Director, IT Program Management (Enterprise Infrastructure PMO)

Cardinal Health; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 118,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401k matching

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Cardinal Health seeks a Director of IT Program Management (Enterprise Infrastructure PMO) to drive strategic technology initiatives with executive visibility. You will lead complex programs, align cross-functional teams, and ensure governance, risk control, and timely delivery in a fully remote national role with some travel.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of program leadership, strong stakeholder management, and familiarity with Planview and AI-driven initiatives; PMP/PgMP is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading complex technology programs, portfolios, or strategic initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Ability to anticipate challenges, influence outcomes, and drive accountability in matrixed organizations.
• Strong business, financial, and operational acumen with senior executives.
• Experience managing enterprise vendor, consulting, and contractual relationships.
• Track record delivering large-scale transformations and AI-enabled initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, enterprise-critical initiatives with executive visibility and impact.
• Own initiative health, drive decisions, accountability, and momentum across teams.
• Coordinate across business and tech orgs, identifying dependencies and risks early.
• Establish structure and governance as processes evolve and ownership shifts.
• Provide leadership to project and program managers across workstreams.
• Influence leaders, delivery teams, and external partners to unblock decisions.

Skills

Strategic PMO

Executive influence

Financial acumen

Vendor management

Executive communication

AI / emerging tech awareness

Planview familiarity

PM Certification

Education

PMP / PgMP certification

Tools

Planview

Job description

What IT Program & Project Management Office (PMO) contributes to Cardinal Health

The PMO drives business outcomes by transforming strategic vision into execution through robust program governance, modern tools, and proactive change leadership. This function mobilizes high-performing project teams, aligns resource capacity to strategic priorities, and establishes clear accountability for deliverables. As financial and operational stewards, this job family optimizes project investments, proactively mitigates risks, and ensures rigorous adherence to quality standards while leveraging strategic partnerships and holding vendors accountable to ensure project success is achieved and outcomes are realized.

The Director, IT Program Management (Enterprise Infrastructure PMO) leads some of the organization’s most visible, complex, and strategically important technology and business initiatives. This Director operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, connecting work across organizational boundaries, anticipating impacts others may miss, and mobilizing the right teams, leaders, and partners to deliver successful outcomes.

The Director, IT Program Management (Enterprise Infrastructure PMO) is accountable for driving initiative outcomes, ensuring decisions are made, obstacles are removed, and programs remain aligned with strategic objectives. This is a highly visible role for a strategic leader who thrives in ambiguity, builds structure where it does not exist, and acts with urgency and ownership. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker who looks beyond individual projects, proactively identifies dependencies and risks, and drives results through influence rather than direct authority.

Location

Nationwide, fully remote (with preference towards candidates in ET/CT, willing and able to travel to our global HQ in Central Ohio 5-10%)

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, enterprise-critical initiatives with significant organizational impact and executive visibility.
• Take end-to-end ownership of initiative health and outcomes, driving decisions, accountability, and forward momentum.
• Proactively orchestrate work across business and technology organizations, identifying dependencies, risks, and stakeholder needs before they become delivery challenges.
• Establish structure, clarity, and accountability when processes, ownership, or direction are evolving.
• Provide leadership across assigned initiatives, directing and influencing project and program managers responsible for individual workstreams.
• Influence functional leaders, delivery teams, and external partners to drive decisions, remove obstacles, and achieve desired outcomes.
• Bring forward actionable recommendations and solutions rather than simply reporting issues or escalating problems.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, communicating initiative health, risks, decisions, and opportunities with clarity and confidence.
• Strengthen how strategic initiatives are managed and delivered by establishing sustainable practices that improve execution over time.

Qualifications

• Ideally targeting individuals with 10+ years of experience leading complex technology programs, portfolios, or strategic initiatives (including tangible results delivering large-scale transformation, digital, emerging technology, or AI-enabled initiatives).
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, anticipate challenges, and take decisive action in complex and evolving environments.
• Proven success influencing outcomes and establishing accountability across highly matrixed organizations without direct authority.
• Strong business, financial, and operational acumen.
• Significant experience working with senior executives and leading initiatives with substantial organizational visibility.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
• Experience managing strategic vendor, consulting partner, and contractual relationships.
• Experience leading initiatives with enterprise-wide impact and competing organizational priorities, highly preferred.
• Experience building or evolving operating models, governance structures, or delivery practices - preferred.
• Working knowledge of AI, emerging technologies, and the organizational considerations associated with their implementation.
• Experience with enterprise portfolio management solutions such as Planview, preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, or similar project and program management certifications preferred.

Anticipated Salary Range

$118,200 - $199,980 USD

Bonus Eligible

Yes

Benefits

Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close

10/30/2026

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities.

We are a crucial link between the clinical and operational sides of healthcare, delivering end‑to‑end solutions and data‑driving insights that advance healthcare and improve lives every day. With deep partnerships, diverse perspectives and innovative digital solutions, we build connections across the continuum of care.

With more than 50 years of experience, we seize the opportunity to address healthcare's most complicated challenges — now, and in the future.

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