Technical Trainer

Company: McKesson
Location: Harrisburg
Posted on: April 25, 2025

Job Description:

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.

The candidate will be part of the McKesson Pharmacy System (MPS) Training Team under the leadership of the Manager of Training. The primary focus of this position is to provide product-specific training to external customers throughout the implementation timeline. The candidate will host various instructor-led training classes for pharmacy staff, in addition to providing onsite support and training during go live week for medium to large-sized implementations of MPS technologies. The candidate will also support training for single or multi-site Digital, Specialty, Health System, and Chain operations by creating and updating training materials and documentation to satisfy customer training needs. Travel to customer sites is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Explain and train the structure and functions of software, applications, and platforms within the McKesson Pharmacy Systems portfolio
• Ability to quickly learn and maintain understanding of MPS products as releases and updates are published
• Conduct virtual instructor-led training classes for multiple students
• Provide support and on-the-job training at customer locations during go live week
• Create new training materials and documentation to satisfy customer training strategy and needs, in addition to attending and contributing to training strategy calls with the customer
• Educate other technical trainers and associate technical trainers on new and updated training materials to prepare the team for upcoming instructor-led training classes
• Employ overall knowledge and expertise on the MPS product portfolio to collaborate with implementation teams on moderately complex customers projects regarding strategy and solutions.
• Work with Senior Technical Trainers and implementation teams to understand a customer's persona, business strategy, and needs to better create for training materials, in addition to updating the team's internal knowledge base
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation and provide reporting to direct management and implementation teams on training item status, issues, progress evaluation, and attendance records Minimum Requirement
  
  Degree or equivalent and typically requires 2+ years of relevant experience.
  
  Education
  
  4-year degree in business, communications, education or related field or equivalent experience.
  
  Critical Skills
  • 2+ years of Training or Instructional Design experience.
  • Direct technical training experience of software products, applications, and/or services.
  • Experience should include onsite, classroom, and distance learning.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Business suite, specifically MS PowerPoint
  • Experience with adult education techniques and learning theory
  • Ability to adapt to external customer communication needs and learning styles
  • Experience with implementing change management techniques
  • Experience with instructional design and/or creating new instructor-led training materials and curriculums Preferred Skills
    • Pharmacy technician or equivalent experience in a Chain, Mail, Specialty, or Digital pharmacy environment.
    • Proven experience in applying well-developed problem-solving skills (quantitative, conceptual, consultative, analytical) working with all levels of an organization.
    • Ability to follow and document training progress using an established documentation standard
    • Experience creating and maintaining an internal knowledge base system
    • Proven effective professional communication skills at all levels of an organization.
    • Ability to successfully complete tasks with minimal oversight.
    • Microsoft Teams and Confluence experience
    • Strong training and instructional design background.
    • Strong interpersonal communication skills.
    • Strong written and verbal skills.
      Physical Requirements
      
      Large percent of time is at customer sites.
      
      Requires physical demands of travel and standing for 10-12 hours per day while on location.
      
      Travel
      
      Overnight travel required from 75% to 100%
      
      We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. 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. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
      
      Our Base Pay Range for this position
      
      $27.84 - $46.40
      
      McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
      
      McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
      
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