Position : Project Manager
Department : IT
Reports To : Sr Director, PMO
For more than a decade, Asembia has been working with specialty pharmacies, manufacturers, prescribers, payers and other industry stakeholders to develop solutions for the high-touch specialty pharmaceutical service model.
Through collaborative programs, contracting initiatives, patient support hub services and innovative technology platforms, Asembia is committed to positively impacting the patient journey.
Asembia focuses on the specialty pharmacy segment and offers comprehensive hub services, pharmacy network management, group purchasing (GPO) services, innovative technology platforms and more.
As a leading industry voice and advocate, Asembia is committed to bringing strategic channel management solutions, leading-edge products and high-touch services to the specialty pharmacy industry that help our customers optimize patient care and outcomes.
Primary Function
As a Project Manager you are responsible for organizing, outlining and developing projects. This includes design of the project goals and success factors, determination of how success will be measured and tracked. You will be responsible for ensuring the project remains on time and on budget and help motivate team members to hit their goals. The role requires overseeing the cross functional team ensuring deliverables are identified and committed time frames are met. All relevant meetings will be scheduled, and meeting notes circulated. Action items will be tracked, and project plans developed. All risks must be monitored and escalated to allow for course change or corrective actions. The PM will lead periodic readouts on project status. The PM will work closely with the financial contact to ensure all relevant financial information is a part of the project management process.
As Project manager you will work closely with users, understand the business and the way in which they use our various software platforms. You will work closely with the business analyst and other stakeholders to ensure requirements are complete and clearly communicated. Once the requirements are complete, you will act as liaison to the development and QA teams to help communicate the requirements, drive the implementation of the project and facilitate the new functionality as it makes its way through the SDLC.
Job Scope And Major Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall Project implementation from ideation through implementation while driving the success of the project
- Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with stakeholders
- Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short- and long-term goals while motivating team members to hit their goals
- Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis
- Holding periodic Readouts on Project status and risks
- Identify with the financial partner the key financial deliverables and install measurement to track post project launch
- Learn our various software platforms and gain a deep understanding of the underlying functionality.
- Constantly look for ways to improve the usability and efficiency of the applications and make suggestions for improvement.
- Use and continually develop leadership skills
- Compliance with the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations, as amended (“HIPAA”)
Required Qualifications
- At least 5 years previous experience working as a Project in the pharmacy or health care industry
- PMP Certification
- Strong communication and documentation skills with a proven ability to be thorough when thinking through technical changes
- Working knowledge SCRUM and use cases and their use in a QA environment
- Understand the difference between Unit testing, Functional testing, User acceptance testing, Regression testing
- Experience working with SDLC tools such as Jira & Confluence
- Familiarity with software's collaboration and time management tools
- Experience with process improvement and implementation
- Advanced time management and analytical skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Project & PowerPoint
- Excellent client-facing communication skills
- Ability to query SQL database tables and understand database structures and concepts is desired
- A degree in Computer Science or similar IT related field
Asembia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, natural origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, citizenship, genetic disposition, disability or veteran's status or any other classification protected by State/Federal laws .
