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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.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Strategic Customer Onboarding Project Coordinator supports the successful delivery of complex customer onboarding initiatives from kickoff through implementation. In this role, you will coordinate timelines, milestones, risks, and deliverables while partnering closely with Sales, Operations, Credit, Regulatory, Pricing, Finance, and other cross-functional teams.
This role is primarily focused on strategic and high-visibility customer implementations, while also providing flexible support across the broader onboarding organization as business needs evolve. The ideal candidate is highly organized, customer-focused, and comfortable coordinating multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Coordinate customer onboarding projects from kickoff through implementation, including project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, issues, and deliverables.
- Serve as a key point of contact for assigned onboarding initiatives, helping ensure alignment across internal teams, stakeholders, and customers.
- Support complex or high-visibility customer implementations by preparing status updates, tracking open items, escalating risks, and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
- Partner cross-functionally with teams such as Sales, Operations, Credit, Regulatory, Pricing, and Finance to support onboarding readiness and execution.
- Provide operational onboarding support as needed, including validating requirements, supporting account readiness, and helping ensure onboarding timelines and service expectations are met.
- Analyze onboarding and project data to identify risks, track progress, and provide insights that support leadership updates and process improvement.
- Identify opportunities to improve onboarding processes, scalability, and the overall customer experience.
- Other duties may be assigned as needed to meet company goals.
- This role is designed to provide flexible support across the Customer Onboarding organization. While primarily aligned to Strategic Customer Onboarding initiatives, responsibilities may expand or shift to support broader onboarding operations and customer needs based on business priorities.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
Degree or equivalent with typically 2+ years of relevant experience.
CRITICAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
- Strong project coordination skills, including the ability to manage timelines, follow up on action items, identify risks, and drive work forward.
- Ability to work across multiple teams and functions to support onboarding readiness, issue resolution, and customer implementation needs.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to validate information, track dependencies, and maintain accurate project documentation.
- Comfort working in a changing environment where priorities, processes, or customer needs may shift.
- Ability to analyze project or onboarding data and summarize key insights, risks, and next steps for stakeholders or leadership.
- 2+ years of experience in project coordination, customer onboarding, sales support, customer service, operations, or a related business support function.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional workstreams, tracking deliverables, and managing competing priorities.
- Experience using Microsoft Office tools, including Excel and PowerPoint, to track information, analyze data, and prepare stakeholder-ready updates.
- Experience communicating with internal stakeholders, customers, or business partners to resolve issues and support execution.
PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
- Experience supporting customer onboarding, implementation, account setup, or operational readiness in healthcare, distribution, sales, or a similar business environment.
- Familiarity with tools such as Smartsheet, Salesforce, SAP, SharePoint, or similar project tracking/customer management systems.
- Knowledge of group purchasing organizations, government, institutional, long-term care, or healthcare customer segments.
TRAVEL
Position may require some overnight business trips during the year, with an anticipated travel requirement of up to 5-10%.
This role is a hybrid position. The selected candidate is expected to work on-site at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in-office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities.
COMPENSATION
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$61,400 - $102,400
McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:
McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.
McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
Join us at McKesson!
INTRODUCTION
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.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Strategic Customer Onboarding Project Coordinator supports the successful delivery of complex customer onboarding initiatives from kickoff through implementation. In this role, you will coordinate timelines, milestones, risks, and deliverables while partnering closely with Sales, Operations, Credit, Regulatory, Pricing, Finance, and other cross-functional teams.
This role is primarily focused on strategic and high-visibility customer implementations, while also providing flexible support across the broader onboarding organization as business needs evolve. The ideal candidate is highly organized, customer-focused, and comfortable coordinating multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Coordinate customer onboarding projects from kickoff through implementation, including project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, issues, and deliverables.
- Serve as a key point of contact for assigned onboarding initiatives, helping ensure alignment across internal teams, stakeholders, and customers.
- Support complex or high-visibility customer implementations by preparing status updates, tracking open items, escalating risks, and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
- Partner cross-functionally with teams such as Sales, Operations, Credit, Regulatory, Pricing, and Finance to support onboarding readiness and execution.
- Provide operational onboarding support as needed, including validating requirements, supporting account readiness, and helping ensure onboarding timelines and service expectations are met.
- Analyze onboarding and project data to identify risks, track progress, and provide insights that support leadership updates and process improvement.
- Identify opportunities to improve onboarding processes, scalability, and the overall customer experience.
- Other duties may be assigned as needed to meet company goals.
- This role is designed to provide flexible support across the Customer Onboarding organization. While primarily aligned to Strategic Customer Onboarding initiatives, responsibilities may expand or shift to support broader onboarding operations and customer needs based on business priorities.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
Degree or equivalent with typically 2+ years of relevant experience.
CRITICAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
- Strong project coordination skills, including the ability to manage timelines, follow up on action items, identify risks, and drive work forward.
- Ability to work across multiple teams and functions to support onboarding readiness, issue resolution, and customer implementation needs.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to validate information, track dependencies, and maintain accurate project documentation.
- Comfort working in a changing environment where priorities, processes, or customer needs may shift.
- Ability to analyze project or onboarding data and summarize key insights, risks, and next steps for stakeholders or leadership.
- 2+ years of experience in project coordination, customer onboarding, sales support, customer service, operations, or a related business support function.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional workstreams, tracking deliverables, and managing competing priorities.
- Experience using Microsoft Office tools, including Excel and PowerPoint, to track information, analyze data, and prepare stakeholder-ready updates.
- Experience communicating with internal stakeholders, customers, or business partners to resolve issues and support execution.
PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
- Experience supporting customer onboarding, implementation, account setup, or operational readiness in healthcare, distribution, sales, or a similar business environment.
- Familiarity with tools such as Smartsheet, Salesforce, SAP, SharePoint, or similar project tracking/customer management systems.
- Knowledge of group purchasing organizations, government, institutional, long-term care, or healthcare customer segments.
TRAVEL
Position may require some overnight business trips during the year, with an anticipated travel requirement of up to 5-10%.
This role is a hybrid position. The selected candidate is expected to work on-site at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in-office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities.
COMPENSATION
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$61,400 - $102,400
McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:
McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.
McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
Join us at McKesson!
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as an Onboarding Specialist
Document your HR credentials before applying
PERM requires your employer to verify your qualifications against the job's minimum requirements. Gather your degree transcripts, HR certifications like SHRM-CP or PHR, and any official credentials evaluations before approaching employers about sponsorship.
Target employers with dedicated HR infrastructure
Companies large enough to have an in-house HR team or a designated immigration counsel are far more likely to file PERM for Onboarding Specialists. Mid-to-large enterprises in healthcare, tech, and financial services regularly sponsor HR professionals for green cards.
Search green card sponsorship roles on Migrate Mate
Filter by onboarding, HR onboarding, or people operations roles on Migrate Mate to surface employers who have actively filed employment-based green card petitions, saving you from cold-approaching companies unfamiliar with PERM requirements.
Verify the job description matches PERM requirements
The DOL requires that PERM job duties match your actual role exactly. Ask recruiters whether the posted description will serve as the PERM job description, since vague duties like 'assist with HR tasks' can trigger audits or denials.
Understand EB-3 country backlogs before accepting an offer
If you're from India or China, the EB-3 priority date backlog can extend wait times significantly. Review the State Department Visa Bulletin alongside your offer timeline so you understand when you'd actually receive your green card, not just when USCIS approves your I-140.
Confirm your employer's E-Verify enrollment at the offer stage
STEM OPT and certain other work authorization statuses require your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify. Confirming enrollment before you accept an offer prevents employment authorization gaps during the PERM and I-485 filing period.
Green Card Onboarding Specialist: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Onboarding Specialist roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Onboarding Specialist positions qualify under EB-3, which covers professionals with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field like human resources or business administration. EB-2 applies when the role genuinely requires an advanced degree or when you pursue a National Interest Waiver, which is rare for standard onboarding roles. Your employer's PERM filing will specify the category based on the job's minimum educational requirements.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
Unlike the H-1B visa, employment-based green card sponsorship has no annual lottery for most applicants, and EB-3 professional petitions face no numerical cap at the I-140 stage. The PERM process takes longer upfront, often 12 to 24 months before USCIS even adjudicates your I-140, but the outcome is permanent residency rather than a renewable temporary status. For Onboarding Specialists from countries other than India and China, the total timeline to a green card is often more predictable than repeated H-1B renewals.
What does PERM labor certification involve for an Onboarding Specialist position?
Your employer files a PERM application with the DOL to certify that no qualified U.S. worker was available for the role. This requires a mandatory recruitment period, typically 30 to 60 days, during which the employer must advertise the position and document any applicants. The job description submitted to DOL must precisely match your actual duties, so reviewing it carefully before your employer files protects you from audit delays later.
How can I find Onboarding Specialist jobs where the employer already sponsors green cards?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for Onboarding Specialist and HR onboarding roles at companies with active employment-based green card filing history, so you're not guessing whether an employer will sponsor. Targeting employers who have already navigated PERM for similar roles significantly reduces the risk of an employer backing out mid-process due to unfamiliarity with the filing requirements.
Can I switch jobs during the green card process as an Onboarding Specialist?
Once your I-140 is approved and your priority date has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability rules let you change employers to a similar HR or onboarding role without restarting the process. The new position must be in the same or a substantially similar occupational classification. Switching before the 180-day mark restarts the entire PERM filing, so timing your job change carefully against your priority date is essential.