Senior Manager, Project Management — Health Systems
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Project Management leads large, high-visibility strategic initiatives across Cencora’s Health Systems segment. Initiatives may include customer-facing programs such as a national health system summit, policy-driven changes, and other strategic priorities. The role is accountable for delivering programs on time and to a high standard, bringing structure to complex, matrixed work, aligning stakeholders, and providing leaders with clear visual updates on progress and decisions needed. The position oversees initiatives from planning and kickoff through execution and close-out. It partners with executive sponsors to define scope, goals, success measures, workplans, and timelines; coordinates teams across sales, marketing, solutions, executive, and operations; and tracks milestones, budgets, dependencies, and outcomes. The Senior Manager also establishes and improves project management standards, templates, and tools for the segment, and applies lessons learned to future initiatives. This role requires strong executive communication and visual storytelling, including project readouts, status updates, dashboards, timelines, and one-page summaries. It involves influencing stakeholders and holding cross-functional teams accountable without direct authority. Travel for customer events is estimated at up to 20%. Cencora describes its compensation and benefits as supporting an inclusive culture and team members’ physical, emotional, financial, and social wellness. Offerings include medical, dental, and vision care; support for working families that may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family-building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave; and training, professional development, mentorship, employee resource groups, and volunteer activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 8 years of project or program management experience, including leading multiple high-visibility initiatives at the same time.
- Proven success working in a large, highly matrixed organization.
- Experience building and presenting project readouts and status updates to senior and executive audiences.
- Strong visual communication skills, advanced PowerPoint skills, and experience creating dashboards and executive-ready visuals.
- Track record of keeping teams on schedule and driving accountability without direct authority.
- Working knowledge of project management tools such as Smartsheet, MS Project, Asana, or similar.
- Willingness to travel for customer events, estimated at up to 20%.
Nice To Haves
- PMP, PgMP, or similar project management certification.
- Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical distribution, or health system environments.
- Experience managing large customer-facing events or conferences.
- Familiarity with healthcare policy or regulatory change initiatives.
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end project management for a portfolio of large, high-visibility initiatives across the Health Systems segment.
- Partner with executive sponsors to define project scope, goals, success measures, workplans, and timelines.
- Manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, balancing priorities and resources as the portfolio evolves.
- Plan and deliver initiatives from kickoff through execution and close-out, including customer-facing programs and events.
- Coordinate sales, marketing, solutions, executive, and operations teams to deliver results.
- Track milestones, budgets, dependencies, and outcomes, and report on results at project close.
- Hold cross-functional teams to timelines and commitments, following up and escalating when needed.
- Identify risks, issues, and dependencies early and drive them to resolution.
- Run project meetings, working sessions, and decision forums.
- Build and present project readouts, status updates, and executive summaries for senior leaders.
- Translate complex project data into clear visual dashboards, timelines, and one-page summaries showing progress, risks, and decisions needed.
- Tailor communication for audiences ranging from working teams to the executive leadership team.
- Build relationships across a highly matrixed organization and influence without direct authority.
- Align stakeholders with competing priorities around shared goals and decisions.
- Establish and improve project management standards, templates, and tools for the segment.
- Capture lessons learned and apply them to future initiatives and events.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision care.
- Support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family-building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
- Training programs and professional development resources.
- Mentorship programs.
- Employee resource groups.
- Volunteer activities.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
