Research Manager

Overview

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.

Cover My Meds  is a healthcare technology organization that helps patients get the medications they need by reducing barriers to access, affordability and adherence. We streamline processes like prior authorization, connect providers, pharmacies, payers, and pharmaceutical companies, and use data-driven technology to increase speed to therapy and reduce prescription abandonment.

We re hiring a Research Manager to support our portfolio of products by monitoring and building an outside-in understanding of the macro environment (policy and regulatory changes, payer/provider dynamics, technology shifts such as AI, economic indicators, societal trends) and tracking the external market landscape (player moves, positioning, pricing, partnerships, launches). The Research Manager will help synthesize findings into clear, decision-ready insights that inform long-range planning (LRP), portfolio discussions, and quarterly business reviews.

The position offers visibility with senior leaders through contributions to high-impact strategic work.

Our ideal candidate will reside in Columbus, OH to support a hybrid working model, but we may consider a highly qualified fully remote candidate.

What You Will Deliver:

• Quarterly Macro Environment Inputs: Support development of briefings with scenario considerations and concise implications for the business

• External Landscape Dashboards: Build and maintain dashboards tracking player activity, market signals, and early‑warning indicators

• Decision Support Memos: Translate external changes into structured summaries that support product strategy, GTM prioritization, and investment decisions

• Research Syntheses: Compile and synthesize insights from primary and secondary research to validate assumptions and quantify market dynamics (adoption, satisfaction, segment size)

Core Responsibilities:

1. Macro Environment Intelligence & External Market Landscape

• Monitor relevant policy, regulatory, payer, and provider developments; summarize expected directional impact

• Analyze macro trends (utilization, affordability, health equity indicators) and translate into concise implications for portfolio and product teams

• Track activity and map shifts in the external landscape that highlight differentiation, unmet needs, and opportunity areas by segment

2. Research Methods & Synthesis

• Assist with designing and executing quantitative and qualitative studies to understand unmet needs, adoption, and satisfaction; coordinate vendor activities to ensure rigor and timing

• Integrate multiple data sources (public, syndicated, proprietary), evaluate reliability, and synthesize into well-structured outputs.

• AI experience & insights utilization is a plus

3. Influence & Communication

• Translate research findings and market signals into clear narratives and executive-ready visuals

• Work cross-functionally with Product, Strategy, Sales, Policy, and Finance to align on insights and support downstream decision-making

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor s degree in Marketing, Business, Policy, Data/Analytics, or related field, or equivalent (advanced degree a plus but not required)

• Experience: Typically requires 4+ years of experience in market research, macro trends, or external landscape monitoring (healthcare or healthtech strongly preferred)

• Research
  
  Skills:
  
  Experience with survey design, qualitative methods, and secondary research synthesis

• Communication: Strong ability to build clear, concise slides and synthesize complex data for leadership audiences

• Examples of Tools:

• Productivity: PowerPoint, Excel, Teams/Share Point…