Program Manager New Hire Experience

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.

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.

The Program Manager, New Hire Experience will lead the design, standardisation, delivery, and continuous improvement of the end-to-end experience for new colleagues joining McKesson. The role will coordinate multiple interdependent workstreams across Human Resources, hiring leaders, Facilities, Asset Management, Technology Support, Security, and other enterprise partners to ensure new hires are welcomed, equipped, connected, and productive from the outset.

This is a hands-on, highly visible role requiring strong programme leadership, executive presence, and the ability to create accountability and drive outcomes through influence in a complex, matrixed organisation. The role will establish clear governance, remove delivery barriers, and use data and colleague feedback to improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of the new hire journey.

Key Accountabilities

Programme Leadership and Execution

New Hire Journey Design and Standardisation

Cross-Functional Coordination

Governance, Measurement and Continuous Improvement

Stakeholder and Executive Engagement

Why This Role Is Important

A colleague's early experience shapes their connection to McKesson, confidence in the organisation, and ability to contribute effectively. By bringing together the teams, processes, services, and decisions that support new hires, the Program Manager, New Hire Experience will help deliver a more consistent, efficient, and welcoming journey while strengthening accountability and operational performance across the enterprise.

At McKesson, we care about the well-being of the patients and communities we serve, and that starts with caring for our people. That’s why we have a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse employee population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves.

As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson. 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.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

€55,500 - €92,500

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Behavioural Competencies

Programme Leadership: Creates clarity, structure, pace, and accountability across complex, interdependent work.

Customer and Colleague Focus: Designs solutions around the needs of new hires, hiring managers, and service partners.

Influence: Builds alignment and drives decisions through credibility, evidence, and strong stakeholder relationships.

Accountability: Takes ownership of outcomes, follows through on commitments, and addresses delivery gaps directly.

Collaboration: Connects teams and functions around shared objectives, clearly defined responsibilities, and effective hand-offs.

Continuous Improvement: Uses data, feedback, and root-cause analysis to simplify processes and improve quality, consistency, and efficiency.

Communication: Provides concise, transparent, and audience-appropriate updates, recommendations, and escalations.

Adaptability: Operates effectively amid ambiguity, changing priorities, and evolving organisational needs.