Senior Principal Strategist, Strategy & Planning

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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Cencora

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

Cencora is a company dedicated to improving the health and well-being of both people and animals globally. Built on the legacy of AmerisourceBergen, Cencora offers a wide range of industry-leading solutions that encompass specialty logistics, warehousing, drug research, clinical development support, and more. They provide commercialization and patient access support and offer wholesale and specialty distribution services. Cencora serves a diverse clientele, including pharmaceutical companies, physician practices, pharmacies, and health systems. The company also extends its services to animal health, managing operations and delivering products for animal pharmaceutical care. With a strong global footprint, Cencora aims to reshape healthcare delivery through innovative products and solutions, striving to create healthier futures for all.

📋 Description

• Lead the transformation of Cencora’s global Enterprise Infrastructure & Cloud organization from project- and ticket-based delivery to a product operating model • Define and maintain the EIC product taxonomy, product boundaries, product owner accountabilities, funding model, and operating cadence • Own the global workforce plan, position roster, headcount envelope, insource/outsource mix, requisition approval, backfills, contractor conversions, organizational design, and succession planning • Own the EIC delivery portfolio, including intake, prioritization, resourcing, dependency management, milestone tracking, executive reporting, and portfolio governance forums • Represent EIC in enterprise technology investment prioritization and maintain the EIC delivery dashboard • Own the EIC operating and capital plan, including budget build, forecasting, variance analysis, accruals, year-end landing, financial controls, savings targets, and investment narratives • Run the enterprise hardware and software spend reduction program across seven cross-functional workstreams • Own the EIC renewal portfolio and enforce the PADU disposition framework • Establish vendor performance management through scorecards, QBRs, service-level accountability, and escalation paths • Run the EIC leadership operating rhythm, including staff meetings, offsites, all-hands, OKRs, annual planning, executive preparation, communications, audits, compliance, and regulatory responses • Deliver first-year outcomes including product taxonomy adoption, trusted workforce/portfolio/forecast data, budget and savings commitments, vendor scorecards, renewal management, and improved governance

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience in technology, with meaningful time and deep functional expertise in infrastructure, cloud, or IT operations • Credibility with engineers and executives • Ownership of a technology operating budget of $150M or greater, including capital planning and multi-year forecasting • Ownership of a technology supplier portfolio of $250M or greater in annual spend, including enterprise agreements with hyperscalers or top-tier software publishers • Experience managing a global workforce plan of 500+ employees plus a comparable contingent workforce across multiple countries and delivery models • Track record leading enterprise-scale transformation, such as a product operating model or cloud migration • Experience operating in a regulated environment, with familiarity with SOX, HIPPA and GxP, DSCSA, or an equivalent regulatory framework • Direct experience leading enterprise AI or automation adoption, including tooling selection, value measurement, and governance (preferred) • Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical distribution, life sciences, or another highly regulated industry (preferred) • Prior chief of staff, business operations, or strategy and planning leadership within a technology function (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care • Backup dependent care • Adoption assistance • Infertility coverage • Family building support • Behavioral health solutions • Paid parental leave • Paid caregiver leave • Training programs • Professional development resources • Mentorship programs • Employee resource groups • Volunteer activities • Reasonable accommodations during the employment process