Lead Counsel, Digital Marketing & Ad Tech

McKesson•Irving, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

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, Digital Marketing & Ad Tech Hub locations: Atlanta, GA; Columbus, OH; Dallas, TX (Corp HQ) Hybrid/Remote/Onsite: Hybrid position The Role McKesson seeks an experienced Digital Marketing & Ad Tech lawyer to serve as the lead attorney supporting digital advertising technologies, marketing compliance, and consumer protection matters. This role will provide strategic, practical, and business-oriented advice to our Brand and Marketing teams and partner closely with technology and compliance functions. The Digital Marketing & Ad Tech lawyer will play a key role in enabling compliant innovation in programmatic advertising and data-driven marketing while safeguarding McKesson’s reputation. This position requires deep expertise in advertising technology, privacy, and consumer protection laws, coupled with strong collaboration skills to guide stakeholders and mitigate risk. This role will partner closely with Brand & Marketing, Privacy, Data Enablement, and the Global Privacy Office to support compliance with the laws and regulations governing the use of digital, AI enabled, and advanced technologies to engage customers and stakeholders. The role sits within the Digital & Data Assets team and reports to the Managing Chief Counsel, Brand, Marketing & Advertising Technology Legal. The successful candidate will bring : Strong legal, regulatory, and technical judgment, including deep familiarity with advertising, consumer protection, and marketing regulations; AdTech and MarTech platforms, and emerging technologies, with the ability to translate complex requirements into clear, actionable business guidance. A pragmatic, business‑oriented advisory approach, with excellent communication skills and the ability to balance risk with business objectives, manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment, and operate with accountability and proactivity. A highly collaborative, relationship‑driven mindset, with exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to influence, engage, and partner effectively across multidisciplinary teams and with stakeholders at all levels.

Requirements

7+ years as a practicing attorney with firm and/or in-house experience.
Significant experience in advertising technology, privacy, consumer protection, and marketing law.
Member of a U.S. state bar in good standing.
Demonstrated comfort independently leveraging AI tools to enhance efficiency, insight, or output in day‑to‑day work.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
Must be authorized to work in the US.
Sponsorship is not available for this position .

Responsibilities

Legal Advisory & Compliance for Digital Marketing Provide legal advice on advertising, promotions, and marketing communications for digital, social media, mobile, influencer, and omnichannel campaigns, including the use of AI‑enabled and automated marketing tools.
Provide legal guidance and recommendations regarding AI‑generated marketing content, including disclosures, transparency, bias, synthetic media, and claims substantiation.
Advise stakeholders on the legal, privacy, and regulatory implications of advertising and marketing technology platforms, including cookies, pixels, SDKs, tracking technologies, CMPs, CDPs, personalization engines, and measurement solutions.
Counsel on compliance with FTC regulations, state and federal consumer protection laws, and platform‑specific advertising and data‑use policies.
Provide guidance on marketing use cases involving health‑related, sensitive, or regulated data, including coordination with HIPAA and Privacy teams where applicable.
Data Governance, Contracting & Stakeholder Collaboration Support the lawful use of customer data platforms, audience segmentation, targeting strategies, analytics, and measurement tools, in coordination with Privacy, Data Governance, and Technology teams.
Provide guidance on consent management, preference centers, tracking disclosures, and related governance frameworks.
Advise stakeholders on third‑party data licensing, data clean rooms, analytics environments, and data‑sharing arrangements, including contractual, privacy, and risk considerations.
Negotiate and draft agreements with ad networks, publishers, agencies, and data providers, addressing data usage rights, brand safety, compliance obligations, and liability allocation.
Partner with Technology, Brand and Marketing, Data Governance, Privacy, and Compliance to evaluate and responsibly deploy emerging technologies used in marketing and digital experiences, including AI‑driven tools.
Collaborate with Compliance to advise on and contribute to the development and operationalization of AdTech compliance frameworks, including policies, training, monitoring, and risk controls.
Training, Enablement & Continuous Improvement Act as a proactive, solutions‑oriented partner to marketing and technology teams, balancing legal risk with business objectives and enabling compliant innovation in programmatic and data‑driven marketing.
Monitor developments in advertising, privacy, AI, and consumer protection laws and advise on necessary updates to company practices and policies.
Deliver training and guidance to internal stakeholders on digital marketing, AdTech, and AI‑related legal risks and best practices.
Proactively identify and mitigate intellectual property risks in digital marketing and AdTech initiatives and provide support for traditional marketing campaigns as needed.
Escalate enterprise‑level decisions as appropriate and independently resolve issues within defined scope.