• Lead vehicle launch projects in the automotive sector • Full program management for Interiors • Ensure achievement of schedule, cost and quality objectives

• Work with innovative designers and manufacturers of rugged solutions. • Responsible for the performance of programs in accordance with contract requirements and company policies. • Acquire follow-on business and support new business development. • Manage technical, multi-million dollar budgets and scheduling. • Lead multi-disciplinary teams within a matrixed organization. • Develop and track metrics to monitor performance and progress. • Establish program status reporting and develop contingency plans in potential risk areas. • Actively pursue new business and coordinate proposal responses.

• Own and execute program and portfolio management strategy across Akero’s development organization • Serve as primary cross functional integrator, ensuring alignment between strategy, execution, governance and decision making across programs. • Partner with Development Therapeutic Area VPs and senior leaders to advance strategic priorities and ensure clear accountability, ownership, and decision rights. • Design, implement, and run Akero’s development governance model in alignment with the parent organization. • Establish and maintain decision-making frameworks, escalation pathways, and executive visibility into risks, trade-offs, dependencies, and outcomes. • Lead Akero Development governance meetings and ensure consistent alignment with parent company processes and expectations. • Collaborate with TechOps (CMC) to develop, gain approval, and execute on the project strategy in alignment with parent company • Lead cross-functional alignment across departments, proactively identifying and resolving risks, conflicts, and misalignments. • Oversee program timelines, integrated development plans, and delivery of key milestones across the portfolio. • Manage trade-offs and dependencies, escalating issues to senior leadership as needed to maintain progress and alignment. • Identify gaps in capabilities, training, and processes (e.g., GCP training), and partner with Quality to support compliance activities as needed. • Establish scalable systems, templates, tools, and best practices for program and portfolio management. • Own portfolio-level risk and issue management, ensuring mitigation strategies are proactively developed and executed. • Monitor program performance and intervene as needed to keep programs on track. • Partner with Finance and leadership on development budgets, forecasting, and resource allocation across the portfolio. • Build, mentor, and develop program management talent. • Organize and deploy project management support across functional areas and programs. • Foster a high-performing, accountable, and collaborative program management culture.

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today! Job Details Summary : The Program Manager is responsible for regularly managing complex programs with multiple cross team integration points. Establishes and manages relationships with multiple vendors. Responsible for setting and meeting Enterprise IT strategic goals. Mentors others on project management methodology. Drives toward continuous improvement. May manage other project managers Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Leads cross functional project teams by developing work plans within guidelines and monitoring progress on project milestones. Understands program/project roadmap and key milestones regarding criticality, downstream impact if dates are missed and determines alternative/mitigating actions. Coordinates the planning, management and execution of multiple related projects that are directed toward the same strategic objectives. Is familiar with and monitors all major project activities and escalates as appropriate. Records and monitors program/project actual costs vs. program/project budget. Responsible for proactively identifying variances to plan and developing appropriate mitigation plans. Partners with departmental leadership and key stakeholders to develop appropriate mitigation actions based on the program priorities. Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards. Drives new or changed tools and processes to move the department forward. Able to influence decisions through effective communication methods. Interacts with program sponsors, stakeholders and various project members to ensure that specified business needs are met. Understands how program decisions impact key business metrics and the enterprise strategy. Builds consensus among multiple project teams relative to project scope, task execution, staffing and issue resolution. Able to provide clear and reliable communications to internal teams, program stakeholders, external vendors, and customers. Able to use multiple media formats to effectively convey complex information and ideas. Defines and understands the objectives and the scope of the program and is able to translate customer expectations and requirements. Education and Experience Requirements: 7 or more years of IT work experience, including 7 or more years managing projects and at least 3 years of leadership experience. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience. Project Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum is required. Controls a program level view and status and uses the information in Clarity/Open Workbench to communicate on multiple projects and programs at a time. Ability to use Clarity/Open Workbench tool to determine how the intersection of multiple projects and programs impacts the department. Ability to use the Clarity/Open Workbench tool develop departmental budgets. Ability to model different mitigation plans in the Clarity/Open Workbench tool and make and recommendations. Ability to extract the information from the Clarity/Open Workbench tool to analyze intersecting projects and departmental level allocations. When needed, utilizes the information in MS Project as part of a tool kit that communicates status based on the needs of the project or program. Can use MS Outlook to schedule meetings with internal and external resources in multiple locations. When needed, utilizes the information in MS Excel as part of a tool kit that communicates departmental information based on the needs of the project or program. Within MS Excel works with multiple worksheets, filters data, functions, pivot tables. Ability to create presentations in MS PowerPoint presenting complex ideas in a way that is easily understood by the department. Ability to create documents in MS Word presenting complex ideas in a way that is easily understood by the department. When needed, utilizes the information in MS Visio as part of a tool kit that communicates departmental level information based on the needs of the project or program. Ability to create diagrams in MS Visio presenting complex ideas in a way that is easily understood by the department What Cencora offers We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. 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