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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in strategic planning, financial analysis, and leadership within complex, cross-functional environments. Proven ability to synthesize insights and drive alignment among diverse stakeholders while developing high-performing teams.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Strategic PlanningFinancial AnalysisPeople LeadershipStakeholder EngagementHealthcare Market Knowledge
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Strategic ThinkingProblem SolvingP&L ManagementPortfolio PrioritizationBusiness-Case DevelopmentScenario PlanningMetrics DevelopmentDecision-Making InsightGovernance ProcessesMarket Dynamics Analysis
Soft Skills
Communication SkillsFacilitation SkillsPresentation SkillsTeam MotivationRelationship Building
Certifications & Qualifications
MBA or Relevant Advanced Degree
Industry Keywords
Pharmaceutical DistributionHealthcareLife SciencesHealth TechnologyPayerProviderEconomic DriversPolicy Knowledge
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead NAPD’s annual and long-range strategic planning processes
- Connect long-term direction, business priorities, financial objectives, and execution plans
- Partner with senior leaders to frame strategic questions, clarify choices and tradeoffs, and align priorities
- Integrate plans and perspectives across NAPD portfolios and financial plans
- Identify dependencies, gaps, risks, and issues requiring executive alignment or decision
- Establish planning frameworks, standards, and deliverables
- Incorporate growth, innovation, and business evolution initiatives into strategic direction and planning
- Evaluate and prioritize strategic initiatives and emerging opportunities
- Translate long-term strategic direction into actionable priorities, plans, milestones, and governance processes
- Support executive strategy reviews, planning discussions, operating reviews, Board materials, offsites, and leadership forums
- Develop materials that frame decisions, communicate priorities, and drive alignment
- Synthesize stakeholder and functional inputs into insights, options, and recommendations
- Design and lead planning and review cadences connecting strategy, execution, and performance
- Incorporate business performance, market developments, and execution learnings into strategy and planning
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of strategy professionals
- Build relationships across business, functional, and strategy teams
- Coordinate stakeholders across NAPD to connect strategic priorities, planning activities, and enterprise objectives
Requirements
What you’ll need- Degree or equivalent experience
- Typically 13+ years of professional experience
- 6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation skills, or equivalent experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, healthcare, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including coaching and developing strategy, planning, or analytical talent
- Experience leading enterprise-scale or business-unit strategic planning and managing multiple complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Strategic thinking and problem solving skills
- Experience translating long-range direction into annual priorities, initiative portfolios, milestones, metrics, and management routines
- Strong understanding of business models, P&L drivers, financial analysis, investment decisions, and value creation
- Exceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Proven ability to establish credibility, lead without authority, navigate competing perspectives, and drive alignment in a matrixed organization
- Track record of setting direction, developing talent, managing capacity, and creating an engaged, accountable, and inclusive team environment
- Ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative information, test assumptions, and turn analysis into decision-relevant insight
- Knowledge of healthcare stakeholders, market dynamics, economic drivers, and policy strongly preferred
- MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred
- Experience in pharmaceutical distribution, pharmaceutical services, healthcare, payer, provider, life sciences, health technology, or an adjacent industry preferred
- Experience supporting C-suite or senior executive decision-making and preparing materials for executive leadership or board-level audiences preferred
- Experience with scenario planning, portfolio prioritization, transformation governance, strategic initiatives, or business-case development preferred
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer support or sponsorship now or in the future
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive compensation package
- Annual bonus may be offered
- Long-term incentive opportunities may be offered
- Benefits included in McKesson’s Total Rewards package
- Hybrid work arrangement for eligible candidates
- Equal employment opportunities
- Reasonable accommodation for job search or application