Director of Event Planning

Director Of Event Planning

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's Medical-Surgical team, a $1 billion dollar division, is seeking a Director Of Event Planning to join the team in Richmond, VA. In addition to leading a high-performing team, this leader will set the strategy for McKesson Medical-Surgical's events and design and execute amazing experiences for our employees, suppliers, and customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a sustainable, long-term strategy for high-profile events, including a complex annual national sales conference and an annual leadership meeting, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Partner with McKesson's Corporate Events team until the time of full Medical Surgical separation to oversee all aspects of event execution, including budget and finances, contracts, timelines, staffing, and vendor selection and management for high-profile events.
• Plan and execute a regular calendar of employee culture-building events, delivered both in-person (on-site in Richmond) and virtually for remote employees.
• Partner with our sales teams to deliver the strategy and execution of national and regional tradeshow production and logistics.
• Design, plan, and execute incentive trips, including international programs, ensuring smooth logistics and high-quality experiences for participants.
• Deliver the strategy and execution of other company events, as assigned.
• Collaborate with the Corporate Communications team to effectively promote and articulate the purpose, value, and impact of events.
• Represent McKesson Medical-Surgical with outside parties including sponsors, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Own accountability for attendee satisfaction across event hospitality and logistics touchpoints.
• Contribute to the design and execute a future-state events strategy, including scalable processes and team structures that support the organization's long-term growth and impact.
• Lead a high-performing event planning team, driving talent development, clear goal-setting, and effective team management.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders, navigate complex priorities, and drive cross-functional alignment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 12+ years of professional experience and 4+ years of management experience.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated success in leading a high-performing events team within a complex matrixed organization.
• Proven track record of planning and executing high-impact corporate events, including leadership summits, incentive programs, and complex sales conferences, with a strong focus on aligning event strategy to business objectives and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to solve issues and overcome obstacles.
• Strong financial acumen and executive presence.
• Ability to travel approximately 25%.

McKesson Medical-Surgical (MMS) is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical-surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment and supplies, along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets often referred to as Alternate Care or Non-Acute Care include physician offices, surgery centers, long-term care providers, laboratories, home health and hospice agencies, health systems, government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers.

Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8,000 employees, a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles, we partner with more than 2,200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200,000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 280,000 SKUs of branded and private-label medical-surgical products from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 tests.