Sr. Director, Enterprise Strategy

RXinsider LTD.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 182,000 - 303,300; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Senior Director to lead the Enterprise Strategy & CSBD Operations team, driving growth and strategic initiatives across the organization. The role supports enterprise leadership in planning, delivering, and implementing high-priority projects that strengthen our competitive position and advance our strategic vision.

The Senior Director will supervise two senior managers, ensure operational excellence, and partner with business leaders to develop strategies aligned to

Qualifications

• 13+ years in strategy/healthcare consulting or corporate strategy with leadership experience.
• Healthcare industry experience required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage multiple strategic projects and initiatives with detailed plans and timelines.
• Create analytical frameworks and conduct complex business analyses on tight timelines.
• Build expertise on industry trends and inform strategic implications for McKesson.
• Lead relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders to influence strategy and consensus.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Healthcare knowledge

Analytical thinking

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

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.

About The Role

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

In this challenging and highly visible role, the Sr. Director will support enterprise-level strategic direction and long-range planning. This role analyzes external business environments to anticipate industry trends, influence strategy, identify strategic needs as they relate to the pursuit of building new and strengthening existing business endeavors, and recommend growth opportunities for the enterprise. The role manages two senior managers, ensuring operational excellence, the execution of high-impact initiatives, and talent development.

This role reports directly to the Senior Vice President, Enterprise Strategy and CSBD Operations.

What You’ll Do

• Define and manage multiple complex strategic projects and initiatives, high-quality deliverables, and detailed work plans, including timelines, incubation, hypothesis development, and successful project execution
• Create analytical frameworks and conduct complex business analyses with an ability to work on narrow timelines, ensuring frameworks incorporate broader strategic considerations
• Quickly build expertise and insights about industry trends and potential implications for McKesson
• Manage relationships with key leaders and project stakeholders throughout the organization, effectively navigating the process to lead, influence, and reach consensus with or without formal authority
• Monitor and synthesize industry developments, market research, competitive intelligence, and emerging risks and opportunities to inform enterprise strategy
• Develop robust, actionable insights to inform strategies, priorities, and key decisions
• Maintain thorough knowledge of the company's business lines, products, and services, developing multiple subject matter expert areas of focus
• Apply strategic and analytical thinking to synthesize market data and deliver business insights
• Lead workstreams end to end and ensure consistently high-quality output across the team's deliverables
• Partner with SVP, Enterprise Strategy and CSBD Operations to drive the annual strategic planning process and support other strategic updates to the C-suite and Board of Directors
• Leverage presentations to develop a narrative / 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
• Act as thought-leader and lead advisor
• Make project-specific resource allocation decisions
• Coach, develop, and mentor direct reports, building a strong leadership bench and fostering a culture of analytical rigor, intellectual curiosity, and professional growth

Minimum Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• 13+ years of prior strategy consulting, healthcare consulting, innovation consulting, corporate strategy, startup, and/or relevant industry experience, with 6+ years of diversified leadership experience
• Prior experience in healthcare required
• Demonstrated people management experience, including direct supervision, coaching, and development of team members
• Must have 4-year Bachelor's degree, or related field or equivalent experience
• MBA or other relevant master's degree preferred

Specialized Knowledge And Skills

• Healthcare Knowledge: General knowledge and expertise in the 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: Understanding and 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.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$182,000 - $303,300

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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