Acquisition Project Manager

Location: Southfield, MI (On-Site)
Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

The Acquisition Project Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day coordination and execution of physician practice acquisitions from Letter of Intent (LOI) through Go-Live and post-acquisition stabilization. This role serves as the central coordinator for each acquisition, maintaining the integrated project timeline, driving cross-functional collaboration, managing risks, and ensuring every milestone is completed on time and within scope.

Working closely with Operations, Human Resources, IT, Revenue Cycle, Credentialing, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Facilities, Compliance, Clinical Operations, and Executive Leadership, the Acquisition Project Manager ensures a seamless transition of newly acquired practices while providing leadership with clear project visibility, status updates, and proactive risk management.

What You'll Do

Project Management & Execution

• Own and maintain the master acquisition project plan from pre-acquisition through post-Go-Live stabilization.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and dependencies for multiple concurrent acquisitions.
• Monitor project health, critical paths, deliverables, and overall execution.
• Facilitate recurring project meetings, document meeting minutes, decisions, and action items.
• Track deliverables through completion while ensuring projects remain on schedule and within scope.
• Proactively identify schedule risks, resource constraints, and roadblocks, escalating issues when appropriate.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate activities across all shared service departments, including Operations, HR, IT, Revenue Cycle, Credentialing, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Facilities, Compliance, and Clinical Operations.
• Ensure departments understand upcoming deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Maintain alignment and accountability across teams throughout the acquisition lifecycle.

Acquisition Readiness

Coordinate and validate readiness across all operational areas, including:

• Facility readiness
• Staffing and onboarding
• Technology and infrastructure
• Clinical operations
• Revenue Cycle
• EHR implementation
• Credentialing and compliance
• Regulatory requirements
• Patient communications
• Vendor transitions
• Operational Go-Live preparedness

Ensure all pre-Go-Live milestones and readiness activities are successfully completed before implementation.

Risk Management

• Identify project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies early.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Manage project changes and coordinate issue resolution across departments.
• Escalate unresolved risks and critical issues to leadership as needed.

Stakeholder Communication

Serve as the primary project coordinator between:

• Physician Leadership
• Executive Leadership
• Practice Leadership
• Shared Service Departments
• Implementation Teams
• External Partners and Vendors

Provide consistent communication, executive status updates, and project reporting while ensuring stakeholders remain informed throughout the project lifecycle.

Documentation & Governance

Maintain accurate and organized project documentation, including:

• Integrated Master Schedule (Gantt)
• RAID Logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies)
• Meeting Minutes
• Decision Logs
• Executive Status Reports
• Project Dashboards
• Action Item Trackers
• Readiness Assessments
• Go-Live Checklists
• Lessons Learned

Ensure all documentation remains current, accessible, and audit-ready.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• 3-5+ years of project management experience, preferably in healthcare operations, physician practice management, healthcare IT, mergers & acquisitions, or implementation projects.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Strong project management, planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams without direct supervisory authority.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Excel, or similar project management software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with physician practice acquisitions or healthcare integration projects.
• Familiarity with healthcare operations, EHR implementations, credentialing, revenue cycle, compliance, and operational transitions.
• PMP, CAPM, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent project management certification preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Project Planning & Execution
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Risk & Change Management
• Healthcare Operations
• Process Improvement
• Executive Communication
• Organizational & Time Management
• Documentation & Governance
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Attention to Detail

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Performance-based bonus opportunities
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Professional development and career advancement opportunities
• Collaborative, mission-driven culture
• Opportunity to work on large-scale strategic growth initiatives with executive leadership

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're an organized, proactive project management professional who enjoys leading complex initiatives and collaborating across multiple teams, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help drive the successful growth of EPIC Health through strategic practice acquisitions.

Visit www.epichs.org to learn more.