Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy

Posted:
11/11/2024, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Texas, United States ⋅ Irving, Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

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.

Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy



About the Role

McKesson’s Corporate Strategy and Business Development (CSBD) department is seeking to add a Senior Director to its Enterprise Strategy & Operations team that is responsible for helping the company achieve its growth goals and strategic vision. The Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy will be tasked with supporting enterprise leadership in planning, delivering, and implementing high-priority strategic projects that advance McKesson's competitive position in support of the enterprise while contributing to our purpose of Advancing Health Outcomes for All®, working with business leaders to develop strategies aligned to our enterprise priorities, and partnering across CSBD teams in support of McKesson’s strategy.

In this challenging and highly visible role, this individual will support corporate level 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 role reports directly to the Vice President, Enterprise Strategy and CSBD Operations.
 

What You’ll Do
 

  • Define and manage multiple complex strategic projects, high-quality deliverables, and detailed work plans
  • Create analytical frameworks and conduct complex business analyses
  • Develop robust, actionable insights to inform strategies, priorities, and key decisions
  • Quickly build expertise and insights about industry trends and potential implications for McKesson
  • Manage relationships with key leaders and project stakeholders throughout the organization
  • Lead, influence, and reach consensus with or without formal authority or people management responsibilities
  • Stay updated on industry news, market research reports, and partner/competitor activities
  • Areas of focus include but are not limited to implications of market trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging risks and opportunities
  • Maintain thorough knowledge of company's business lines, products, and services
  • Apply strategic and analytical thinking to synthesize market data and deliver business insights
  • Manage discrete threads of work independently and deliver high-quality work product
  • Partners with VP, Enterprise Strategy and CSBD Operations to drive the annual strategic planning process and supports other strategic updates to the C-suite and Board of Directors
  • Leverage presentations to develop a storyline and POV, while influencing and driving conviction that a given strategy makes sense among key McKesson executive leaders
  • Work within established framework to facilitate business problem solving and present hypotheses and recommendations to senior management
  • Work through ambiguity and put structure around problems/tasks with limited guidance
  • This role is an individual contributor and does not have direct reports

What We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • MBA or other relevant master’s degree preferred
  • 10+ years of prior strategy consulting, healthcare consulting, startup and/or relevant industry experience
  • Prior experience in healthcare required

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

  • Healthcare Knowledge: Expertise in healthcare industry
  • 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: Competency in financial analysis
  • Communications Skills: ability to develop rapport and credibility across the organization, promote ideas and present complex information in an easy-to-understand, persuasive manner




 

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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