Senior Project Manager EMEA

Alliance Healthcare; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a senior project or programme manager to lead cross-country transformation initiatives within our Europe 3PL operations, including Alloga. The role focuses on coordinating multi-market workstreams, pre-planning, and delivering on PPM processes in collaboration with IT delivery leads and regional leaders.

Hybrid role with regular international travel. Candidates should have extensive experience in multi-country business transformation, strong stakeholder management at

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading senior-level, multi-country transformation programmes.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional, business-led workstreams.
• Ability to operate independently across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experience with PRINCE2, PMI, SAFe or equivalent.
• Strong stakeholder management at VP/Director level.
• Experience in pharma, healthcare, logistics or regulated industries preferred.
• Fluent English; additional European languages advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrates cross-country programmes and multi-wave technology transformation projects.
• Owns cross-functional coordination, delivery planning, milestone tracking and pre-planning for PPM.
• Relieves Business Process Owners and regional leaders to focus on ownership and Discovery validation.
• Partners closely with the PPM & PMO Director, IT delivery leads and market resources.

Skills

Senior project management

Cross-country coordination

Stakeholder management

Independent multi-stream work

English fluency

Tools

PRINCE2

PMI

SAFe

Job description

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Job Details

This role is in support of Cencora's third party logistics service in Europe operating through our Alloga business.

Position Summary And Key Responsibilities

• Permanent above-market business-side delivery role orchestrating critical cross-country programmes, successive technology transformation project rollout waves and BPO workstreams.
• Owns cross-functional project coordination, delivery planning, milestone tracking and structured project pre-planning to support the PPM process.
• Relieves nominated Business Process Owners and regional leaders from de facto project management responsibilities — enabling them to focus on process ownership and Discovery validation as their primary project contribution.
• Works in close partnership with the PPM & PMO Director, IT delivery leads and market-level project resources.

Candidate Requirements

• Significant experience as a senior project or programme manager in complex, multi-country business transformation environments
• Track record of managing cross-functional, business-led workstreams — not IT delivery only
• Ability to operate independently across multiple concurrent workstreams without requiring day-to-day direction
• Experience in structured project methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, PMI, SAFe or equivalent) applied pragmatically in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments
• Strong stakeholder management skills at VP and Director level across business and IT functions
• Experience coordinating across multiple markets and time zones, with sensitivity to local operating contexts
• Experience in pharma, healthcare, logistics or comparable regulated industries preferred
• Fluent English required; additional European language(s) advantageous

This role is available on a hybrid working basis attached to one of our 3PL locations, with regular international travel (approx 30-50%).

What Cencora offers

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned