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It’s More Than a Career, It’s a Mission.

Our people are the foundation of our success. By joining our growing team at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), a subsidiary of McKesson, you will have the opportunity to become part of one of the largest community-based cancer programs to advance oncology treatments and improve outcomes for cancer patients across the globe. We look for mission-driven candidates who have a desire to advance the fight against cancer and make a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with cancer every day.

Our Mission

People who live with cancer – those who work to prevent it, fight it, and survive it – are at the heart of every decision we make. Bringing the most innovative medical minds together with the most passionate caregivers in their communities, we are transforming care and personalizing treatment. Through clinical excellence and cutting-edge research, SCRI is redefining cancer care around the world.

Program Manager IIs are responsible for leading enterprise level strategic initiatives and programs across the organization.  These include complex initiatives that drive improvement, excellence, and results through management of several cross-functional teams.

Program Manager IIs have ownership from initiation of a strategic objective through delivery of specified measures of success to ensure the organization meets its goal.  They apply advanced facilitation and analytical techniques to develop a deep understanding of processes and business needs to lead functional teams through a disciplined approach to execute on targeted objectives.  They assist business leaders in managing change and act as agents of change throughout implementation of key business initiatives.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Establish and lead high-visibility enterprise-wide, cross-functional strategic initiatives. Lead a variety of different types of projects including launching new products and services, application development, systems integration, operational efficiency improvements, process reengineering, and infrastructure upgrades and deployments.  Oversees programs of many related projects to deliver value.

• Single accountable party for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering a given strategic initiative. Ensures end results are of the highest caliber with a clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business benefit. Rigorously manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters.

• Develops communication plans and interfaces to execute on responsibilities. Leads a continuous risk management process to identify and assess risks while developing and managing mitigation measures to minimize exposure to projects and the business.

• Represents the project in various project governance and inter-department forums. Serve as point of contact for status of all assigned areas of focus.

• Chairs regular project meetings to review progress with key constituents. Develops the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artifacts. Defines and tracks project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan. Publishes periodic project status reports.

• Leads implementation of changes and manage impacted people through the change journey. Communicates and partners with internal and external organizations to ensure successful implement of change. Implement effective control mechanisms to ensure implemented changes are sustained post project.

• Proposes recommendations, adjustments and process improvements to achieve success.

Mandatory: The following are mandatory expectations of all SCRI employees.

• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement.”

• During your employment with SCRI, you will be routinely assigned training requirements. You are expected to complete any training assignments by the due date.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred

• 3 to 5+ years of experience in program management

• Six Sigma Green Belt, Six Sigma Black Belt, or PMP Certification preferred

• Knowledgeable and experienced in the research environment and healthcare processes

• Experience leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives with large change impact

• Complex program and project management skills

• Advanced analytic capabilities including six sigma methods and tools

• Ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders, to lead and inspire teams, to set direction and approach, to resolve conflict and deliver tough messages with grace

• Ability to navigate a highly matrixed organization effectively

• Exhibits influencing and negotiating skills

• Ability to remove barriers and enable teams to meet their objectives

• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills

• Strong business acumen, with proven ability to learn quickly in new business areas and different project types

• Comfortable raising questions, issues, objections and ideas at all levels of the organization

** This position is hybrid in Nashville, TN.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.