Project Manager

What IT Program & Project Management contributes to Cardinal Health

IT Program & Project Management is responsible for playing a key/critical role in realizing business value through the application of project management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet project objectives.

• Proven experience managing, large and high visibility, external pharma client efforts.

• Demonstrates knowledge of the project management initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing processes.

• Monitors performance and recommends scope, schedule, cost or resource adjustments

• connects short-term demands to long-term implications, in alignment with the supporting business case.

• Prioritizes multiple tasks while meeting deadlines

• communicates project status (health, forecast, issues, risks, etc.) to stakeholders in an open and honest fashion.

• Effectively balances competing project constraints including but not limited to scope, quality, schedule, funding, budget, resources, and risk, to manage project success.

• Connects project objectives to broader organizational goals.

• Provides input to contracts, reviews contracts to ensure completeness of scope and appropriate accountability based on role and/or responsibility.

• Negotiates with stakeholders to obtain the resources necessary for successful project execution.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and recommend solutions related to new product launches, product discontinuations, vendor integrations, and operational efficiencies among other potential services that provide value to our clients.

• Manage to project budget, scope, client deliverables, timelines, and artifacts daily.

• Project and Risk management through the use of RAIDD planning

• Anticipate client needs and proactively make program recommendations to enhance service value.

• Provide status and coordination to clients including, but not limited to, in-flight project status, issue tracking and resolution.

• Lead 3rd party vendor communication/coordination.

• Recommend technical changes/updates/enhancements to current platform and vendor integration landscape to further align with client's strategy and industry advancements.

• Builds relationships with internal business owners to help streamline processes.

• Monitor team backlog and prioritize activities to deliver on time, on budget, on scope

• Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models

• Independently determines method for completion of new projects

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in related field or equivalent work experience is preferred

• 5-10 years experience in related field preferred

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products preferred

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Manages department operations and supervises professional employees, frontline supervisors and/or business support staff

• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals

• Ensures employees operate within guidelines

• Decisions have a short-term impact on work processes, outcomes, and customers

• Interacts with subordinates, peer customers and suppliers at various management levels may interact with senior management

• Interactions normally involves resolution of issues related to operations and/or projects

• Gains consensus from various parties involved

TRAINING AND WORK SCHEDULES: Your new hire training will take place 8:00am-5:00pm CST, mandatory attendance is required.

This position is full-time (40 hours/week). Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our shift schedules during our normal business hours of Monday-Friday, 7:00am- 7:00pm CST.

REMOTE DETAILS: You will work remotely, full-time. It will require a dedicated, quiet, private, distraction free environment with access to high-speed internet. We will provide you with the computer, technology and equipment needed to successfully perform your job. You will be responsible for providing high-speed internet. Internet requirements include the following:

Maintain a secure, high-speed, broadband internet connection (DSL, Cable, or Fiber) at the remote location. Dial-up, satellite, WIFI, Cellular connections are NOT acceptable .

• Download speed of 15Mbps (megabyte per second)

• Upload speed of 5Mbps (megabyte per second)

• Ping Rate Maximum of 30ms (milliseconds)

• Hardwired to the router

• Surge protector with Network Line Protection for CAH issued equipment

Anticipated hourly range: $103,500- $147,850

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: 02/18/2025 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible. The hourly 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.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an EqualOpportunity/AffirmativeAction employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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