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About the Role 

McKesson is seeking a Sr. Information Security Analyst to help strengthen the security, resilience, and governance of our vendor and supplier ecosystem.

In this role, you will design and support third-party risk management practices, conduct advanced vendor security assessments, and translate security findings into clear risk insights for business, technology, legal, privacy, and compliance stakeholders.

You will play a key role in helping McKesson make informed decisions about third-party relationships in a regulated, enterprise-scale environment. 

What You’ll Do 

• Design, enhance, and govern third-party risk management processes, standards, workflows, and reporting practices. 

• Lead advanced vendor security assessments, including control reviews, inherent/residual risk analysis, and remediation validation. 

• Evaluate vendor cybersecurity posture against recognized frameworks, regulatory expectations, and enterprise security requirements. 

• Partner with procurement, legal, privacy, compliance, technology, and business stakeholders to integrate risk insights into vendor lifecycle decisions. 

• Develop continuous monitoring approaches for critical vendors, including risk indicators, issue tracking, reporting, and escalation. 

• Translate complex cyber risk findings into clear, actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences. 

• Support executive-ready reporting, metrics, dashboards, and risk summaries to improve visibility into third-party cyber risk. 

• Mentor peers and contribute to consistent, scalable assessment practices across the third-party risk program. 

Basic Requirements

• 7+ years of cybersecurity, third-party risk management, vendor security assessment, technology risk, or highly relevant technical experience. 

• Experience conducting vendor security assessments, third-party risk reviews, or cyber risk/control assessments. 

• Experience analyzing cybersecurity controls, identifying risk, documenting findings, and recommending remediation. 

• Knowledge of common security and risk frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HITRUST, CIS, or similar. 

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners such as procurement, legal, privacy, compliance, technology, or business teams. 

• Ability to create clear documentation, risk summaries, and stakeholder-ready communications. 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Preferred Skills/Experience 

• Experience designing or improving a third-party risk management program, governance model, or assessment methodology. 

• Experience with continuous monitoring, vendor risk scoring, issue management, SLA tracking, or cyber risk dashboards. 

• Familiarity with healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or other regulated environments. 

• Experience assessing cloud/SaaS providers, data security controls, access management, incident response, business continuity, or privacy/security obligations. 

• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CCSP, Security+, or similar. 

• Experience using GRC, vendor risk management, workflow, or reporting tools. 

• Strong analytical thinking, stakeholder influence, and ability to work through ambiguity. 

Travel / Work Environment / Physical Requirements 

• Work arrangement may be remote, hybrid, or office-based depending on business and team needs. 

• Occasional travel may be required for team, stakeholder, vendor, or business meetings. 

• Role generally requires regular use of a computer and participation in virtual or in-person meetings. 

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

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