McKesson · 21 hours ago
Senior Program Manager
Irving, TX, USA - 6555 North State Highway 161 (P001)
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $225K/yr
10+ years expMcKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of critical programs and projects across multiple McKesson business units, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic objectives.
BiotechnologyHealthcarePharmaceuticalInformation TechnologyBiopharmaHealth Care
Responsibilities
Serves as the primary lead in facilitating full‑spectrum commercialization of products and services wrapped into programs & projects across McKesson
Provide organization, coordination and leadership for cross‑functional project teams to ensure project deliverables and timelines are met
Responsible for developing & maintaining detailed project/program outlines, including scope, deliverables, goals, budgets, & timelines
Ensures workstreams continue to execute/implement according to the overall program plan, and identifies/highlights/works to resolve areas where workstreams run into roadblocks
Provides monitoring and support on program status, key performance indicators, and other qualitative/quantitative metrics to key stakeholders and leaders across multiple segments
Conducts regular program reviews with key stakeholders and leadership to keep teams apprised of progress, next steps, and key risks identified
Identify, document, and mitigate key risks, issues, and dependencies across the program and recommend actions to ensure successful completion of projects
Serve as the central connector across executives, cross‑functional partners, workstream leads, and technical teams by ensuring communication is clear, timely, consistent, and audience‑appropriate
Translate complex program updates (risks, issues, dependencies, technical or operational implications) into crisp, actionable insights for executive leaders and stakeholders
Elevate risks, issues, and bottlenecks with clarity — providing context, recommended mitigation paths, and decision requests to Sponsors, SteerCo, and leaders
Maintain high program visibility by proactively sharing status, milestones, KPIs, and emerging concerns through established reporting cadences (workstream huddles, bi‑weekly status, SteerCo, dashboards)
Drive alignment across functions by ensuring all stakeholders receive the right information at the right time, reducing ambiguity and preventing miscommunication
Foster a culture of transparency and accountability, encouraging open dialogue on challenges, trade‑offs, and interdependencies across teams
Ensure expectations are aligned early and often, adapting communication style for executives, peers, and technical partners to accelerate decision‑making and collaboration
Serve as contact & advocate for and between product management, technical teams, and business leaders to ensure transparency, accurate messaging, and understanding across all levels of the organization
Works closely with partners in Product, IT, Strategic Marketing, Sales, Strategy, Legal, Compliance, and other functions to ensure correct scoping and deliverables for key program initiatives
Identifies, facilitates, and advances thought processes and work as related to overall program and organizational objectives
Engage directly with architects, engineers, QA and technical product partners to understand solution options, system constraints, technical feasibility, and integration points. This supports communication across functional groups and dependent groups
Translate complex technical concepts, system behaviors, and solution designs into clear, digestible updates for non‑technical and executive stakeholders
Maintain visibility into technical workstreams to ensure architectural decisions, build progress, and technical blockers are proactively raised and incorporated into overall program delivery and software delivery lifecycle
Collaborate with engineering and MT partners to ensure technical requirements are thoroughly captured, validated, and reflected in program plans, deliverables, and milestone tracking
Qualification
Required
Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Master's or Doctorate qualifications
8+ Years of experience in Program Management of large-scale initiatives in highly matrixed organizations with track record of successful delivery; preferred experience partnering with technical product teams and engineering teams
Excellent leadership, communication, time and stakeholder management, facilitation, and organization skills
Robust understanding of project & product management methodologies and toolsets (PMP, Pragmatic experience, etc. preferred)
Experience partnering with product, finance and go-to-market teams to evaluate product pricing models
Experience in the pharmaceutical, drug supply chain, healthcare, or other highly regulated industry
Technically fluent; able to engage confidently with architects and engineering teams; Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle methodologies (Agile / Waterfall) and related processes and deliverables
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Preferred
Robust understanding of project & product management methodologies and toolsets (PMP, Pragmatic experience, etc. preferred)
Benefits
Annual bonus
Long-term incentive opportunities
Company
McKesson
McKesson distributes medical supplies, information technology, and care management products and services.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Brian Tyler
CEO
Jim McAuliffe
CFO
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