Director, Private Label Product Management

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Richmond, VA, USA - 9954 Mayland Drive - hybrid-2-3 times in office. No remote offered currently. May consider those outside of Richmond, but, relocation currently not offered

• The Director, Medical Surgical Brands Product Management is responsible for leading the development and execution of the commercial, product, and portfolio strategy across assigned categories while providing leadership, coaching, and direction to a team of Product Development Managers. This role combines direct category ownership with responsibility for ensuring the successful execution of the broader McKesson Brands product development pipeline.
• This individual will foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and execution excellence while partnering closely with leaders across Sourcing, Quality Assurance, Brand Management, Supply Chain, Product Marketing, Sales, Finance, Legal, Regulatory, and external supplier partners.
• The Director is accountable for coaching and developing talent, establishing clear performance expectations, portfolio priorities, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and in accordance with quality, compliance, customer, and financial objectives

• Act as the executive owner and "business leader" for assigned strategic product categories, developing and executing commercial, portfolio, and innovation strategies that drive sustainable growth and profitability.
• Serve as the product leader for assigned product portfolios, providing strategic recommendations regarding portfolio expansion, rationalization, innovation investments, and long-term growth opportunities.
• Develop and maintain multi-year product roadmaps aligning with category growth forecasts that balance innovation, lifecycle management, profitability, and customer value.
• Provide strategic leadership and recommendations regarding product assortment, revenue growth, profitability, portfolio performance and product enhancement and positioning opportunities, ensuring alignment with company financial and strategic objectives.
• Lead Voice of Customer activities to identify emerging customer needs, market trends, and competitive opportunities that support long-term growth.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Development Managers responsible for product management, product development and commercialization activities.
• Manage clear objectives, performance expectations, and accountability measures aligned with departmental and organizational goals.
• Create an environment that promotes ownership, innovation, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to enhance business acumen, strategic thinking, project leadership, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Champion a culture of accountability, "ownership", and execution excellence while driving continuous improvement of product management and product development capabilities, processes, governance standards, and best practices across the organization.

• Provide leadership and oversight for new product development initiatives from concept through commercialization, ensuring successful execution against scope, timelines, quality standards, and financial objectives.
• Ensure rigorous business case development and evaluation processes are consistently applied across the organization.
• Provide leadership and cross-functional direction for product validation, evidence generation, and product claims strategies to support regulatory requirements, product differentiation, customer adoption, and commercial success.
• Ensure customer insights, competitive intelligence, and market requirements are effectively translated into product requirements / specifications, value propositions, and commercialization plans.
• Partner with Product Marketing and Sales leadership to influence go-to-market strategies, product positioning, value-proposition communication, and launch effectiveness

• Lead and drive project performance, key milestones, risks, and dependencies across the product development portfolio.
• Lead portfolio expansion & portfolio optimization efforts, including new product introductions, product…