Senior Director, USON Business Analytics and Transformation

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Current Need

The Senior Director, USON Business Analytics and Transformation is a pivotal leadership role responsible for contributing to and executing US Oncology’s comprehensive data and analytics strategy.  This role involves overseeing the integration of data management, architecture, and decision intelligence platforms ensuring that business decisions are continually enhanced through sophisticated data-driven insights and strategies. The successful candidate will exhibit exceptional strategic vision, extensive expertise in data management platforms and AI technologies, and superior leadership skills to foster innovation and drive operational excellence and transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership and Vision: Lead the strategic direction for Data Intelligence platforms, aligning data initiatives with overarching business objectives and long-term goals. Drive the evolution of data and analytics capabilities to support business growth, operational excellence, and enhanced customer experiences.
• Innovation and Development: Spearhead the development of cutting-edge data-driven products and modern analytics cloud data platforms to support advanced reporting analytics, machine learning and AI technologies to address complex business challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure scalability, reliability, and efficiency in data operations by optimizing processes and adopting best practices in data governance, data quality, and data security.
• Portfolio Management: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of the Data Intelligence platform product portfolio, from conceptualization through deployment and continuous improvement, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. Lead estimation of the cost to deliver the solution and the quantifiable benefits it is creating for the business. Partner with Impact Analytics on overall US Oncology Data & Analytics portfolio management.
• Industry Leadership: Stay ahead of industry trends and advancements in data technology, positioning McKesson and US Oncology as a leader in the healthcare analytics space and identifying new opportunities for growth and competitive advantage.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Lead and inspire cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact data solutions, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and customer-centricity.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, effectively communicating complex data technology solutions and strategic recommendations to influence decision-making at all levels.
• Talent Development: Cultivate a high-performing, diverse, and inclusive team environment. Mentor and develop team members, attracting top talent and fostering career growth within the organization.

Minimum Requirements

Typically has 13+ years of professional experience and 6+ years diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization and people motivation skill (or equivalent experience).

Critical Skills

• Proven experience leading large-scale data and analytics functions, with a track record of driving digital transformation and innovation in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Experience in the healthcare sector, with a deep understanding of industry-specific challenges and opportunities in data and analytics.
• Minimum of 13 years of experience in data engineering and analytics, with at least 7 years in senior leadership roles.
• Expertise in cloud data platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and advanced analytics tools, with proficiency in data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT pipeline development.
• Specific expertise in Azure Data Factory (ADF), PowerBI, Azure Synapse, Delta Sharing or Lakehouse architecture
• Understanding of Data Governance, security and performance optimization in a cloud environment.
• Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable business strategies and insights, with exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Strong strategic planning, process optimization, and change management skills, with a focus on delivering measurable business

Additional Skills

• Experience in an Oncology practice / specialty and related processes   
• Knowledge of SQL, Python or Pyspark for data manipulation and custom logic in Databricks
• Experience with CI/CD for data pipelines using Git
• Knowledge of Salesforce Experience Cloud 

Education

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field OR equivalent experience.

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

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