Sr. Manager, Strategic Innovation & Business Development Team: Strategic Innovation & Business Development
Current Need:McKesson's Corporate Strategy & Business Development (CSBD) strategic innovation arm, Strategic Innovation & Business Development (SIBD) is seeking a high-performing, digital-first Senior Manager to accelerate enterprise growth through innovation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled operating models. This role will help design, test, and launch enterprise-wide pilots that unlock measurable business value, modernize workflows, and strengthen McKesson's competitive advantage.
The ideal candidate brings a strategic mindset, comfort with emerging technology, and the ability to translate ambiguous problems into validated, scalable solutions. Acting as a change agent, this individual can fluidly shift between big-picture strategy and project-level detail, guiding teams and stakeholders through complex issues to achieve measurable, enterprise-level results. This position reports to the Vice President, Strategic Innovation & Business Development.
Key Responsibilities Ideation and Insights Generation: - Conduct stakeholder interviews and cross-functional research, leveraging digital discovery tools and data-driven analysis to surface actionable insights
- Apply design thinking, continuous discovery, and AI-assisted research methods to identify high-value innovation opportunities
- Develop and maintain prioritization frameworks that integrate business value, technical feasibility, data readiness, and AI-enablement potential
Build, test, and launch Innovation workstreams:
- Define project scope and design proofs of concept, incorporating automation opportunities, data architecture considerations, and responsible-AI guardrails
- Partner with internal teams and external innovation/AI vendors to develop pilots powered by modern digital capabilities
- Monitor performance using digital dashboards, KPIs, and real-time analytics to track progress against success criteria
- Utilize experimentation frameworks-including rapid prototyping and A/B testing-to validate value quickly and iteratively
Business Case and Investment Pitch: - Lead complex business, financial, and data analyses to quantify the impact of proposed innovations, including AI-driven efficiency, quality, cost, and employee-experience outcomes
- Build investment cases that incorporate technical assumptions (e.g., model lifecycle costs, integration requirements, compliance considerations)
- Develop compelling enterprise-ready materials to support executive decision-making and funding approvals
Project Implementation: - Drive project management with a digitally enabled approach, leveraging collaborative platforms, workflow automation, and AI-powered documentation tools
- Manage project scope and change-control processes in environments where digital, data, or AI components may evolve rapidly
- Actively communicates with customer leadership, project sponsors, key stakeholders, and project teams
- Determine business roles and resources needed to ensure successful implementation
- Develop impact analyses that assess business value, quality, risk, and operational readiness; including AI-related risks such as bias, reliability, and data governance
- Lead development of dashboards, scorecards, forecasting models, and executive-level analytics to demonstrate performance and adoption
Team Operations: - Support operational excellence through standardized tools, digital templates, and reusable frameworks that accelerate innovation cycles
- Lead administrative functions related to budget, vendor management, and timelines; including coordination with AI, data, and technical partners
- Promote knowledge sharing by formalizing playbooks, best practices, and repeatable processes that enable teams to operate efficiently and responsibly with emerging technologies
Minimum Requirements - 4+ of project management work experience within management consulting, or internal consulting (e.g., Business Operations, Strategy, HR, Organizational Effectiveness, or other equivalent function) with a primary focus on Project Management
- Experience supporting build and launch of high-impact innovation projects or products
- Excellent organizational skills and proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
- Self-starter mindset with a bias toward action
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, MS Office suite skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Outlook, etc.)
- Highly collaborative with solid attention to detail
- Practical experience working in matrix environments across functional and product development & commercial teams
Critical Skills To be successful in this challenging and high-impact role, the successful candidate will have the following:
- Creative and resilient in application of processes and approaches to work
- Demonstrated learning agility in new subject areas, including emerging technologies, trends, and a solid working knowledge of the stakeholders in healthcare
- Exposure to enterprise AI enablement (e.g., adoption programs, training, responsible use standards, and data governance models)
- Strong passion for innovation, emerging technology, and analytics across the healthcare ecosystem
- Experience in project management and product / program management
- Driving complex company, customer, and market analyses with a high tolerance for ambiguity and willingness to adapt. Comfort with uncertainty and ability to navigate complex situations with competing priorities is critical to success
- Results driven; ability to deliver high-quality work products and work independently. Track record of driving measurable business impact through digital or AI initiatives (e.g., efficiency gains, improved quality, documentation accuracy, reduced cycle times)
- Ability to synthesize information and communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written formats
- Contribute to the strength of our team's culture and community and exemplifying McKesson's ILEAD and I2CARE principles
Education Bachelor's degree in Business, Technical or Healthcare Related field.
Advanced degrees in healthcare or MBA preferred
Physical Requirements General office demands. Occasional travel (~20%)
Must be authorized to work in the US. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Please note: This role is not budgeted for corporate relocation package.
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. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position$97,300 - $162,100
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