Director, Segment Strategy (Pharmaceutical

Director, Strategy – U.S. Pharmaceutical Distribution

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 is a hybrid position. The selected candidate is expected to work on-site 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.

The Director, Strategy – U.S. Pharmaceutical Distribution serves as a trusted individual contributor within the North America Pharmaceutical Distribution Strategy function. U.S. Pharmaceutical Distribution, or USPD, is the backbone of McKesson's pharmaceutical operations, with over 9,000 employees and a mission to ensure our customers and patients get what they need, when they need it. Reporting to the VP, Segment Strategy, this position operates as a key strategic partner to segment leadership in a targeted USPD business segment:
Strategic, Community & Specialized Pharmacy (SCS), McKesson Health Systems (MHS), Commercial Strategy & Innovation (CSI), or Supply Chain Operations (SCO).

The Director is responsible for leading and supporting defined work streams and strategic sub-areas within the segment, shaping insights, framing decisions, and driving forward progress in close partnership with business and functional leaders. This role requires sound strategic and financial analysis, strong communication and 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.

• Strategic Analysis & Insight
• Value Chain & Financial Analysis
• Problem Solving & Collaboration
• Communication & Stakeholder Support
• Team & Function Contribution

Basic Requirements:

• 7+ years of progressive experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking, private equity, or comparable analytically intensive roles.
• Exposure to healthcare, pharmaceutical services, or distribution businesses strongly preferred; genuine interest in the economics of the pharmaceutical value chain is essential.
• Demonstrated advanced financial modeling capability — building models from a blank sheet that connect market dynamics to P&L outcomes.
• Track record of structuring ambiguous problems, executing rigorous analysis, and producing executive-ready synthesis and deliverables.
• Experience working effectively in cross-functional teams and managing multiple deliverables under time pressure.

Preferred Skills/

Experience:

• Structured Problem Solver:
  Formulates clear hypotheses and structures work streams well with light guidance; handles complex analyses with little oversight and moves efficiently from data to insight.
• Financial Modeling & P&L Literacy:
  Builds financial models as strategic tools — not to forecast with false precision but to identify the assumptions that matter and quantify the implications of strategic choices.
• Synthesis & Storylining:
  Distills complex information into clear, logical storylines; writes and charts at near executive-ready quality; consistently answers "so what."
• Value Chain Curiosity:
  Demonstrates genuine intellectual curiosity about how distribution, sourcing, pharmacy, PBM, and payer economics actually work — and is building working fluency in them.
• Collaborative Teammate:
  Is a reliable, helpful, and proactive teammate; builds trust with partners across the business; coaches junior colleagues and is open to coaching from others.
• Communication:
  Writes…