Project Manager - Pharmacy Mergers & Acquisitions

Altruix•Philadelphia, PA

4d•$115,000 - $125,000

About The Position

Altruix is seeking a hands-on Project Manager to lead pharmacy acquisitions, integrations, De Novo builds, and relocations. The role translates approved growth opportunities into actionable project plans and drives execution from pre-close or initial planning through launch, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional teams, maintains accountability for milestones and deliverables, identifies and escalates risks, supports multiple concurrent projects, and strengthens repeatable M&A and De Novo implementation processes. The position leads planning and execution across acquisition integrations, pharmacy openings, and relocations. It coordinates readiness, system migrations, construction and facility activities, licensing, staffing, supplier and inventory setup, and operational handoffs while safeguarding continuity of patient and client service. Travel is required for site assessments, acquisition transitions, construction milestones, and pharmacy launches. Occasional work outside normal business hours may be required during critical transitions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare administration, project management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least 5 years of project management or implementation experience leading complex, cross-functional projects involving multiple departments, vendors, or locations.
Strong planning, facilitation, communication, problem-solving, and follow-through skills, with the ability to influence across functional teams.
Proficiency with Excel and project management tools, including schedules, dashboards, budgets, and action tracking.
Travel for site assessments, acquisition transitions, construction milestones, and pharmacy launches.
Occasional work outside normal business hours may be required during critical transitions.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare, pharmacy operations, acquisitions or integrations, facility openings, or other regulated environments.
PMP or equivalent certification.
Behavioral health or long-term care pharmacy experience.
Pharmacy system conversion experience.
Construction coordination experience.
340B experience.

Responsibilities

Own integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and deliverables, ensuring clear ownership and accountability across workstreams.
Lead project kickoffs, workstream reviews, and readiness meetings; document decisions and drive timely resolution of action items, risks, and dependencies.
Maintain project dashboards, risk and issue tracking, and leadership reporting, communicating status, decisions needed, and recovery plans.
Coordinate cross-functional work across Operations, Clinical and Quality, Legal and Compliance, Finance, HR, IT, Revenue Cycle, Payer, Licensing, Facilities, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, 340B, and Logistics.
Build and manage transaction-specific integration plans based on deal structure, locations, licensing, payer enrollment, workforce, systems, contracts, and operational requirements.
Coordinate seller information requests and pre-close planning in accordance with Legal-approved access and confidentiality requirements.
Drive Day 1 readiness and post-close integration through stabilization, coordinating employee onboarding, financial and billing continuity, procurement, technology, supplier transitions, communications, and operating workflows.
Coordinate system migrations, testing, cutover, contingency planning, and operational support to minimize disruption to patient and client service.
Translate approved opportunities into project scope, budgets, launch plans, timelines, and readiness requirements; escalate material changes to cost, timing, staffing, or scope.
Coordinate site selection, lease and facility activities, permitting, construction, licensing, equipment, technology, staffing, supplier setup, inventory, and operational readiness with functional owners and external partners.
Manage pharmacy relocations and Construction De Novo launches, ensuring licensing, payer, staffing, technology, patient transition, and operational dependencies are addressed before opening.
Coordinate functional readiness signoffs and escalate unresolved regulatory, patient-safety, payer, security, financial, or operational risks before launch.
Lead launch support, issue resolution, stabilization reviews, and formal handoff to ongoing Operations.
Monitor project performance against approved scope, schedule, budget, and operating objectives; capture lessons learned and continuously improve implementation playbooks and templates.