Director, New Solutions Development & Launch

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Mansfield (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking a Director, New Solutions Development to lead the strategic and operational direction for customer-facing solutions across health systems, retail pharmacies, and other classes of trade.

The role drives ideation through go-to-market delivery and lifecycle governance in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Reporting to the VP of Marketing – Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions, you will partner with sales, marketing, finance, IT and external partners to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in product development, product management, product marketing or a closely-related field preferred.
• Experience in development of customer-facing solutions supporting health systems, retail pharmacies and other pharmacy classes of trade preferred.
• Experience managing solutions portfolios, including prioritization, governance, and optimization.
• Robust experience developing and executing business cases, financial models, and performance tracking for new programs or solutions.
• Team leadership experience including experience leading other people leaders is strongly preferred.
• Experience partnering in a matrixed environment and collaborating with senior leaders across Sales, Finance, IT, Operations, Marketing, Legal and Compliance.
• Background in software and/or product development methodologies or project management preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel as needed, estimated 10-15%.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for the New Solutions Development function and communicate it across teams.
• Lead new solutions development initiatives from ideation through launch.
• Own and evolve the stage-gate process and lifecycle management framework.
• Develop, prioritize, and manage a pipeline of new solution ideas and opportunities.
• Analyze market trends and Voice of Customer results to identify opportunities.
• Define technical requirements with IT and internal SMEs to align with market needs.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales for go-to-market strategy and adoption.
• Drive execution of financial commitments and business cases for new solutions.
• Monitor performance of existing programs and optimize or rationalize the portfolio.
• Enable transitions of new solutions to operational owners as initiatives mature.
• Provide leadership for cross-functional strategic initiatives and talent development.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Portfolio governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial modeling

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking a Director, New Solutions Development to lead the strategic and operational direction for customer-facing solutions across health systems, retail pharmacies, and other classes of trade.

The role drives ideation through go-to-market delivery and lifecycle governance in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Reporting to the VP of Marketing – Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions, you will partner with sales, marketing, finance, IT and external partners to