Advisor, Strategy & Business Development

Cencora; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Comprehensive benefits

Professional development

Zusammenfassung

Cencora, Inc. is seeking a strategic, highly organized leader to manage executive communications, briefs, and cross-functional initiatives. You will prepare talking points, briefs, and Q&A for senior leaders, ensuring consistency across audiences and channels.

You will also support planning, governance, and major initiatives with data-driven insights and clear recommendations. The role requires experience with senior leaders, industry familiarity, and a track record in strategy, corporate

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, communications, or a related field is required.
• MBA, master’s degree, or equivalent professional experience preferred.

Aufgaben

• Prepare executive talking points and briefs for leadership meetings and enterprise forums.
• Draft internal communications on strategic priorities, organizational changes, and milestones.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across Finance, Commercial, Operations, and other functions with clear scope, owners, and milestones.
• Synthesize financial, commercial, and operational data to support planning and reviews.
• Handle urgent or undefined problems and support transformation or reorganization efforts as needed.

Kenntnisse

Executive communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Tools

MS Office

Jobbeschreibung

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. 1. Executive communications and narrativeWrite and maintain talking points for leadership meetings, town halls, customer or partner conversations, and enterprise forumsKeep messaging consistent across leaders, audiences, and channels, and keep a living library of approved positions and key factsDraft internal communications on strategic priorities, organizational changes, and milestones
2. 2. Briefs and leadership preparationPrepare pre-read briefs for leader meetings, including background, stakeholders, objectives, risks, anticipated questions, and recommended positionsProduce one-page issue briefs and decision memos that frame options, tradeoffs, and a recommendationPrepare leaders for senior‑level engagements with context on attendees, history, open items, and potential landminesBuild Q&A documents ahead of major moments, including difficult questions and suggested responses
3. 3. Cross‑functional alignment and initiative leadershipLead selected strategic initiatives across Finance, Commercial, Operations, and other functionsDefine scope, owners, workplans, and milestones, and hold teams accountable through regular check‑insIdentify dependencies, conflicts, and risks early, and elevate with clear optionsFacilitate alignment when functions have competing priorities, and drive decisions to closureReport progress to leadership through concise status updates and dashboards
4. 4. Strategic analysis and planning supportSynthesize financial, commercial, and operational data into insights and recommendationsSupport annual planning, quarterly business reviews, goal-setting, etc
5. 5. Special projects and ambiguous problemsTake on urgent or undefined problems, quickly define the problem, gather input, and stand up structureSupport transformation, integration, or reorganization efforts as neededServe as a trusted thought partner and sounding board to leadership

Core Deliverables

• Talking points and executive briefs for leadership engagements
• Decision memos and one‑page issue briefs
• Leadership and board‑style presentations
• Initiative workplans, status reports, and risk logs
• Meeting agendas, pre‑reads, and decision and action trackers
• Planning and business review materials

Experience and Educational Requirements:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required in business, finance, economics, communications, or a related field
• MBA, master’s degree, or equivalent professional experience preferred

Experience

• 4-8 years of experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, business operations, or a chief‑of‑staff‑type role
• Demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional initiatives through influence
• Experience working directly with senior or executive leaders
• Industry experience, such as healthcare, pharma, or distribution, preferred or required

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit cencoraFull time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals.

Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non‑discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements.

If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call or email .

We will make accommodation determinations on a request‑by‑request basis.

Affiliated Companies

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