Project Manager - Pharmacy Mergers & Acquisitions

Accountabilities:: Lead end-to-end project execution: Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and deliverables, ensuring clear ownership and accountability across concurrent initiatives. Coordinate cross-functional teams: Align stakeholders across operations, clinical and quality, legal and compliance, finance, HR, IT, revenue cycle, payer relations, licensing, facilities, procurement, sales, marketing, 340B, and logistics. Manage project governance and reporting: Facilitate kickoffs, workstream reviews, and readiness meetings; maintain dashboards and risk and issue logs; document decisions; and communicate progress, escalations, and recovery plans to leadership. Drive acquisition integrations: Develop transaction-specific integration plans that address deal structure, locations, licensing, payer enrollment, workforce requirements, systems, contracts, and operational processes. Coordinate pre-close planning: Manage seller information requests and preparation activities in accordance with approved legal, confidentiality, and access requirements. Oversee Day 1 readiness and post-close integration: Coordinate employee onboarding, financial and billing continuity, technology transitions, supplier changes, procurement, communications, and operational workflows to support smooth acquisitions. Manage system conversions and cutovers: Coordinate testing, system migrations, transition plans, contingency measures, and operational support to minimize disruption to pharmacy services and client relationships. Execute new pharmacy builds and relocations: Translate approved opportunities into project scopes, budgets, schedules, launch plans, and readiness criteria, escalating material changes to cost, timing, staffing, or scope. Coordinate facilities and launch dependencies: Oversee collaboration among functional owners and external partners on site selection, leases, permitting, construction, licensing, equipment, technology, staffing, supplier setup, inventory, and operational readiness. Ensure launch and regulatory readiness: Obtain functional readiness signoffs and escalate unresolved regulatory, patient-safety, payer, security, financial, or operational risks before launch. Lead stabilization and operational handoff: Coordinate launch support, resolve emerging issues, conduct stabilization reviews, and ensure a formal transition to ongoing operations. Monitor performance and improve processes: Track results against approved scope, schedule, budget, and operational objectives; capture lessons learned; and continuously refine implementation playbooks, templates, and project management practices. Support continuity of care: Ensure project decisions and transition plans account for patient needs, client service expectations, and uninterrupted pharmacy operations. Requirements: Education: Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration, project management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience. Project management experience: At least five years of experience managing or implementing complex, cross-functional projects involving multiple departments, external vendors, or locations. Relevant industry background: Experience in healthcare, pharmacy operations, mergers and acquisitions, integrations, facility openings, or other regulated environments is strongly preferred. Planning and execution: Demonstrated ability to build detailed project plans, manage dependencies, control budgets and schedules, track deliverables, and coordinate multiple initiatives simultaneously. Stakeholder management: Strong facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams, maintain accountability, and drive timely decisions without relying solely on formal authority. Risk and issue management: Ability to identify project risks early, develop mitigation and contingency plans, escalate concerns appropriately, and resolve issues in fast-moving environments. Reporting and analytical skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and project management tools for schedules, dashboards, budgets, action tracking, and leadership reporting. Operational readiness expertise: Ability to coordinate regulatory approvals, licensing, staffing, technology, facilities, vendor transitions, and other critical launch requirements. Change management and adaptability: Comfortable managing evolving requirements, complex transitions, and competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail and service continuity. Continuous improvement mindset: Ability to document lessons learned, standardize processes, and develop scalable implementation frameworks. Preferred certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or an equivalent credential. Additional preferred experience: Behavioral health or long-term care pharmacy, pharmacy system conversions, construction coordination, and/or 340B program experience. Travel and flexibility: Willingness to travel for site assessments, acquisition transitions, construction milestones, and pharmacy launches. Occasional work outside standard business hours may be required during critical transitions. Benefits: Annual salary: $115,000–$125,000, based on experience and qualifications. The job listing also references a compensation range of $110,000–$125,000 per year. Health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance. Financial protection: Life insurance and long-term disability coverage. Retirement savings: Access to a 401(k) program. Paid time off: Paid leave to support personal needs and work-life balance. Paid holidays: Paid holidays as part of the overall benefits package. Meaningful work: The opportunity to support pharmacy growth and integration initiatives that help improve medication adherence, patient outcomes, and continuity of care. Cross-functional exposure: Collaboration with diverse healthcare, operational, technical, and business teams across acquisitions, new builds, and relocations.