Job Summary
The Program Manager - GMPD Strategic Initiatives and PMO Capability provides flexible project and program management support for priorities identified by the GOSC PMO. This role supports the development of a more consistent approach to change management, establishes and maintains standard program management tools and templates, enables Community of Practice development, and provides overflow project management capacity for Commercial or business-led initiatives when additional support is needed.
This role is designed for a highly organized, adaptable project/program management professional who can structure ambiguous work, translate priorities into clear plans, influence across matrixed teams, and drive adoption of repeatable ways of working. The individual will partner across GMPD, Commercial, GOSC, functional teams, and PMO leaders to improve execution discipline, strengthen stakeholder readiness, and support sustained adoption of new processes, tools, and operating mechanisms.
Responsibilities
- Provide flexible project and program management support: Lead or support assigned GMPD, Commercial, or cross-functional initiatives by developing project plans, milestones, governance routines, RAID logs, decision trackers, action plans, and executive-ready status updates.
- Support a standard approach to change management: Help define and apply common change management practices, including stakeholder impact assessment, readiness planning, communication planning, training coordination, adoption tracking, reinforcement, and sustainment of new ways of working.
- Develop and maintain standard tools and templates: Create, refine, and sustain practical PMO tools, templates, playbooks, job aids, reporting standards, and governance materials that improve consistency, usability, and adoption across programs.
- Enable Community of Practice development: Support the design, launch, and ongoing management of a Program and Project Management Community of Practice, including charter development, membership model, governance structure, operating rhythms, knowledge hub, learning sessions, and success measures.
- Provide Commercial PM overflow capacity: Flex into Commercial or business-led project needs when capacity constraints exist, helping teams clarify scope, organize workplans, coordinate stakeholders, manage risks, and drive follow-through on commitments.
- Strengthen governance and operating mechanisms: Prepare leadership updates, facilitate working sessions, support steering committee or governance forums, document decisions, escalate risks, and ensure owners are aligned on actions and next steps.
- Capture and scale leading practices: Identify repeatable approaches from active programs and convert them into reusable practices, templates, and guidance that can be shared across teams.
- Support portfolio visibility and prioritization: Assist with intake, prioritization, sequencing, and reporting activities to help leadership understand work in flight, resource needs, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
- Drive continuous improvement: Monitor adoption and effectiveness of tools, templates, Community of Practice routines, and change management practices; collect feedback and recommend improvements as needs evolve.
- Build strong cross-functional partnerships: Collaborate with PMO leaders, Commercial, GOSC, supply chain, operations, finance, quality, regulatory, technology, and other functional partners to enable alignment and execution across matrixed teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, supply chain, project management, organizational effectiveness, change management, or a related field preferred.
- PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Prosci, ACMP/CCMP, or other formal change management certification preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in project management, program management, PMO operations, transformation, operations, supply chain, commercial, consulting, or related roles preferred.
- Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives, governance routines, stakeholder management, change management, or business transformation efforts preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of project and program management practices, including charters, integrated plans, RAID management, action tracking, stakeholder engagement, governance, reporting, and lessons learned.
- Experience developing or improving tools, templates, playbooks, process standards, knowledge repositories, learning materials, or communities of practice preferred.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop clear, concise, executive-ready materials and actionable guidance.
- Ability to influence, collaborate, and build trusted relationships across matrixed teams without direct authority.
- Demonstrated ability to organize ambiguous work, simplify complexity, balance standardization with practicality, and translate priorities into executable plans.
- Travel Expectations: 25%
Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $150,100
Bonus eligible: Yes
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Paid time off plan
- Health savings account (HSA)
- 401k savings plan
- Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Work-Life resources
- Paid parental leave
- Healthy lifestyle programs
Application window anticipated to close: 9/7/26 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
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Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
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