VP of Product Management

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The role of the Vice President, Product Management (VP PM) is the planning, development, and coordination of the product management, strategic sourcing and vendor relationship management functions across CIT. This includes the oversight and management of the product and services catalog, the development and refinement of CIT's strategic sourcing strategy, and ongoing benchmarking of CIT's products and services compared to external service providers. This individual will also provide leadership and consulting across the organization, from business / technology decision making down to the project planning, prioritization and execution.

The VP PM collaborates with business unit customers, staff, IT executive management and other stakeholders in leading all aspects of product life cycle management including understanding business unit demands, technology trends, and the competitive field of external services providers. Responsible for managing the strategic product roadmap, product development, product launch, product sourcing, and product marketing in order to gain maximum benefit from each CIT product and service. As a result, the successful candidate will have a critical role in driving the satisfaction of CIT customers and increasing financial transparency.

For these reasons, strong product knowledge, sourcing, consulting and communication skills are a must, while possessing a commercial perspective and experience as a customer of technology services are a strong plus. This position interfaces extensively with senior management across multiple business units and CIT functions.Position Description

-Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the company's business plans and specific business unit goals, objectives and priorities.
-Collaborate with business unit management and senior IT management to define, evolve and implement CIT's products and services.
-Design, develop and maintain McKesson's IT Shared Services product and services catalog.
-Provide leadership in the design, development and communication of product plans, that result in enterprise-wide synergies and cost reduction opportunities.
-Manage CIT external benchmarking and ensure identified opportunities are communicated and adopted across CIT.
-Maintain a Strategic Sourcing Strategy that provides a disciplined provisioning and blending of CIT services from an optimal set of internal end external providers, and is consistent with Operations and Services Strategies across CIT.
-Create and manage the governance surrounding the sourcing strategy.
-Engage, manage and direct enterprise vendor relationships that are critical in the sourcing of CIT's products and services.
-Provide consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to Product Managers, Sourcing Analysts, Architects, and Business Analysts.
-Provide guidance to junior members of the product management teams as well as customer facing personnel in other areas of CIT.
-Assist in the development and maintenance of the 3 year IT Shared Services Plan.

PROCESS
-Product Life-Cycle Management.
-Business unit technology planning and services design.
-Product / Services catalog management.
-Strategic Sourcing.
-Competitive Benchmarking.
-Vendor Management and Governance.
-IT Buyers governance.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES/MEASUREMENTS

Financial Transparency
-Meeting development, implementation and management budgets for Product Management.
-Provide a 3 year rolling plan.

Customer Success
-Provide leadership over Product Management support.
-Build a Product and Services Catalog.
-Support the Buyers Council.

Employee Success
-Meet employee engagement targets.
-Complete Employee Opinion Survey Action Plans.
-Successfully implement talent management processes.

Operational Excellence
-Lead teams to directly engage with business unit customers.
-Provide necessary support for mergers and acquisitions.
-Functional performance.Minimum Requirements

-10 to 15 years work experience in IT, or related consulting / business management of technology products and services.
-Active participation in the design and refinement of multi-sourced technology products and services.
-Proven results in building and maintaining business relationships.Additional Knowledge & Skills

-Organizational leadership with a capacity to manage a multi-functional, cross-business unit organization.
-Ability to successfully hire, inspire, and motivate top talent.
-Adept at influencing individuals and bring meaningful change to the organization.
-Results orientation.
-Judgment and decision-making.
-Superior written and oral communication skills.
-Exceptional interpersonal and consultative skills.
-Ability to present technical concepts in user-friendly language that can be easily comprehended by non-technical business leadership.
-Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
-Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
-Effective verbal and written communications skills to effectively convey a compelling value proposition to gain corporate support and credibility
-Some understanding of underlying technology.
-Experience with developing business unit IT plans.
-Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis.
-Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices.
-Solid grounding in core enterprise applications, including SAP, Peoplesoft, and Siebel.
-General knowledge of network, PC, and platform operating systems.
-Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards.
-Proven project planning and management experience.Education

College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science, information systems, or computer engineering, or comparable work experience.Physical Requirements

-Up to 50% travel with overnight stays
-Occasional long work days or weeksMcKesson Statement

McKesson offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

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