Project Manager – Pharmaceuticals
AssistRx
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Florida • United States
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About the role
- Lead end-to-end client implementations of AssistRx SaaS solutions—from kickoff through go-live and stabilization
- Serve as the primary point of contact for pharmaceutical and specialty pharmacy clients during implementation
- Act as a trusted advisor, guiding clients through implementation strategy, timelines, risks, and best practices
- Translate complex business, clinical, and operational requirements into clear implementation plans and system configurations
- Partner closely with Product Management to balance AssistRx’s product roadmap with client needs and regulatory requirements
- Collaborate with Business Analysts to ensure requirements, user stories, workflows, integrations, and test plans accurately reflect client and program needs
- Coordinate across Engineering, QA, Product, Data, Sales, and Client Services teams to ensure timely and compliant delivery
- Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes, especially in regulated healthcare environments
- Oversee project schedules, milestones, effort estimates, and defect prioritization
- Prepare and deliver executive-level project updates to internal leadership and client stakeholders
- Support client training, readiness planning, and go-live activities
- Ensure implementations align with healthcare compliance standards (HIPAA, data security, audit readiness, etc.)
- Contribute to PMO best practices, templates, and continuous process improvement
Requirements
- 3–5+ years managing client-facing software implementation projects, preferably in healthcare or life sciences
- Proven experience implementing SaaS or enterprise platforms for external clients
- Strong working knowledge of specialty pharmacy, pharmaceutical manufacturing, hub services, prior authorization, or patient support programs
- Experience consulting directly with pharmaceutical or healthcare clients
- Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Agile project delivery experience preferred
- PMP certification preferred
- Exceptional ability to build credibility and trust with client stakeholders
- Comfortable leading conversations with both operational users and executive sponsors
- Strong requirement-gathering and problem-solving skills in complex, regulated environments
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
- Able to manage multiple implementations simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- Self-directed, accountable, and comfortable operating with autonomy
- Strong presenter with experience delivering status updates and recommendations to senior leaders
- Collaborative leader who can influence without authority
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Project)
- Experience with Agile tools and project tracking systems
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
SaaS implementationSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Agile project deliveryrequirement-gatheringproblem-solvingproject schedulingdefect prioritizationclient trainingsystem configurationsrisk management
Soft Skills
credibility buildingtrust buildingcommunicationorganizationattention to detailautonomycollaborationinfluence without authoritypresentationstakeholder management
Certifications
PMP certification