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. Title: Lead Counsel - Data Strategy, Governance & Emerging Technology Location: Remote The Role McKesson's well-regarded General Counsel's Organization is seeking an experienced, pragmatic attorney specializing in data enablement, privacy, and emerging technology to provide decisive legal leadership and strategic advice on McKesson's data initiatives across its broad portfolio of healthcare-oriented businesses. The Lead Counsel, Data Strategy, Governance & Emerging Technology, will be pivotal in McKesson's risk mitigation and value-generation strategies. Reporting to the Managing Chief Counsel, Enterprise Data Privacy, Security and Technology Law, this role will focus on enterprise-level data initiatives while solutioning for nuanced data use cases, prevailing privacy requirements, and evolving technology capabilities, including Artificial Intelligence (AI). This position requires a dynamic leader who will proactively collaborate with business unit attorneys and business executives at the highest levels across the enterprise to drive innovation while adeptly managing risk within the highly regulated healthcare industry. Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will: Innovate and Drive Change. Leverage deep knowledge and experience in data strategy and enablement, privacy (including experience with HIPAA/healthcare privacy issues), and various emerging technology laws and regulations to deliver actionable, risk-based guidance to the enterprise. Provide Strategic Counseling. Offer excellent legal judgment and communication skills while providing pragmatic, business-oriented advice, and strategic insights to support the enterprise's data-driven objectives and priorities. Collaborate and Influence. Work independently and collaboratively across multiple businesses and stakeholders to drive organizational change while considering the broader implications to business unit/functional areas. Navigate Complexity. Skillfully navigate a highly matrixed organization, building relationships across the enterprise and influencing at the highest level to drive results. Lead and Execute. Ability to execute enterprise-level data initiatives by addressing novel and complex legal issues, serving as a key leader on project teams, and ensuring accountability. Integrate and Align Data Strategies. Integrate and harmonize business unit data priorities with the enterprise data strategy to provide solution-oriented and data-enabling guidance. Manage Multiple Priorities. Be highly proactive, accountable, team-oriented, and capable of managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Monitor and Adapt to Evolving Laws. Stay abreast of evolving laws, regulations, and industry best practices to guide the enterprise through evolving requirements and external influencing strategies Qualifications Minimum Requirements 8+ years as a practicing attorney with firm and/or in-house experience 5+ years of specialized experience in data strategy and enablement, privacy, and/or technology law Member of a U.S. state bar in good standing Critical Skills Experience advising both business and legal leaders on complex legal, regulatory, and policy questions in the areas of data strategy and enablement, p