Lead IT Program Manager

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

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McKesson is in the business of better health, and we touch the lives of patients in virtually every aspect of healthcare. We partner with payors, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. We believe in the importance of strong, vital organizations because we know that patients can only be healthy when our system is healthy.  

Every single McKesson employee contributes to our mission—by joining McKesson you act as a catalyst in a chain of events that helps millions of people all over the globe. Talented, compassionate people are the future of our company—and of healthcare. At McKesson, you’ll collaborate on the products and solutions that help us carry out our mission to improve lives and advance healthcare. Working here is your opportunity to shape an industry that’s vital to us all. 

Position Overview: 

This position leads cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, implement, support, and enhance applications within a specific software product line or multiple related software products/solutions. This position manages the entire software delivery lifecycle. This role creates and manages project plans, schedules, and budgets. Additionally, this position mentors team members and has accountability for their performance and results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works across the MMS organization and support functions (Product, Sales, Analytics, Engineering, Finance, and Legal) to prioritize, track progress, identify risks, and communicates updates of all projects within the program in one view.  Manage and deliver business critical initiatives to exceed customer and stakeholder expectations.

• Own large, cross-functional initiatives/workstreams and help define incremental breakdown of the work for implementation and value delivery in an accelerated fashion.

• Strong technical acumen to partner and align solution delivery with overall technology strategy.

• Be accountable to drive initiatives/workstreams within the e-commerce transformation, apply the most effective best practices, foster meaningful collaboration, increase technical delivery velocity, quality, predictability, and value, and improve customer satisfaction.

• Ensure milestones for Initiatives in implementations are on track and measure against value articulated at the end of each delivery cycle.

• Primary point of contact for Initiatives with stewardship through implementation to realize business value delivery of the initiative as defined in the business case.

• Provide support to Portfolio Managers and Business Owners for structuring their Business Case and MVP or Feature Definition.

• Enable Product and Release Roadmap creation in collaboration with Solution Architects, Business Owners, Product Managers, and teams as needed.

• Schedules, drives, and facilitates key project discussions and updates with a structured agenda. Manages and drives follow-ups to completion.

• Accountability and ownership of key initiatives to achieve program goals, including managing scope and timeline.

• Plans and executes internal meetings and events.

• Leads through issues and roadblocks while anticipating and managing program / project risks.

• Acts as a change agent and a Program / Project Management evangelist to the team helping the team use structured, and consistent where appropriate, project management frameworks, methodologies, and tools.

• Builds and develops internal customer relationships.

• Ability to shift between the “big picture” and project level details. Works through detailed issues when required.

• Adapts delivery approach to effectively support the team and stakeholders.

• Actively communicates with customer leadership, project sponsors, key stakeholders, and project teams within and across programs.

Minimum Requirements 

• Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience.

Critical Skills  

• 7-10 years of experience in large, global organizations in cross-functional roles with progressive responsibility.

• Experience developing next Generation program/project management tools, state of the art methodologies for effective Delivery Management and KPIs specific to program management.

• Deep experience with SDLC, Product Development Lifecycle.

• Understanding of Agile, SAFe and Bi-Modal Delivery Structures

• Proven leadership capability to run large program delivery spanning multiple organizations and stakeholders. Proven ability to influence without formal authority.

A

dditional Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects or programs within supply chain and distribution center operations environments preferred

• Experience with conflict resolution, working with executive management in prioritization, negotiating in matrix organization while delivery program management value to the business. 

• Strong ability to communicate and influence for stated outcomes.

• Detail oriented and highly organized, works well in a team-centered environment as well as the ability to work independently

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical or Healthcare Related field preferred.

• PMP Certification a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical or Healthcare Related field preferred OR equivalent experience

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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