Senior Product Development Manager

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Our McKesson Brands private label business is seeking a Senior Product Development Manager to join our team in Richmond, VA.

Position Description

The McKesson Brands Senior Product Development Manager is responsible for leading the development and enhancement of medical and healthcare products, taking them from initial concept to successful market launch. This role involves managing cross-functional teams, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring that product development aligns with McKesson Brand’s strategic objectives. The Senior Product Development Manager will drive innovation, understand customer needs and pain points and devise effective solutions, manage timelines, and oversee product life cycles to deliver high-quality products to the portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

• New product ideation, analysis, and concept sell-in. Develop and assess new McKesson Brands product ideas by understanding customer needs and pain points, translating customer needs to technical product requirements to ensure feasibility and alignment with customer expectations, reviewing current market landscape, researching competitive offerings (attributes/benefits, pricing strategy, volume sold, channels), and gaining insights from market data, sales reps, customers, and suppliers. Build comprehensive business case to internally sell-in new product concepts and gain alignment from key stakeholders.
• New product development. Serve as project lead for McKesson Brands new product development activities. Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates and align on product vision. Collaborate regularly with Sourcing, Quality Assurance, Brand Management, Supply Chain Management, National Brand Category Management, Sales, Product Marketing, Finance, Suppliers, Legal and Compliance to ensure new products are developed and launched on time.
• Product roadmap. Create and maintain a product roadmap, prioritizing features and improvements based on customer feedback and business value.
• Portfolio and funnel management. Manage existing product portfolio in accordance with McKesson Brands strategy and in partnership with the national brand strategy. Explore opportunities to rationalize the portfolio, making sure each product meets our customers’ needs and generates optimal financial value to the organization.
• Partnering with Sourcing. Collaborate with the sourcing team to support supplier selection and facilitate the transition of products between suppliers, ensuring adherence to and compliance with both product and regulatory requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience in product development

Critical Qualifications

• Experience in product development from concept development to successful product launch; healthcare and medical device product development experience a plus.
• Customer-centric with capability of translating user needs into new product concepts.
• Ability to think strategically while managing the tactical execution.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with a range of counterparts including Sourcing, Category Management, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain Management, Product Marketing and Sales.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and perform under tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of supply chain operations and financial profitability levers.
• Ability to work in a regulated environment and adherence to quality and regulatory landscape.

Additional Skills and Qualifications

• Innovative mindset with a passion for creating new products
• Understanding of healthcare market and the dynamic competitive landscape
• Proficient in project management
• Advanced Excel and Power Point skills

Education

• BA / BS in business, marketing, engineering or related field required; MBA a plus.

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

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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