Senior Program Manager

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 day‑to‑day leadership, planning, coordination, execution oversight, and delivery management of an assigned workstream. The Senior Program Manager works closely with business, IT, functional leaders, and implementation partners to ensure alignment with overall program objectives, integration with related workstreams, and delivery 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, own day‑to‑day planning, coordination, execution oversight, and delivery tracking; ensure objectives, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies are clearly defined and actively managed; drive accountability across team members and stakeholders.
• 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 and proactively identify risks, issues, and delivery gaps; drive timely resolution of blockers and escalate 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 with 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; 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; ensure the workstream is operationally ready for implementation and reinforce focus on business outcomes, user impact, and sustainable adoption.
• Quality and Delivery Discipline: Drive disciplined execution, issue resolution, and follow‑through; 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; drive disciplined, repeatable financial management processes; identify, communicate, and help mitigate budget risks, forecast changes, and cost impacts; ensure financial controls and documentation are audit‑ready.

Required 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.

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 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 program’s objectives and outcomes.

Benefits

Cencora provides compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional medical, dental, and vision care, the comprehensive suite of benefits focuses on physical, emotional, financial, and social wellness.

• Backup dependent care
• Adoption assistance
• Infertility coverage
• Family building support
• Behavioral health solutions
• Paid parental leave
• Paid caregiver leave
• Training programs and professional development resources
• Mentorship programs
• Employee resource groups
• Volunteer activities

Pay

Full‑time Salary Range: $119,100 – $186,560 (National Average). The actual range may vary based on locale. In Colorado, California, Washington, New York, Hawaii, Vermont, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Illinois, the range may be up to 10 % lower than the minimum or 12 % higher than the maximum.