Enterprise Transformation Program Lead

Cencora; United States; Remote; USD 119,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision care

Backup dependent care

Adoption assistance

Infertility coverage

Family building support

Behavioral health solutions

Paid parental leave

Paid caregiver leave

Training programs

Mentorship programs

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a major workstream within a large transformation program. You will partner with business, IT, and external partners to ensure milestones, risks, and dependencies are managed while delivering high-quality results.

You will develop and maintain detailed plans, coordinate across functions, and drive accountability for outcomes in a complex, regulated environment. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and governance skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8+ years of program or project management experience, including leadership of complex, cross-functional initiatives
• Experience leading a major workstream within a large enterprise-wide transformation, ERP transformation, or similarly complex strategic program
• Strong experience in integrated planning, risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder coordination
• Experience working across business and technology teams in a matrixed environment
• Deep expertise in large scale Program budget management
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity, drive execution, and influence without direct authority
• Strong written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills

Responsibilities

• Lead an assigned workstream within the broader enterprise-wide transformation program
• Own day-to-day planning, coordination, execution oversight, and delivery tracking for the workstream
• Ensure workstream objectives, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies are clearly defined and actively managed
• Drive accountability across team members and stakeholders to achieve committed outcomes
• Develop and maintain detailed workstream plans, timelines, milestones, and action logs
• Coordinate activities across business, IT, functional teams, and external implementation partners
• Monitor progress against plan and proactively identify risks, issues, and delivery gaps
• Drive timely resolution of blockers and escalate matters as appropriate
• Identify, track, and manage workstream risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
• Partner with other workstream leads to address cross-functional impacts and integration points
• Escalate critical risks and decisions to the Program Lead with recommended actions
• Prepare and provide regular status updates on workstream progress, milestones, risks, issues, and decisions
• Support program governance forums by ensuring timely, accurate, and transparent reporting
• Maintain documentation, decision logs, action items, and key workstream artifacts
• Build strong relationships with business, IT, and functional stakeholders across the assigned workstream
• Partner with implementation teams and vendors to align on scope, deliverables, and timelines
• Facilitate discussions, drive alignment, and support decision-making across stakeholders
• Partner with business leads and change partners to support readiness, process alignment, and adoption activities
• Help ensure the workstream is not only delivered from a technical perspective but is also operationally ready for implementation
• Reinforce focus on business outcomes, user impact, and sustainable adoption
• Drive disciplined execution, issue resolution, and follow-through across the workstream
• Ensure alignment with overall program governance, standards, templates, and reporting expectations
• Support integrated planning and coordination with the broader transformation office and program leadership team
• Lead workstream budget management, including actuals, forecast, accruals, and variance analysis.
• Partner with Finance and PMO to maintain accurate financial reporting and forecast updates aligned to scope, resources, and delivery plans.
• Drive disciplined, repeatable financial management processes aligned with program governance and financial best practices.
• Identify, communicate, and help mitigate budget risks, forecast changes, and cost impacts across the workstream.
• Ensure financial controls and documentation are audit-ready and able to withstand internal and external audit scrutiny.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Planning and scheduling

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Cencora is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a major workstream within a large transformation program. You will partner with business, IT, and external partners to ensure milestones, risks, and dependencies are managed while delivering high-quality results.

You will develop and maintain detailed plans, coordinate across functions, and drive accountability for outcomes in a complex, regulated environment. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and governance skills.