Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Product Market Strategy is a member of the Platform Services Product Management team within our Product division. The main focus of this role will be to drive strategy and business outcomes to support our Payer initiatives.
The Senior Manager, Product Market Strategy will be accountable for influencing and executing against our atheanPayer initiatives. You will spend significant time in market, understanding and responding to industry trends then using that data to build a strategy and product roadmap.
The industry and regulatory landscape are changing rapidly, and you will be successful by evaluating the opportunities of that landscape and executing to benefit our clients, their members, and our business. You have experience managing cross-functional programs and know how to drive execution across a large set of internal stakeholders that are organizationally outside of your authority. You are comfortable managing multiple major business priorities. You are adept at influencing people within and outside of the organization. You will act as a market-facing spokesperson for industry groups, prospects, and clients. Our goal is to lead the industry towards a more interoperable ecosystem and you will be a critical internal player in succeeding to reach that goal.
This is a hybrid role with the expectation to be in the Boston, MA office one day a week.
Job Responsibilities
Analyze user, business, and partner activity to identify opportunities in our products
Develop product strategy in the form of use cases, technology use, integrations, and resources required to act on our objectives
Develop business cases alongside our financial planning and analysis team to evaluate our strategy against our bottom line
Manage cross-functional program with product teams across the company to prioritize and ensure implementations
Partner with product leaders and high-level executives to influence their product strategy and shape the vision of athenahealth products, based on a deep understanding of market trends mapped to athenahealth’s product’s strengths and opportunities and those of our competitors
Work with the Legal and Compliance teams to translate rules such as the 21st Century Cures Act regulations into business requirements
Ensure that athenahealth represents a POV that is consistent and aligned to our business objectives in industry trade groups and standards development organizations
Execute on the go-to-market strategy for new product launches, including coordination of client engagement, feedback, and contracting
This is a hybrid role with the expectation to be in the Boston, MA office one day a week.
Typical Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required
7+ years overall professional experience, inclusive of a minimum of 4 years of product management experience
Experience working with complex regulatory requirements
Experience with gathering technical requirements in a SaaS-based product environment; must have basic working knowledge of FHIR standards
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional programs
Ability to lead market research and data-driven analysis, gathering perspectives from a variety of sources and combining with business strategy to define a path forward
Strong communication skills, including the ability to influence senior executives and lead presentations to external audiences, especially enterprise clients
About athenahealth
Here’s ourvision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
What’s unique about our locations?
From an historic, 19thcentury arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant,allofathenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our10offices across the United States and India —plus numerous remote employees —all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.
Our company culture might be our best feature.
We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story.athenahealth develops andimplements products and services that support US healthcare: It’sour chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.
Our vibrant and talented employees — orathenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplishour goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing theirbestselves to work.
Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enoughthatyourindividual contributionswill stand out— butlarge enoughto grow your career with ourresources and established business stability.
Giving back is integral to our culture. OurathenaGivesplatform strives tosupport food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’sCorporate Social Responsibility(CSR)program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.
What can we do for you?
Along with health and financial benefits,athenistasenjoy perks specific to eachlocation, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance,employeeresource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, includingbook clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And weprovideathenistaswithacompany culturebased onlearning,the support of anengaged team,andan inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
We alsoencourage a better work-life balance forathenistaswith our flexibility. Whilewe know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at taoperations@athenahealth.com for assistance.
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