, and focus on high-impact, risk-based priorities while aligning with regulatory and ethical expectations.
  • Establish functional priorities and oversee resource allocation to ensure effective program delivery, organizational alignment, and continued compliance program maturity.
  • Lead organizational change initiatives that strengthen compliance capabilities, governance practices, and business adoption of compliance and privacy requirements.
  • Lead implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of key components of McKesson Canada's Privacy & Compliance Program.
  • Influence and support governance frameworks, standards, policies, procedures, and controls related to privacy, compliance, ethics, and associated information governance practices.
  • Support integration of new business units, acquisitions, products, services, and strategic initiatives into established compliance and privacy frameworks.
  • Champion Privacy by Design principles and oversee enterprise privacy governance processes, including Privacy Impact Assessments, data use reviews, privacy consultations, and privacy risk assessments.
  • Lead privacy and compliance risk assessments to identify emerging risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Oversee risk-based monitoring, auditing, and assessment activities to proactively identify trends, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Oversee investigations and assessments relating to potential privacy, ethics, compliance, or regulatory concerns and ensure matters are appropriately reviewed, resolved, and documented.
  • Ensure corrective and preventive action plans are developed, implemented, monitored, and reported through appropriate governance channels.
  • Monitor changes in the regulatory environment and assess organizational impacts and response strategies.
  • Support regulatory inquiries, investigations, audits, inspections, and reporting obligations.
  • Collaborate with Legal and business stakeholders to manage regulatory risk and ensure consistent organizational responses.
  • Lead privacy and compliance communications, awareness, and education programs that promote ethical conduct and regulatory compliance.
  • Foster a speak-up culture and support organizational awareness of reporting mechanisms, compliance obligations, and privacy responsibilities.
  • Partner with Human Resources, Legal, Information Security, Internal Audit, and business leaders to deliver effective training and culture-building initiatives.
  • Partner with Data Governance, Information Security, Technology, and business leaders to strengthen information governance, data stewardship, data protection, and responsible data use practices.
  • Enable business innovation by providing practical, risk-based privacy and compliance guidance supporting strategic initiatives and operational objectives.
  • Promote consistent governance standards across business units while balancing regulatory requirements and business needs.
  • Deliver strategic compliance, privacy, ethics, and risk reporting and recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Leverage metrics, trends, and analytics to evaluate program effectiveness, support decision-making, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Communicate emerging risks, program performance, and strategic recommendations to management.
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team through coaching, talent development, succession planning, performance management, and employee engagement.
  • Establish priorities, allocate resources, and drive accountability to achieve business objectives.
  • Promote collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and professional development across the team.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree or other relevant advanced degree.
  • A privacy designation such as CIPP/C, CIPM, or equivalent.
  • Strong knowledge of Canadian privacy laws, healthcare regulations, compliance frameworks, and governance principles.
  • Bilingual proficiency in French and English.

About the Company

McKesson

Supplies medicines and technology to healthcare teams

McKesson distributes medicines and medical supplies to pharmacies, hospitals and other care providers, alongside services that connect drug manufacturers with patients. Its specialty businesses support community cancer care and clinical research, extending its work beyond moving products through warehouses. The company buys drugs and supplies from manufacturers for resale, while its software helps pharmacies manage inventory and healthcare teams secure insurance approval for prescriptions. It also sells practice management and patient support services to clinicians and drugmakers. McKesson traces its business roots to 1833 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irving, TX
Founded
1833

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