Instructional Designer

Company: MCKESSON
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: May 18, 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 Instructional Designer is a member of the Learning Development & Delivery team within the Pharma organization designing and developing curriculum for the Customer Distribution Experience department. The subject matter includes content to support Customer Support, Technical Solutions, Distribution Centers, and Shared Services for both new hire training and existing employee development. This position reports to Manager, Training Content Development within Customer Experience Operations.

Primarily, the role of Instructional Designer functions as the department subject matter expert (SME) for instructional design, e-Learning, and learning technologies demonstrating up-to-date expertise in adult learning theory, best practices, various delivery modalities, and new technologies.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage Subject Matter Experts (SME's) and stakeholder relationships to clearly understand the business, target audience and content needs to construct learning and performance outcomes.
• Develop content using various learning technology tools and resources.
• Analyze, build, develop, and maintain new hire training program(s).
• Perform business and performance analysis to determine training objectives, goals, and learner characteristics such as existing knowledge and skill level, as well as knowledge and skill gaps.
• Use knowledge of instructional system design (ISD), technologies, and adult learning theory to propose learning solutions that are cost-effective, easy-to-create and maintain, visually and instructionally compelling and that provide a rewarding experience for the learner.
• Establish goals and learning objectives to design appropriate and effective curriculum by leveraging instructional design methodology.
• Manage the end-to-end instructional design process with a sense of urgency and drive for results.
• Employ a rapid-development approach and strong instructional design to build creative and innovative training videos, games, job aids, posters, manuals, and related learning/e-learning deliverables. Bring best-of-breed learning techniques and technology into the development of training program and solutions.
• Conduct train-the-trainer sessions (both virtual and instructor led) to ensure delivery of materials is consistent across all markets and trainers understand the course content, learning objectives, delivery method, and evaluation procedures.
• Ensure smooth transition from final material design to implementation of program by partnering with the delivery team.
• Drive projects to execute successfully, managing project milestones and team responsibilities for accountability.
• Manage and maintain content, enroll/assign learning objects, run various report using the LMS.
• Design course-level assessments to ensure learning objectives were addressed in the content at an appropriate learning level. Analyze for effectiveness.
• Compile and analyze dashboard results on evaluations (assessing readiness, job impact, and business impact).
• Other training responsibilities as defined by leadership and the organization.
  
  Expected Outcomes
  
  • Design course-level assessments to ensure learning objectives were addressed in the content at an appropriate learning level by compiling and analyzing results of evaluations (assessing readiness, job impact, and business impact).
    
    Minimum Requirement
    
    Degree or equivalent and typically requires 2+ years of relevant experience
    
    Education
    
    4- year degree in related field, or equivalent experience
    
    Critical Skills
    
    • 2+ years of previous experience in instructional design and e-Learning development or related functional experience.
    • Proficiency with multimedia and e-learning tools such as Captivate, PowerPoint, Vyond, Camtasia, Articulate Pro, Storyline, and Adobe CS5 Suite - Photoshop, Fireworks, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash
    • Graphic Design and audio/video editing experience
    • Working knowledge of Learning Management Systems (Cornerstone onDemand preferred)
    • Ability to design and develop engaging and interactive training using a variety of modalities and methods
    • Advanced Microsoft Office application skills
    • Experience using authoring tools such as (Articulate Storyline/360, Captivate)
      
      Additional Skills
      
      • Prioritization and planning skills, with demonstrated success producing high-quality deliverables on time and within budget
      • Must be detail-oriented, flexible, and can work in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines and shifting priorities
      • Proven success at establishing rapport with business partners at multiple levels, working on larger teams, and collaborative work habits
      • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including proofreading/editing
        
        Working Conditions
        
        Environment (Office, warehouse, etc.) - Office
        
        Physical Requirements (Lifting, standing, etc.) - General Office Demands
        
        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
        
        $60,700 - $101,100
        
        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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