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Sr. Director, Pharmaceutical Product Strategy

McKesson · Irving, TX · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting. We have: - About the Role: content after "About the Role:" includes description of role, responsibilities? Actually "About the Role:" paragraph describes role. Then "Key Responsibilities:" list. - Responsibilities: we have "Key Responsibilities:" with bullet points (though not bullet but sentences separated by periods). We need to extract list items. - Requirements: "Basic Requirements:" list. - Qualifications: maybe "Preferred Skilled/Experience:" is qualifications? Could treat as "Preferred Qualifications". Also "Physical Requirements:" maybe part of Requirements. - Skills: maybe "Problem Framer", "Value Chain Fluency", etc. Those are competencies. Could be considered Skills. - Benefits: "We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards." plus mention of base pay, annual bonus, long-term incentive, benefits link. Not specific details. The instruction: do NOT create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It states competitive compensation package, base pay, annual bonus, long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. That's somewhat generic but still mentions compensation. However "competitive compensation package" is vague; but they also say "For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here." That's a link but not specific. The rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Here they do state compensation package, base pay, annual bonus, long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. That's specific enough? It mentions base pay, annual bonus, long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. That's not placeholder. So we could include Benefits section summarizing that. However we also have Pay and Schedule sections separate. Pay: they mention compensation package but not specific numbers. The rule: do NOT create Pay section unless posting actually states them. They didn't give a number or range. They said "competitive compensation package... base pay, annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered." That's still vague but mentions components. Might be considered stating Pay? The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." They did state compensation package and mention base pay, bonus, LTI. That's stating them in general. I'd include a Pay section with that info. Schedule: they mention location flexibility, open to candidates across US, DFW hybrid expected to work onsite at Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, remaining days remote. Also Physical Requirements: Candidate within a 50-mile radius of Irving, TX will be required to be onsite in Irving, TX 2 days per week. So schedule info exists. So we can include Schedule section. Now we need to format. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must use

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          or Skills. We'll decide. We also have Physical Requirements: could be under Requirements. We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract content. First, company intro paragraph: "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. This role offers location flexibility and is open to candidates across the United States. Candidates based in the Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) area will be hired in a hybrid capacity and are expected to work onsite at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in‑office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities." That's the intro. Now About the Role paragraph: "About the Role: This Sr. Director, Brand Product Strategy serves as a senior individual contributor within the North America Pharmaceutical Distribution Strategy function, supporting the Brand Sourcing & Manufacturer Relations (BSMR) segment. The BSMR segment is responsible for the strategic, financial and operational aspects of our distribution relationships with manufacturers of branded pharmaceuticals across the Full Line Wholesale (FLW) and Specialty Distribution (SD) channels. Reporting to the VP, Product Strategy & Strategic Initiatives, this position operates as a key strategic partner to segment leadership. The Senior Director is responsible for owning and leading defined workstreams and strategic sub-areas within the segment, shaping insights, framing decisions, and driving forward progress in close partnership with business and functional leaders. This is a highly hands-on role that requires strong judgment in stakeholder engagement and a commitment to developing strategy collaboratively—not in isolation. Success in this role is defined by the ability to translate complex dynamics into actionable decisions, build credibility with partners, and ensure strategic work leads to practical, executable outcomes." We'll put that as

          . Now Key Responsibilities: list items: - Strategic Initiative Leadership Lead strategic initiatives end-to-end — from problem definition and workplan design through analysis, recommendation development, syndication, and hand-off to execution owners. - Structure ambiguous, contested problems into clear hypotheses, workplans, and decision paths; insist on clear problem definition, logic, and evidence. - Develop recommendations that reflect genuine choices with explicit trade-offs — not lists of initiatives — and that are grounded in the financial architecture of the relevant market. - Prepare and run productive problem-solving sessions with business partners; engage stakeholders in joint problem solving rather than delivering conclusions to them. - Value Chain Economics & Financial Analysis Serve as a knowledgeable resource on the financial architecture of the pharmaceutical value chain — how manufacturers, distributors, PBMs, payers, and pharmacies generate and protect economic value, and how those mechanisms are being repriced. - Assess manufacturer go-to-market and commercialization needs, including launch strategy, market access strategy and new capabilities required to support new product launches. - Direct and quality-control the financial models built by the team; ensure every significant analysis identifies the assumptions that matter most and translates market shifts into quantified P&L implications. - Analyze the value chain second-order financial and competitive consequences of legislative and regulatory developments — drug pricing reform, PBM transparency, reimbursement policy — within the scope of assigned initiatives. - Contribute to scenario analysis of vertical integration, direct channel development, and disintermediation moves by value chain participants. - Thought Partnership & Syndication Act as a credible thought partner to business leaders within the scope of assigned initiatives; challenge assumptions constructively and surface inconvenient facts early. - Understand the organization’s culture and individual stakeholder perspectives, and consider them in crafting recommendations that the business can actually execute. - Develop thoughtful plans to engage stakeholders through the process — from fact-finding to solution development — to build alignment as the work proceeds, not after it concludes. - Communication Deliver compelling written and oral communications to senior business audiences; lead with key messages, present persuasively and with conviction, and tailor materials to the audience. - Ask powerful, open-ended questions; actively listen and respond to nuance and mood in senior settings. - Team Leadership & Development Partner with and direct teams of one to three Senior Managers and analysts per initiative; scope work realistically against team capacity and deliver high-quality output without undue crunch. - Coach team members in a strengths-based way; provide insightful, timely feedback; shape step-up opportunities that stretch colleagues. - Contribute to a positive, inclusive team climate and to function-building efforts including recruiting and knowledge development. - Execution Support Translate approved recommendations into implementation roadmaps with clear owners, milestones, and metrics; support transformation programs through their early execution phases. - Create feedback loops that surface early execution signals back into the strategic logic. We need to split each bullet into separate

        • . The headings like "Strategic Initiative Leadership" are part of the sentence; we keep as is. Now Basic Requirements list: - 10+ years of progressive experience in strategy, including engagement-leadership experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm or equivalent leadership experience in pharmaceutical strategy or market access. - Demonstrated ability to build working fluency in policy and complex value chain economics quickly. - Track record of leading cross-functional strategic projects end-to-end that resulted in concrete decisions and measurable action — not just analysis delivered to others. - Demonstrated ability to lead and develop small analytical teams. - Executive presence and demonstrated effectiveness presenting to and influencing senior leaders. - Problem Framer: Structures problems soundly using core problem-solving disciplines; translates ambiguity into hypotheses, workplans, and decision paths; embraces qualitative, people, and relationship-based problem solving alongside the quantitative. - Value Chain Fluency: Possesses working knowledge of pharmaceutical value chain economics — distribution margin structures, sourcing dynamics, PBM and payer economics, and pharmacy P&Ls — and applies it as a core analytical lens, not background knowledge. - Recommendation Craft: Synthesizes complete sets of implications into well-syndicated recommendations framed as genuine choices with explicit trade-offs; controls quality and process across the initiative. - Constructive Challenger: Challenges stakeholder and team assumptions constructively; brings new insights; is developing the trust-based relationships that make challenge welcome rather than resisted. - People Developer: Coaches team members in a strengths-based way, solicits feedback, and creates the conditions for high performance and team health. - Communication: Prepares well-structured documents with minimal guidance; presents well to audiences of all sizes; fosters

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