Principal, Analytics Transformation & AI Enablement

Cencora; Conshohocken (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 111,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Principal, Analytics Transformation & AI Enablement to drive transformation, AI enablement, organizational effectiveness, and cross-functional execution across its Analytics organization. The role requires exceptional influence, executive communication, and the ability to lead change across teams without direct authority.

The candidate will guide multi-year roadmaps, coordinate high-impact initiatives, and build scalable communities of practice to scale capability across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• Master's degree in data science, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
• 8+ years experience in data analytics or data engineering, including leadership of multi-team initiatives delivering analytics platforms, models, and products, or a related field required.
• Proven experience in leading data & analytics strategy,
• Extensive background working within a large enterprise environment
• Program Management experience - highly desired
• Strong organizational, budgeting, leadership skillsets
• Ability to influence, communication skills, organization skills, create workflow using technologies
• Prior experience building communities of practice, code and pattern libraries, and coaching mechanisms to scale capability across teams
• PMP Certification, Certification in Analytics Professional (CAP), DAMA CDMP, and cloud professional-level certifications (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), or equivalent certification preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 20% as needed

Responsibilities

• Act as a transformation catalyst for the Analytics organization, connecting strategy, innovation, people, process, and technology to accelerate business outcomes.
• Drive the organization's AI and Agentification agenda by identifying, prioritizing, and scaling new ways of working that increase productivity, quality, and business impact.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Analytics leadership, helping shape organizational strategy, operating models, communications, and execution priorities.
• Build the connective tissue across a diverse analytics organization, ensuring teams operate as a unified enterprise capability rather than independent functional groups.
• Translate vision into action by driving adoption of change at scale, establishing sustainable operating mechanisms, and ensuring strategic initiatives achieve measurable results.
• Guides analytics strategy, multi-year roadmaps, and investment priorities across data platforms, tooling, and products.
• Coordinates delivery of high-impact initiatives from problem framing through productionization and lifecycle management.
• Communicates stakeholder alignment on tradeoffs, implications, and decisions to secure adoption across business and technology groups.
• Builds communities of practice, code and pattern libraries, and coaching mechanisms to scale capability across teams.

Skills

Data analytics leadership

Mentoring coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science / CS / related

Master's degree in data science / CS / related

Tools

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

Analytics platforms

Job description

Cencora is seeking a Principal, Analytics Transformation & AI Enablement to drive transformation, AI enablement, organizational effectiveness, and cross-functional execution across its Analytics organization. The role requires exceptional influence, executive communication, and the ability to lead change across teams without direct authority.

The candidate will guide multi-year roadmaps, coordinate high-impact initiatives, and build scalable communities of practice to scale capability across