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Senior Program Manager

Cencora


Job Location:

Conshohocken, PA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 119100 - 186560
Posted: 17 September 2026 (11 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 15 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

Job Details

Position Summary:

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for leading a major workstream within a large complex enterprise-wide transformation program. Reporting to the Sr. Director/Program Lead this role is accountable for the day-to-day leadership planning coordination execution oversight and delivery management of an assigned workstream.

The Senior Program Manager will work closely with business IT functional leaders and implementation partners to ensure the workstream is aligned to overall program objectives integrated with related workstreams and delivered on time and with quality. This role requires strong leadership structure and cross-functional coordination in a highly complex environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Workstream Leadership

  • 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

Planning and Execution

  • 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

Risk Issue and Dependency Management

  • 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

Governance and Reporting

  • 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

Stakeholder Management

  • 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

Business Readiness and Adoption

  • 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

Quality and Delivery Discipline

  • 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

Financials/ Budget management

  • 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.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors 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

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with large-scale ERP or enterprise transformation programs

  • Experience working with system integrators and third-party implementation partners

  • Familiarity with change management business readiness and adoption planning

  • PMP Agile or related certifications preferred

  • Experience in complex highly regulated or global environments is a plus

Key Competencies

  • Program and workstream leadership

  • Planning and execution management

  • Cross-functional coordination

  • Risk and issue management

  • Stakeholder engagement

  • Problem-solving and decision support

  • Communication and reporting

  • Accountability and follow-through

Success in This Role

Success in this role will be demonstrated through strong leadership of the assigned workstream timely delivery of milestones and deliverables proactive management of risks and dependencies effective coordination across stakeholders and clear contribution to the broader transformation programs objectives and outcomes.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation benefits and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members ability to live with purpose every addition to traditional offerings like medical dental and vision care we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical emotional financial and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families which may include backup dependent care adoption assistance infertility coverage family building support behavioral health solutions paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth we also offer a variety of training programs professional development resources and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs employee resource groups volunteer activities and much more. For details visit time

$119100 - 186560

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal state or local law.

The companys continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting training compensation benefits promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment please call 888.692.2272 or email . We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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