Managing Chief Counsel - Core Ventures and the Network

McKesson•Irving, TX

4d•Remote

About The Position

McKesson’s General Counsel Organization is seeking a Managing Chief Counsel to serve as the principal legal advisor and strategic partner to Core Ventures, the management services organization supporting Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, and to provide regulatory support for The US Oncology Network. This broad generalist role covers transactions, operations, data governance, and healthcare regulation across a large community oncology platform. The position provides end-to-end legal leadership for Core Ventures’ operating model, including management services agreements and intercompany arrangements, practice integration and post-close structuring, enterprise contracting, and data governance. For the Network, the role provides healthcare regulatory guidance, including fraud and abuse analysis, CMS and state regulatory requirements, HIPAA and PHI governance, privacy review, and support for compliance programs. The successful candidate will combine sound legal judgment with a modern approach to legal service delivery, including improving playbooks, intake, workflows, and the use of AI- and technology-enabled tools so legal support can scale with the business. The position is remote, with listed locations in Dallas or The Woodlands, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; and Fort Myers, Florida. The role requires authorization to work in the United States; sponsorship is not available. The base pay range is $192,200–$320,300. Additional compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities, may be offered.

Requirements

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
Typically 12 or more years of relevant legal experience.
Active membership in good standing of at least one state bar.
Substantial healthcare regulatory experience, including fraud and abuse laws, Stark, Anti-Kickback, HIPAA, and state corporate practice of medicine and licensure frameworks.
Experience leading or developing a legal team, including attorneys and legal support professionals.
Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial and healthcare services agreements.
Mature professional judgment in navigating legal and business considerations, assessing risk, exercising discretion, and escalating thoughtfully.
Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including explaining risk and recommended paths forward clearly to executives and clinicians.
Must be authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting physician practices, management services organizations, or other regulated healthcare services businesses.
Experience advising on value-based care and CMS innovation models, including the Enhancing Oncology Model or similar programs.
Demonstrated ability to lead or contribute to process improvement initiatives, such as playbooks, templates, workflow redesign, contract lifecycle management, or legal technology solutions.
Prior in-house experience in a large, matrixed organization.
People leadership experience; equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

Provide legal oversight of the Core Ventures operating model, including management services agreements, intercompany arrangements, and amendments.
Advise Core Ventures executive leadership and prepare and present executive- and board-level materials supporting major initiatives and significant obligations.
Support practice integration and post-close structuring, including asset transfers, physician alignment, and ownership frameworks.
Lead negotiation and execution of complex commercial agreements, including vendor and supplier contracts, strategic partnerships and affiliations, and data services, pharmacy, and technology arrangements.
Design and implement contracting governance frameworks for intake, review, approval, and execution.
Advise on healthcare regulatory frameworks, including anti-kickback, fraud and abuse laws, CMS requirements, and state regulations affecting community oncology practices.
Partner with business unit and enterprise compliance to advance compliance programs and initiatives.
Advise on regulatory questions related to patient communications and care model programs, including social determinants of health initiatives under the Enhancing Oncology Model.
Supervise, mentor, and develop attorneys and legal specialists supporting Core Ventures, and allocate work appropriately.
Drive continuous improvement in legal intake, triage, and workflows so legal support scales with Core Ventures’ growth.
Partner with privacy, compliance, security, finance, procurement, IT, and operations to support informed decisions and streamlined execution.
Improve legal operations through AI- and technology-enabled tools, intake and triage models, standardized templates and playbooks, and workflow redesign.
Proactively surface novel, high-risk, or precedent-setting issues to the Managing Principal Counsel and Assistant General Counsel.