Research Manager

About This Role

This Research Manager role at McKesson focuses on understanding the external macro environment and market landscape to provide data-driven insights. This position helps inform long-range planning, product strategy, and investment decisions for CoverMyMeds' healthcare technology products.

Responsibilities

• Support development of quarterly macro environment briefings with scenario considerations and concise implications for the business
• Build and maintain external landscape dashboards tracking player activity, market signals, and early-warning indicators
• Translate external changes into structured summaries to support product strategy, GTM prioritization, and investment decisions
• Compile and synthesize insights from primary and secondary research to validate assumptions and quantify market dynamics (adoption, satisfaction, segment size)
• Monitor relevant policy, regulatory, payer, and provider developments, summarizing expected directional impact
• Analyze macro trends (utilization, affordability, health equity indicators) and translate into concise implications for portfolio and product teams
• Track activity and map shifts in the external landscape highlighting differentiation, unmet needs, and opportunity areas by segment
• Assist with designing and executing quantitative and qualitative studies to understand unmet needs, adoption, and satisfaction
• Integrate multiple data sources (public, syndicated, proprietary), evaluate reliability, and synthesize into well-structured outputs
• Translate research findings and market signals into clear narratives and executive-ready visuals

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in market research, macro trends, or external landscape monitoring
• Experience with survey design, qualitative methods, and secondary research synthesis
• Strong ability to build clear, concise slides and synthesize complex data for leadership audiences
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Teams/SharePoint
• Strong communication skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Policy, Data/Analytics, or related field, or equivalent
• 4+ years of experience in market research, macro trends, or external landscape monitoring (healthcare or health-tech strongly preferred)

Nice to Have

• Advanced degree
• Experience in healthcare or health-tech
• AI experience & insights utilization and willingness to learn AI
• Experience with syndicated datasets, scenario planning, and signal-tracking frameworks
• Ability to challenge assumptions and support recommendations with evidence

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits