Sr. Program Manager

Location flexibility:
This role is open to candidates across the United States. Candidates based in the Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) area will be hired in a hybrid capacity and are expected to work onsite at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in‑office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities.

As a Senior Program Manager within the McKesson Commercial Strategy & Innovation segment, this role will be responsible for the successful delivery of key programs and projects that span multiple McKesson business units and segments. The Senior Program Manager is committed to continuous alignment of program goals with the organization’s strategic objectives. The role will work closely with key stakeholders and partners across these segments on planning, monitoring, and execution of these strategic initiatives to deliver program/projects on scope, on time, and on budget.

Many programs involve software, data, platform or integration components. The role requires a leader with strong program management discipline and technical fluency to work effectively with architects, engineering teams, and technical product management. The individual will translate complex technical concepts into clear business implications while ensuring alignment across technical and commercial teams.

• Serve 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.
• Develop and maintain detailed project/program outlines, including scope, deliverables, goals, budgets, and timelines.
• Ensure work streams continue to execute according to the overall program plan and identify/highlight and resolve areas where work streams encounter roadblocks.
• Provide monitoring and support on program status, key performance indicators, and other qualitative/quantitative metrics to key stakeholders and leaders across multiple segments.
• Conduct regular program reviews with key stakeholders and leadership to keep teams apprised of progress, next steps, and key risks identified.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 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, work‑stream leads, and technical teams by ensuring communication is clear, timely, consistent, and audience‑appropriate.
• Translate complex program updates 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, Steer Co, and leaders.
• Maintain high program visibility by proactively sharing status, milestones, KPIs, and emerging concerns through established reporting cadences.
• 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 and advocate for and between product management, technical teams and business leaders to ensure transparency, accurate messaging and understanding across all levels of the organization.
• Work 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.
• Identify, facilitate and advance thought processes and work as related to overall program and organizational objectives.