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Sr Manager, IT Project Management

  • Mississauga, ON
  • Hybrid
  • Posted Aug 20, 2026
  • 1 position

$102,500–$136,700 / year

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Lead · 10+ years
Minimum education
Bachelor’s degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week

Job summary

The Senior Manager leads delivery teams to ensure high-quality execution of complex programs while aligning with organizational strategy and business priorities. They are responsible for establishing delivery governance, managing departmental budgets, and fostering leadership development across cross-functional teams.

Job details

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you. ABOUT THE ROLE McKesson is seeking a Senior Manager, IT Project Management to lead a team of regional Project Managers supporting technology initiatives across US Oncology practices. In this people leadership role, you will strengthen project delivery discipline, coach and develop project management talent, and improve visibility into portfolio health, risks, capacity, and execution priorities. You will partner across practice-facing leaders, business stakeholders, and enterprise technology teams to drive consistent governance, scalable delivery standards, and executive-ready communication in a complex, matrixed environment. WHAT YOU’LL DO * Lead, coach, and develop a team of regional Project Managers supporting technology and practice-facing initiatives. * Establish project governance standards, delivery management practices, operating rhythms, tools, and reporting expectations. * Guide project managers through planning, risk and issue management, escalation, dependency management, and stakeholder alignment. * Provide executive-level communication on project health, delivery risks, capacity, resource needs, and improvement opportunities. * Lead capacity planning, workload balancing, prioritization, and resource tradeoff discussions across multiple initiatives. * Partner with business, technology, and practice leaders to align project sequencing, delivery support, and organizational priorities. * Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, standardization, delivery metrics, and disciplined use of project artifacts. * Lead through influence across cross-functional teams in a matrixed technology environment. BASIC REQUIREMENTS * 9+ years of professional experience, including 1+ year of supervisory, people leadership, or management experience. * Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience. * Experience leading or developing project managers, delivery leads, program managers, or comparable technology delivery resources. * Experience overseeing cross-functional technology projects or programs in a complex enterprise environment. * Resume-verifiable experience with project planning, governance, status reporting, resource coordination, risk management, and stakeholder communication. * Experience communicating project status, risks, and decisions to senior leaders or executive stakeholders. PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE * Healthcare, physician practice, oncology, or regulated-industry experience. * Experience leading distributed, regional, or multi-site teams. * PMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Lean, Six Sigma, ITIL, or comparable certification or experience. * Experience with enterprise project management and reporting tools such as Planview, Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Visio, or Microsoft Office. * Financial or operational planning experience, including forecasting, utilization, capacity planning, or resource planning. * Experience using dashboards, approved AI-enabled tools, or predictive insights to improve delivery visibility and outcomes. TRAVEL, WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS * Up to 25% travel may be required based on business needs, practice support, team engagement, and leadership activities. * Work arrangement may vary based on team, business, and role requirements. * Role may require extended periods working at a computer and participating in virtual or in-person meetings. We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here. [https://careers.mckesson.com/en/benefits] Our Base Pay Range for this position $102,500 - $136,700 McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind: McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application. McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates. McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com [http://careers.mckesson.com]. McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity [https://www.mckesson.com/about-mckesson/eeo-at-mckesson/] page. McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com [Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com] or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca [Accessibility@mckesson.ca]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted. Join us at McKesson!

What you’ll do

The Senior Manager leads delivery teams to ensure high-quality execution of complex programs while aligning with organizational strategy and business priorities. They are responsible for establishing delivery governance, managing departmental budgets, and fostering leadership development across cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 9 years of experience in delivery or program management, including at least 1 year of experience managing managers. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required, along with expertise in operational planning and enterprise-level execution.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Annual bonus
  • Long-term incentive opportunities

Listed skills

  • Microsoft · Preferred
  • Leadership · Preferred
  • Health · Preferred
  • Teams · Preferred
  • Execution · Preferred
  • Planning · Preferred
  • management · Preferred
  • Communication · Preferred
  • Reporting · Preferred
  • Development · Preferred
  • Project management · Preferred
  • email · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

  • Program management
  • Operational planning
  • Performance measurement
  • Delivery governance
  • Resource planning
  • Capacity management
  • Risk management
  • Budget management
  • Vendor management
  • Leadership development
  • Strategic planning
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Change management
  • Portfolio management
  • Financial acumen
  • Influencing Skills
  • Financial Acumen
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Organizational Strategy
  • Accountability
  • Workflow Management
  • Strategic Prioritization
  • Advocacy
  • Planning
  • Budgeting
  • Management
  • Business Valuation
  • Capability Development
  • IT Capacity Management
  • Investments
  • Decision Making
  • Communication
  • Continuous Improvement Process
  • Equities
  • Forecasting
  • Governance
  • Leadership
  • Scalability
  • Innovation
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Risk Management
  • Mentorship
  • Operational Excellence
  • Operational Planning
  • Performance Measurement
  • Portfolio Management
  • Program Management
  • Coaching
  • Resource Planning
  • Servant Leadership

Job areas

  • Management & Leadership
  • Technology
  • Healthcare
  • Consulting
  • IT Project Manager
  • Delivery Manager
  • Supply, Distribution and Related Managers
  • Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

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