Director, Technology Strategy & Execution (IT Project Management Office)

What IT Program & Project Management Office (PMO) contributes to Cardinal Health
The PMO drives business outcomes by transforming strategic vision into execution through robust program governance, modern tools, and proactive change leadership. This function mobilizes high-performing project teams, aligns resource capacity to strategic priorities, and establishes clear accountability for deliverables. As financial and operational stewards, this job family optimizes project investments, proactively mitigates risks, and ensures rigorous adherence to quality standards while leveraging strategic partnerships and holding vendors accountable to ensure project success is achieved and outcomes are realized.
The Director, Technology Strategy & Execution (IT PMO) is a key leader in the IT Project Management Office responsible for shaping the portfolio and maximizing its strategic value. This role goes beyond traditional execution metrics; while maintaining a rigorous focus on delivering projects on time, within scope, and on budget, this leader ensures that the fundamental business case is met, strategic outcomes are achieved, and long-term business value is realized. This leader will oversee a portfolio of complex IT initiatives, ensuring close alignment with organizational goals, and will be instrumental in evolving the PMO into a high-performing strategic partner that actively shapes and protects business investments.
Location - Nationwide, fully remote (with preference towards candidates in ET/CT, willing and able to travel to our global HQ in Central Ohio 5-10%)
Responsibilities
Portfolio & Strategic Alignment: Champion the IT PMO strategy by shifting from administrative progress reporting to actively shaping the enterprise portfolio, ensuring investments directly drive strategic business value and outcomes.
Predictive PMO Enablement: Champion the adoption of Planview and the integration of AI-driven insights, focusing on what will happen to drive proactive decision-making rather than merely reporting on what has already occurred.
Talent Leadership & Workforce Coaching: Build a future-ready workforce by upskilling, mentoring, and coaching project managers; cultivate critical situational skills including critical thinking, relationship building, and thriving in ambiguity.
Upstream Demand Shaping (“Shift Left”): Drive proactive “shift left” processes, including pre-project estimating and business-case planning, to ensure new work is rigorously scoped and aligned to strategic goals before execution begins.
Empowered Truth & Accountability: Foster a high-trust culture where PMO professionals are empowered to drive accountability, speak the truth on project health, and proactively escalate risks and critical dependencies.
Executive Risk & Resource Stewardship: Partner with senior leadership to assess enterprise-wide project risks, strategic dependencies, and resource constraints, facilitating timely, data-driven decisions and governance.
Vendor Accountability & Value Management: Collaborate with Solution Owners and Indirect Procurement to actively manage technology investments, leveraging strategic partnerships and holding vendors accountable to maximize delivered value.
Strategic Influence & Negotiation: Drive consensus and alignment across diverse, cross-functional stakeholder groups in sensitive or complex business situations while maintaining positive, collaborative relationships.
Qualifications
Ideally targeting individuals with 10-12+ years of experience in IT project/program management (5+ in people leadership capacity highly preferred)
Proven experience managing large-scale IT programs, with a demonstrated ability to evolve a PMO from an execution-focused to a value-driven organization.
Prior experience with Planview is preferred, not required.
Proven experience designing and implementing front-end governance or “shift left” processes, including pre-project sizing, demand shaping, and strategic capacity management.
Exceptional relationship-building and situational leadership skills, with a proven ability to challenge status-quo thinking, negotiate high-risk vendor parameters, and influence executive stakeholders.
Strong leadership capabilities with experience in championing talent development, coaching, and building a high-performing, resilient team.
PMP or similar certification preferred.
Anticipated Salary Range $118,200 - $199,980 USD
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: 10/30/2026 * if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary 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 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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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