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Implementation Engineers who configure, deploy, and integrate enterprise software are consistently sponsored under H-1B visa because the role meets the specialty occupation threshold, a relevant bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering is typically required. Employers file LCAs through DOL before petitioning USCIS, and the annual cap applies unless you're at a qualifying cap-exempt institution.
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This role is a vital part of our Channel & Contract Management (CCM) organization, dedicated to ensuring patient access to our medicines by executing on contractual commitments to managed care customers. As a key member of the Contract Strategy Implementation (CSI) team, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders across market access, commercial contracting, and operations. In this role, you will help shape and operationalize managed care contract strategies—including eligibility management, discounts, rebates, fees, and pricing administration—to drive sustainable business impact across diverse customer segments.
The Opportunity
As the Contract Strategy Implementation (CSI) Director, you will serve as a strategic thought leader spearheading the operational design, scalable implementation, and end-to-end execution of cross-portfolio provider contracts. In this high-impact role, you will bridge market access strategy and commercial contracting to ensure contract solutions are sustainable, compliant, and aligned with enterprise goals. Key responsibilities include:
- End-to-End Implementation: Lead contract strategy implementation and execution for priority U.S. customer segments, ensuring operational feasibility and commercial alignment.
- Strategic Thought Partnership: Advise senior leadership on market access operationalization, proactively adapting program designs to shifting market dynamics and industry trends.
- Contract Preparation & Issue Resolution: Refine and pressure testing contract language, standing boilerplates, and operational terms; represent CSI in customer negotiations, operational setups, and dispute resolutions.
- Governance & Deviations: Serve as the primary decision-maker on process deviations within established legal guardrails, preparing data-driven recommendations for senior leadership on exceptions.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee managed care rebate/fee eligibility, calculations, and validation while monitoring operational KPIs and service-level metrics to maximize efficiency and contract pull-through.
- Process & Digital Innovation: Spearhead continuous improvement initiatives across contracting workflows by leveraging AI, data analytics, and process automation to elevate agility.
- Leadership & Upskilling: Coach, empower, and mentor team members across cross-portfolio initiatives, elevating core competencies from initial contract design through ongoing management.
Who You Are
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare managed, legal, or related discipline.
- Experience: 12+ years of cross-functional experience in market access, account management, contract negotiations, or strategic operations within pharma/biotech (or 8+ years with an advanced degree).
- Domain & Segment Expertise: Expert understanding of market access contracting, implementation strategies, and compliance, with preferred expertise in provider dynamics (health systems, hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, infusion providers, and GPOs).
- Contract Preparation & Issue Resolution: Refine and pressure testing contract language, standing boilerplates, and operational terms; represent CSI in customer negotiations, operational setups, and dispute resolutions.
- Executive Communication & Influence: Proven ability to translate complex commercial, legal, and operational trade-offs to various internal and external stakeholders, successfully influencing cross-functionally.
- Systems Thinking & Operational Governance: Strong analytical and systems-thinking mindset with a track record of using data to craft holistic solutions, establish operational KPIs, and drive continuous performance excellence.
- Change Leadership & Innovation: Demonstrated success leading teams through product launches paired with hands-on experience or strong capability in driving digital transformation and process automation.
Preferred Experience
- Advanced Degree: MBA, PhD, or Master’s in business, healthcare administration, or a related field.
- Specialized Provider Segment Expertise: Deep expertise in specific provider customer channels—such as clinics, health systems, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), specialty pharmacies, infusion providers, and GPOs.
- Contract Drafting: Demonstrated expertise in contract drafting.
- Digital Transformation & Emerging Tech: Demonstrated experience leveraging AI, agentic workflows, data analytics, and automation to modernize contracting operations.
- Organizational Change Leadership: Proven success guiding large cross-functional teams through complex product launches, enterprise process redesign, and business transformations.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $146,500 - $272,100. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed in this link.
This is an on-site position based in South San Francisco.
Relocation benefits are not approved for this posting.
Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact us by completing this form Accommodations for Applicants.
The Position
This role is a vital part of our Channel & Contract Management (CCM) organization, dedicated to ensuring patient access to our medicines by executing on contractual commitments to managed care customers. As a key member of the Contract Strategy Implementation (CSI) team, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders across market access, commercial contracting, and operations. In this role, you will help shape and operationalize managed care contract strategies—including eligibility management, discounts, rebates, fees, and pricing administration—to drive sustainable business impact across diverse customer segments.
The Opportunity
As the Contract Strategy Implementation (CSI) Director, you will serve as a strategic thought leader spearheading the operational design, scalable implementation, and end-to-end execution of cross-portfolio provider contracts. In this high-impact role, you will bridge market access strategy and commercial contracting to ensure contract solutions are sustainable, compliant, and aligned with enterprise goals. Key responsibilities include:
- End-to-End Implementation: Lead contract strategy implementation and execution for priority U.S. customer segments, ensuring operational feasibility and commercial alignment.
- Strategic Thought Partnership: Advise senior leadership on market access operationalization, proactively adapting program designs to shifting market dynamics and industry trends.
- Contract Preparation & Issue Resolution: Refine and pressure testing contract language, standing boilerplates, and operational terms; represent CSI in customer negotiations, operational setups, and dispute resolutions.
- Governance & Deviations: Serve as the primary decision-maker on process deviations within established legal guardrails, preparing data-driven recommendations for senior leadership on exceptions.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee managed care rebate/fee eligibility, calculations, and validation while monitoring operational KPIs and service-level metrics to maximize efficiency and contract pull-through.
- Process & Digital Innovation: Spearhead continuous improvement initiatives across contracting workflows by leveraging AI, data analytics, and process automation to elevate agility.
- Leadership & Upskilling: Coach, empower, and mentor team members across cross-portfolio initiatives, elevating core competencies from initial contract design through ongoing management.
Who You Are
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare managed, legal, or related discipline.
- Experience: 12+ years of cross-functional experience in market access, account management, contract negotiations, or strategic operations within pharma/biotech (or 8+ years with an advanced degree).
- Domain & Segment Expertise: Expert understanding of market access contracting, implementation strategies, and compliance, with preferred expertise in provider dynamics (health systems, hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, infusion providers, and GPOs).
- Contract Preparation & Issue Resolution: Refine and pressure testing contract language, standing boilerplates, and operational terms; represent CSI in customer negotiations, operational setups, and dispute resolutions.
- Executive Communication & Influence: Proven ability to translate complex commercial, legal, and operational trade-offs to various internal and external stakeholders, successfully influencing cross-functionally.
- Systems Thinking & Operational Governance: Strong analytical and systems-thinking mindset with a track record of using data to craft holistic solutions, establish operational KPIs, and drive continuous performance excellence.
- Change Leadership & Innovation: Demonstrated success leading teams through product launches paired with hands-on experience or strong capability in driving digital transformation and process automation.
Preferred Experience
- Advanced Degree: MBA, PhD, or Master’s in business, healthcare administration, or a related field.
- Specialized Provider Segment Expertise: Deep expertise in specific provider customer channels—such as clinics, health systems, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), specialty pharmacies, infusion providers, and GPOs.
- Contract Drafting: Demonstrated expertise in contract drafting.
- Digital Transformation & Emerging Tech: Demonstrated experience leveraging AI, agentic workflows, data analytics, and automation to modernize contracting operations.
- Organizational Change Leadership: Proven success guiding large cross-functional teams through complex product launches, enterprise process redesign, and business transformations.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $146,500 - $272,100. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed in this link.
This is an on-site position based in South San Francisco.
Relocation benefits are not approved for this posting.
Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact us by completing this form Accommodations for Applicants.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Implementation Engineer
Map your degree to your role
USCIS evaluates whether your degree field directly relates to implementation work. A computer science or information systems degree maps cleanly. If yours is in a adjacent field, gather documentation showing your coursework aligns with integration and deployment duties.
Check LCA filings by SOC code
Implementation Engineers file under SOC codes for software developers or computer systems analysts. Use the OFLC Wage Search to find employers who have certified LCAs under those codes, then prioritize outreach to companies with recent filing history in your target geography.
Target employers already using E-Verify
E-Verify enrollment is required for federal contractors and STEM OPT employers, and it signals an established HR compliance infrastructure. These organizations typically have immigration counsel on retainer, which shortens the time between offer and petition filing.
Search verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Filter by Implementation Engineer roles on Migrate Mate to find employers whose DOL Labor Condition Application history confirms active H-1B sponsorship. This removes the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that may not have sponsored before.
Negotiate a start date that clears the cap timeline
Cap-subject H-1B petitions can only start on October 1. If you receive an offer in March, the earliest USCIS can approve cap-subject employment is five months out. Build that gap into your offer negotiation so both sides align on the realistic start date.
Prepare a technical scope-of-work summary
Some H-1B RFEs for Implementation Engineer roles challenge specialty occupation status by arguing the work is generalist. A concise document detailing the systems you configure, the integrations you manage, and the degree-level knowledge each task requires strengthens the employer's response.
H-1B Visa Implementation Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Implementation Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as computer science, information systems, or software engineering. USCIS scrutinizes job duties closely for implementation roles, so the employer's petition should document that the work involves systems integration, configuration, or technical deployment tasks that require theoretical and practical knowledge at the degree level.
Which employers commonly sponsor H-1B visas for Implementation Engineers?
Enterprise software companies, systems integrators, consulting firms, and SaaS vendors with large customer onboarding teams are the most active sponsors for this role type. You can identify specific employers by searching Migrate Mate, which surfaces companies with verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history for implementation and systems-related positions.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Implementation Engineer employer mid-year?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer as soon as the transfer petition is filed with USCIS, without waiting for approval, as long as your prior H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. The new employer must file a new LCA and I-129 petition before your first day.
What happens to my H-1B if my implementation project ends and the employer has no immediate follow-on work?
Your H-1B status is tied to your employer, not a specific project. If there's a gap in billable work but your employment relationship continues, status is maintained. If the employer terminates you, USCIS provides a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsor, transfer your petition, or depart. Document your employment status carefully during any project transition.
Does working at a client site on an implementation engagement affect my H-1B petition?
Yes. If you're deployed to a third-party client site, your employer must file a separate LCA covering that work location and wage level. USCIS applies the same specialty occupation standards regardless of worksite, and DOL requires the LCA to reflect the actual place of employment. Your employer's immigration counsel should handle the worksite LCA before each new client deployment.