Sr. Manager, Provider Strategy

About the role

The Provider Innovation Studio is an internal business function within McKesson’s Provider Solutions business that partners with functional and go-to-market leadership to pull through our strategic imperatives of growth, optimization, and innovation across business-unit and practice-specific programs.

Responsibilities

• Identify, scope, and manage strategic and transformative projects end-to-end, including implementation; own deliverables and timelines, shift priorities as needed, and manage stakeholder relationships and expectations.
• Serve as a data-driven, decision-support partner to business leaders, turning data and analysis into clear, actionable recommendations that shape strategy and guide high-stakes decisions.
• Partner with Sales and Account Management to evaluate market dynamics and customer needs, target the highest-priority growth and retention opportunities, and advise on opportunities in flight or targeted for future action.
• Develop business cases for initiative funding and deliver at or above targeted outcomes, translating recommendations into quantifiable objectives and measurable value for McKesson and our customers.
• Translate market and customer data — including segmentation, therapeutic-area trends, and performance analytics — into insights and recommendations that inform go-to-market strategy and prioritize the highest-value opportunities.
• Champion innovation and emerging technology — including AI — across the business, identifying high-impact opportunities to transform how we operate and serve our customers.
• Rapidly develop prototypes and proofs of concept to test new ideas, demonstrate value, and accelerate the path from concept to implementation.
• Partner with cross-functional and technical teams to design, pilot, and scale AI-enabled tools and solutions that drive growth, efficiency, and better decision-making.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of the company’s products, competition, and broader market dynamics that frame the business context today and over the next several years.
• Act as a thought partner in strategic discussions beyond your own projects and as a business partner to key business leaders.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience.
• 7+ years of strategy, operations, or transformation consulting experience, or relevant industry experience (e.g., FP&A, operations, strategy).
• Strategic Thinking: evaluate industry trends, draw out long-term implications, and recommend pragmatic strategies for growth, retention, and transformation, making connections across workstreams and matrixed organizations.
• Analytical Rigor: bring structure to ill-defined problems and intellectual leadership to problem-solving; synthesize data into credible, actionable recommendations that support confident, data-driven business decisions.
• Executive Presence & Influence: develop rapport and credibility across the organization and persuasively promote ideas and proposals, especially with senior leaders.
• Project Leadership: manage cross-functional teams on complex initiatives end-to-end, with comfort navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Financial Acumen: financial modeling and experience with planning, budgeting, and capital allocation in the context of strategic planning.
• Technical Capabilities: strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and in data-visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

Qualifications

• Preferable: Healthcare Knowledge, M&A experience.

Skills

• Career Development
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Research
• Strategy
• Technology
• Training
• Work Experience

Benefits

We not only care about the wellbeing of our patients, customers and the communities we serve — we care about you. That’s why we provide our employees with a comprehensive support system for all aspects of Your Care: physical, emotional, financial and social.

Pay

$126,000 - $210,000

Schedule

Remote/Home Office with some onsite work required depending on location. Travel up to 20% required.