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Account Director

Columbus, Ohio
Job IDJR0153296 See Job Responsibilities
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The opportunity to work at McKesson means you get to join in our company purpose of Advancing Health Outcomes for All. Hear from one of our team members to learn more about their role and how they get to make an impact every day.

Culture

Play a key role

Set out every day to do purposeful and meaningful work. Manage the entire deal lifecycle of a customer and play a key role in how McKesson can advance health outcomes for all.

Collaborate

Join a collaborative, fast-paced, determined team that is dedicated to building excellent relationships with our prospects and customers.

Your expertise

The future of health starts with you. Your unique story, ideas and experiences are valued here, and we need your sales expertise to fulfill our mission of improving care in every setting.

Benefits

  • Coverage you can rely on

    • Medical, Dental, and Vision
    • Health Spending Accounts
    • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Benefits that go beyond your base pay

    • 401(k) (U.S.)
    • Pension (Canada)
    • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Support for total well-being

    • Mental Health Programs
    • Flexible Schedules
    • Paid Time Off
    • Wellness Program
    • Education Reimbursement
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Flexible Work Environment
  • A culture powered by belonging

    By fostering a culture of belonging, we advance our goal of being the best place to work in healthcare—connecting the right talent to the right roles to solve our most critical challenges.

Responsibility

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.

Account Director Job Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

CONTRACTUAL and FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

  • Monitors program profitability against plan on a monthly basis and prepares analysis if established thresholds are not met. 
  • Understands contractual obligations and negotiates incremental contractual arrangements after program go-live.  This will include involvement with legal and regulatory leaders to ensure appropriate contractual documents are executed. 
  • Coordinates internal effort to produce sizing on new client initiatives and/or program expansions and delivers pricing to customer.  This will include ensuring updates are documented in contract(s) and/or assisting on technical requirements. 

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

  • Responsible for overall customer satisfaction with Biopharma client.  Acts as primary point of contact for the client related to projects and project status information. 
  • Manages client expectations regarding the delivery of services and program performance and regularly engages customers to gauge satisfaction 
  • Provides customer with proactive, consultative services on process improvement opportunities, revenue generating activities and cost saving opportunities. 
  • Responsible for written and verbal (non-sales and non-IT specific) communication to the client. 
  • Prepares and delivers in collaboration with Quarterly/Monthly Business Reviews to the client on the state of their business and outlines opportunities for enhancement, growth, efficiency, etc.  Additionally, highlighting program details to keep the client apprised of all key operating aspects.  This may also include ad hoc client specific reporting and/or dashboards. 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

  • Responsible for interfacing with sales and the customer to clearly define project scope.  Scope of work to be used for the development of a business requirement document. 
  • Responsible for business requirement development, keeping updated, signature execution. 
  • Manages strategies for sub-projects for the implementation of new products, services, client initiatives and change requests according to company/client standards. 
  • Responsible for identifying project priorities with customers and communicating priorities to internal teams, including executive leadership. 

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

  • Maintains day-to-day customer satisfaction, typically for small to mid-size accounts, and may partner with more tenured peers to support larger accounts 
  • Reviews all program documentation prior to production release including Business Requirement Document, Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, System Requirement Documentation, and Training Materials. 
  • Approves project scope, business rules, and overall project release. 
  • Ensures client sign-off is obtained on business requirements (initial and ongoing change requests). 
  • Monitors monthly performance against service level agreements and develops plan for corrective action if service levels are not met.  This may include working across all functional operational teams. 
  • Serves as a point of contact for day-to-day program issues.  Involves appropriate team members as needed to resolve all issues within reasonable time frames and escalates issues to the team leader as necessary. 
  • Interacts with all internal departments to assist as needed in providing business understanding.  This may include an occasional training exercise. 
  • Creates the “data value story” to communicate the customer value proposition and empower decision-making/action. 
  • Understands, evaluates, and interprets data in order to accurately summarize meaning of information to the customer.  This should include rationale and analysis of the impact of the data to either financials, operations, patients and/or providers. 
  • Serves as the point of contact for CoverMyMeds and vendors associated with the Client who interact with CoverMyMeds programs. Collabroates with Account Operations and functional partners to to ensure customers are receiving needed CMM services day-to-day support. 

WORKFORCE and ADMINISTRATIVE

  • Monitors all cross-functional teams tracking on customer projects.  This includes escalating to leadership when necessary to ensure timelines remain on track. 
  • Provides status reports to ensure senior level management visibility. 
  • Responsible for building a positive team environment with internal and external partners. 
  • Manages conflict resolution to ensure successful/productive projects to program operational teams. 

Minimum Requirements

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience (client-facing account management and project management) 

Qualifications/Critical Skills

  • 4+ years in business experience in Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Program or Client Management, Finance, Operations and Distribution 
  • Collaborative, customer focused, and able to create visible value to client and within the organization 
  • Proven ability to handle multiple projects toward effective solutions and according to budget and timelines 
  • Project management and organization skills 
  • Understanding and experience with process documentation and improvement 
  • Analytical ability to take an opportunity, notice trends, research and suggest solutions to the customer. 
  • Proven ability to develop creative solutions to complex problems by applying industry and customer knowledge coupled with sound judgment 
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Visio, Outlook and Project 
  • Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint 

Additional Knowledge and Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • Ability to develop strong team relationships and bring individuals together to focus on team goals 

Education

  • 4-year degree in related field or equivalent experience preferred 

Physical Requirements

Working Conditions: 

  • General professional office environment. 
  • 10-15% travel may be required, dependent on client demands 

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 Total Target Cash (TTC) Pay Range for this position:

$115,400 - $192,300

Total Target Cash (TTC) is defined as base pay plus target incentive.

McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.


McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.

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McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

  • McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
  • McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
  • McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com