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Sr. Director, Corporate Strategy & Business Development

Irving, Texas, Alpharetta, Georgia, Columbus, Ohio, Richmond, Virginia, The Woodlands, Texas Job ID JR0124753 Category Strategy, Business & Strategy Post Date Jan. 27, 2025
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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.

McKesson’s Oncology & Specialty Strategy and Operations Department is seeking to add a Senior Director to its Strategy team that is responsible for helping the business achieve its growth goals and strategic vision. The Senior Director, Strategy will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the strategic direction of our oncology and specialty business.In this challenging and highly visible role, this individual will support strategic decision-making by leading projects related to market analysis, emerging industry trends, and the identification of strategic needs as it relates to the pursuit of building new and strengthening existing business endeavors.This leader will work with cross-functional teams, including Oncology & Specialty business leaders, Corporate Strategy teams, and Finance to ensure comprehensive evaluation of opportunities and alignment with Oncology & Specialty’s strategic objectives.This role reports directly to the Vice President, Strategy of Oncology & Specialty.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for working in partnership with Oncology & Specialty leaders to develop strategy and drive consistent processes related to decision-making, prioritization, sequencing of investments and resource deployment across the business. 

  • Develop the narrative on the market and where Oncology & Specialty is going.

  • Quickly build expertise and insights about industry trends and potential implications for McKesson. Stay updated on industry news, market research reports, and partner / competitor activities. 

  • Develop robust, actionable insights to inform strategies, priorities, and key decisions. Areas of focus include but are not limited to implications of market trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging risks and opportunities.

  • Partnerclosely with key partners to align strategies across business unit segments and support annual business planning activities, including but not limited to annual priority-setting and long-range planning.

  • Help translate ecosystem strategy into an actionable execution plan. Guide strategic initiative execution in partnership with business leaders. Ensure consistency with strategy and resolve emerging questions to improve value capture and speed.

  • Define and manage multiple complex strategic projects, high-quality deliverables, and detailed work plans

  • Create analytical frameworks and conduct complex business analyses

  • Lead, influence, and reach consensus with or without formal authority or people management responsibilities

  • Maintain thorough knowledge of individual business lines, products, and services in Oncology & Specialty ecosystem

Minimum Requirement

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Master’s or Doctorate qualifications.

Education

4-year bachelor's degree in business administration, healthcare management, or a related field. 

MBA / Advanced degree preferred. 

Critical Skills

  • 10+ years of strategy or consulting experience, and / or experience working in biopharma or biopharma services organization(s) in either research or commercial functions (e.g. portfolio strategy, R&D operations, strategic marketing, market access, commercial operations, etc.)

  • Healthcare industry experience required; oncology experience with data and analytics companies, providers, life sciences and/or life sciences services companies preferred

  • Strategic Thinking: evaluating industry trends, developing long-term implications and recommending pragmatic strategies for new business opportunities.

  • Analytical Rigor: ability to bring structure to ill-defined problems and intellectual leadership to problem solving; synthesize insights from analysis and ensure credible, actionable recommendations.

  • Financial Acumen: understanding of financial modeling and experience with financial planning, budgeting and capital allocation in the context of strategic planning to maximize shareholder value.

  • Communications skills: ability to develop rapport and credibility across the segment, business unit and organization, promote ideas and proposals persuasively.

  • Healthcare Knowledge: knowledge of stakeholders, trends, economic drivers and policy across healthcare

  • Comfort with ambiguity, ability to build relationships with cross-functional leaderships, and the ability to influence without authority.

  • Proficient in fostering collaboration with leaders across businesses and work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to manage multiple complex projects, prioritize tasks, and meet tight deadlines.

Physical Requirements

  • General Office Demands

  • Approximately 20% travel

Location

Irving, TX or will consider other McKesson US hub locations.

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

$152,700 - $254,500

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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