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Sr. Program Manager – Healthcare M&A (AI & Data Platform Integrations) 5202
Duration: 6 Month Contract (likely extension or conversion to FTE)
Location: 100% onsite – Alpharetta, GA
Overview
The Senior Program Manager – Healthcare M&A Technology leads and governs complex post-merger technology and data platform integrations within the healthcare industry, leveraging AI-driven insights, automation, and advanced analytics to accelerate integration outcomes.
This role is critical in integrating healthcare data platforms (claims, clinical, provider, payer, EHR/EMR, revenue cycle systems, and analytics platforms) across acquisitions while ensuring regulatory compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST), data integrity, and business continuity.
Additionally, this position serves as a strategic partner to the SVP, delivering AI-enabled reporting, predictive financial insights, and unified dashboards across the M&A portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Healthcare M&A Technology Program Leadership
- Lead enterprise-scale post-acquisition integrations in healthcare environments, including payer, provider, healthtech, or data platform organizations.
- Drive integration of healthcare data ecosystems, including:
- Claims & billing systems
- EHR/EMR platforms (Epic, Cerner, etc.)
- Revenue cycle management (RCM) systems
- Clinical, operational, and financial data platforms
- Oversee data platform consolidation and interoperability, including FHIR/HL7 integration strategies and data normalization.
- Apply AI to accelerate system rationalization, architecture mapping, and integration orchestration.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, HITRUST, PHI security, and healthcare regulatory standards during integration.
- Manage multiple concurrent integration tracks using AI-driven dependency mapping and resource optimization.
Healthcare Data Integration & Analytics
- Lead data migration and harmonization across disparate healthcare systems with a focus on:
- Data quality, lineage, and governance
- Patient/member data matching
- Master data management (MDM)
- Drive creation of enterprise healthcare data platforms, enabling unified reporting and analytics.
- Utilize AI/ML to identify data inconsistencies, cost inefficiencies, and operational risks across acquired entities.
- Ensure alignment of cloud-based healthcare data platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) with enterprise architecture standards.
Timeline, Cost & Synergy Realization
- Own program financials, including healthcare-specific synergy targets (cost savings, operational efficiencies, platform consolidation).
- Use AI-powered forecasting to model:
- Integration costs
- Technology rationalization savings
- Revenue cycle improvements
- Track milestones using predictive analytics and proactively mitigate risks to integration timelines.
- Monitor KPIs across clinical, financial, and operational systems using real-time dashboards.
Executive Partnership & Strategy
- Act as a trusted advisor to the SVP, delivering:
- AI-driven executive insights
- Integration readiness assessments
- Healthcare M&A due diligence support (tech and data platforms)
- Deliver executive-level reporting across technology, data, compliance, and financial dimensions.
- Translate complex healthcare integration data into clear, board-level narratives and decisions.
Stakeholder, Vendor & Governance Leadership
- Partner with senior leaders across IT, data, clinical operations, compliance, and finance.
- Manage third-party vendors (healthcare IT platforms, data vendors, integration partners).
- Establish governance frameworks with:
- Risk heatmaps
- Data governance reporting
- Compliance dashboards
- Drive alignment between speed of integration and strict healthcare regulatory requirements.
Delivery Excellence & Process Optimization
- Implement standardized Healthcare M&A integration playbooks.
- Leverage AI-enabled tooling for:
- Agile release tracking
- Data migration monitoring
- Compliance validation
- Financial and synergy reporting
- Continuously improve processes using lessons learned from prior healthcare integrations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Healthcare IT, or related field.
- 10 years of program management experience leading large-scale technology initiatives.
- Direct experience with Healthcare M&A integrations, including payer, provider, or healthtech environments.
- Strong experience with healthcare data platforms and interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, EDI, etc.).
- Deep understanding of:
- Healthcare systems (EHR/EMR, claims, RCM)
- Data governance and patient data management
- Regulatory requirements (HIPAA, HITRUST)
- Proven experience integrating cloud-based healthcare data platforms.
- Strong executive communication skills with ability to influence senior leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent certification.
- Experience in healthcare SaaS, health data platforms, or digital health companies.
- Exposure to Corporate Development or M&A due diligence processes.
- Background supporting C-level or SVP-level leadership.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Healthcare technology program leadership
- M&A integration strategy and execution
- Healthcare data platform integration & governance
- Financial acumen with synergy realization focus
- Executive communication and storytelling
- Cross-functional leadership in regulated environments
- Risk management across compliance, security, and scalability
- AI/automation adoption in program delivery
Success Measures
- Successful integration of healthcare data platforms and systems with minimal disruption to patients, providers, or operations
- Achievement of cost, operational, and technology synergies
- Compliance with all healthcare regulatory and data security requirements
- High confidence from executive leadership through clear, data-driven visibility
- Establishment of scalable healthcare M&A integration frameworks