Finance Transformation Program Manager — Hybrid

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Dublin (OH); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401k savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking a Program and Project Manager to drive transformation through disciplined project management and change management strategies.

You will plan, organize, and control resources, establish project schedules, and manage cross-functional dependencies across IT, data, and business teams to deliver complex initiatives. The role requires navigating large, matrixed enterprise environments with a focus on measurable business outcomes, governance cadence, and timely

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• 8-12 years of experience, preferred.
• Experience in healthcare ecosystems, or wholesale distribution, preferred.
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives involving global shared services, offshore delivery teams, or third-party service providers.
• Experience navigating large, complex, matrixed enterprise environments (Fortune 500, healthcare distribution, manufacturing, or wholesale distribution) preferred.
• Familiarity with contract, pricing, or revenue management systems (e.g., Vistex, Model N, Salesforce CPQ) preferred.
• Exposure to data analytics and process intelligence platforms (e.g., Celonis, Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI) preferred.
• Baseline understanding of automation and modern AI capabilities (RPA, Agentic AI, document intelligence) preferred.
• Proven track record of leading steering committees and high-stakes working sessions with senior leaders, challenging assumptions constructively, and driving consensus across conflicting organizational priorities without formal authority.
• Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent, fast-paced workstreams with fluid scope, shifting dependencies, and competing resource demands.

Responsibilities

• Author comprehensive project charters and scoping documents for new and emerging initiatives—clearly establishing problem statements, quantitative business cases, boundary definitions (in-scope vs. out-of-scope), cross-functional dependencies, resource models, and tangible ROI/success metrics.
• Own the end-to-end journey of action items and project decisions—transforming steerco directives and working-session discussions into concrete, time-bound deliverables with assigned owners and transparent progress reporting.
• Establish and facilitate a disciplined multi-tier meeting and governance rhythm across working teams, cross-functional leads, and executive Steering Committees (~monthly/quarterly cadences).
• Ensure team members are accurately and timely updating key metrics and commentary to meet deadlines out reoccurring and program deliverables.
• Synthesize complex, multi-workstream dependencies, performance metrics, and financial impacts into crisp, high-level executive readouts, dashboards, and decision frameworks for senior leadership.
• Proactively identify systemic delivery roadblocks, cross-team frictions, and data dependencies; develop countermeasures and elevate to senior leadership with clear decision options.
• Prioritize transformation pipelines across a balanced portfolio—delivering short-term quick wins to build momentum while pacing mid-term workflow enhancements and multi-year architectural modernizations.
• Map and monitor cross-functional dependencies, handoffs, and friction points across upstream and downstream teams (Sales, Commercial Operations, Master Data, Billing, Sourcing, FP&A, and IT).
• Partner with solution owners from Enterprise IT, Data Engineering, shared service centers, and third-party vendors to coordinate the evaluation of technical options against operational problem statements—ensuring BRDs align with enterprise architectural roadmaps (ERP migrations, cloud architectures, contract management systems, and master data hubs).

Skills

Program Management

Project Management

Change Management

Stakeholder Management

Budgeting

Executive Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Vistex

Model N

Salesforce CPQ

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking a Program and Project Manager to drive transformation through disciplined project management and change management strategies.

You will plan, organize, and control resources, establish project schedules, and manage cross-functional dependencies across IT, data, and business teams to deliver complex initiatives. The role requires navigating large, matrixed enterprise environments with a focus on measurable business outcomes, governance cadence, and timely