Health Systems Senior PM: Strategy & Executive Delivery

Cencora, Inc.; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 76,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision care

Training and professional development

Mentorship programs

Volunteer activities

Job summary

Cencora, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, Project Management to lead large, high-visibility initiatives across the Health Systems segment. You will own end-to-end programs, coordinate across sales, marketing, solutions, and operations, and deliver clear executive-readiness readouts.

You will manage multiple initiatives, enforce timelines, budgets, and risks, and communicate decisions to senior leaders. Travel up to 20% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 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, with advanced PowerPoint 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 (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, Asana, or similar).
• Willingness to travel for customer events (estimated up to 20%).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management for a portfolio of large, high-visibility initiatives across the Health Systems segment, such as our national health system summit, policy-driven changes, and other strategic priorities for the year.
• Partner with executive sponsors to define scope, goals, success measures, workplans, and timelines.
• Manage several initiatives at once, 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 across sales, marketing, solutions, executive, and operations teams to deliver seamless results.
• Track milestones, budgets, dependencies, and outcomes, and report on results when each initiative closes.
• Hold cross-functional teams to timelines and commitments; follow up persistently and elevate when needed.
• Identify risks, issues, and dependencies early and drive them to resolution.
• Run effective project meetings, working sessions, and decision forums.
• Build and present project readouts, status updates, and executive summaries for senior leaders.
• Turn complex project data into clear, visual stories: dashboards, timelines, and one-page summaries that show progress, risks, and decisions needed.
• Tailor messages for different audiences, from working teams to the executive leadership team.
• Build strong 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.

Skills

End-to-end project management

Stakeholder management

Visual storytelling

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or healthcare administration

8+ years PM experience

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

Asana

Job description

Cencora, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, Project Management to lead large, high-visibility initiatives across the Health Systems segment. You will own end-to-end programs, coordinate across sales, marketing, solutions, and operations, and deliver clear executive-readiness readouts.

You will manage multiple initiatives, enforce timelines, budgets, and risks, and communicate decisions to senior leaders. Travel up to 20% may be required.