Position Description
- Builds out capabilities and processes within CSBD to gather, synthesize, and disseminate market & competitive intelligence
- Works across the organization to connect with other pockets of market & competitive intelligence to facilitate exchange of information, ideas, and insights
- Develops point-of-view reports on select healthcare stakeholder groups and the implications of their strategies for McKesson
- Identifies, scopes and manages projects end-to-end; maintains responsibility for deliverables and timelines, shifting priorities as needed; manages stakeholder relationships and expectations
- Develops and manages a network of contacts that can provide unique access, perspectives, insights on healthcare industry activities
- Maintains thorough knowledge of company's products, competition, and broader market dynamics that frame the business context both present and over the next decade
- Facilitates market disruption conversations and workshops across the CSBD team through structured hypotheses, detailed analyses, and synthesized insights leading to recommendations to senior management
- Drives development of executive engagement material for the annual strategic planning cycle
- Builds trust and productive relationships with team members and stakeholders across the organization
- Influences and gains acceptance of others to one’s ideas through effective communication, relevant and insightful analyses, and creative thinking
- Estimated: 70% of time will be dedicated to competitive and market intelligence, and 30% supporting other Enterprise Strategy initiatives (e.g., material development for executive and Board of Director strategy meetings.)
Minimum Requirements
- 5+ years healthcare experience, preferably strategy and / or market intelligence
Critical Skills
- Highly prefer candidates with prior management consulting experience with experience in managing complex healthcare-related projects, or candidates from a healthcare organization with a successful track record in strategy or competitive / market intelligence
- Healthcare Knowledge: broad knowledge of stakeholders, trends, economic drivers and policy across healthcare – with specific focus on biopharma, biopharma services, payers & risk bearers, and digital health
- Communications Skills: ability to develop rapport and credibility across the organization, promote ideas and proposals persuasively; excellent written communication skills to convey complex ideas via Word and PowerPoint
- 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: ability to understand and interpret financial statements of competitors to derive intelligence and insights
Education
- 4-year Bachelor's degree in business or finance, or related field or equivalent experience
- MBA preferred
Travel
- Occasional travel, around 20%
Location
Must be authorized to work in the US. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
