Director, McKesson Ventures Platform

Director, McKesson Ventures Platform

McKesson Ventures San Francisco, CA;
Boston, MA;
Dallas, TX; or Columbus, OH; potential flexibility for ideal candidate

• McKesson Ventures is a strategic venture firm backed by McKesson Corporation, investing in early- and growth-stage digital health and tech-enabled healthcare services companies.

We are seeking a high-performing, independent, intellectually curious candidate to serve as a strategic partner within our platform function to support the McKesson Ventures’ mandates to:

• Bring insights and relationships from the venture and innovation ecosystem into McKesson to inform the long-term growth strategy of McKesson and drive strategic partnerships between the external ecosystem and Mc Kesson
• Support internal vetting and diligence efforts for new investments and investment focus areas
• Support our portfolio companies’ post-investment in achieving their highest potential, including developing commercial relationships with both McKesson and other customers
• Build and maintain a brand as a leading healthcare venture and growth investment fund
• This individual will own insight generation, content production, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building for a set of focus areas (example areas: specialty pharmacy, oncology, ophthalmology, clinical trials, life sciences commercial services, specialty provider MSOs) - operating with significant independence while partnering closely with senior members of the Platform team.
• Success in this role requires knowing or learning and staying up to date on McKesson’s business and strategic priorities to translate market trends and knowledge of the venture and growth ecosystem into relevant insights and introductions for McKesson audiences.
• This is a comprehensive venture platform role: the person we hire will move fluidly from deep research to polished deliverable in both written and presentation format to stakeholder conversation and will be expected to operate more like a peer than a direct report to the broader Insights leadership.
• The mix of the various responsibilities (insight generation, content production, stakeholder engagement, portfolio development, marketing) will vary throughout the year and from year to year and should be driven by the candidate.
• Strong candidates will:
• Have comfort with, interest in, and skills for all the responsibility types
• Be able to effectively assess and prioritize where to spend their time amongst the various responsibilities to drive the greatest benefit for the team, the portfolio, and Mc Kesson
• Be comfortable with a responsibility and task mix that evolves and changes with team needs and priorities
• Incorporate AI into their work: explore ways to be more efficient, create higher quality work, and make possible new types of work using AI tools
• Position Description

• Monitor and synthesize relevant market developments, competitive dynamics, and emerging trends within assigned segments (e.g., oncology, pharmacy, healthcare data, value-based care)
• Support and, over time, drive the generation and maintenance of market segment theses — identifying new theses, refreshing existing ones, and building evidentiary frameworks that make the case compellingly
• Conduct targeted, scope-defined research on specific deals, companies, or topics, which may include diligence support and interviews with leaders within McKesson; produce clear, high-quality outputs under time pressure
• Provide rapid, well-reasoned takes on companies, market developments, or industry news in response to ad hoc requests from McKesson stakeholders and Ventures leadership

• Create high-quality presentations, newsletters, blogs, videos, and other thought leadership collateral that distill complex ideas for internal and external audiences
• Own content development for assigned segments from first draft through final delivery, with a high editorial bar — strong visual and written communication skills are a must
• Contribute to the team's broader content calendar and investment lookback materials; bring creativity and a clear point of view to how insights are…