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Implementation Project Managers coordinate enterprise software rollouts, system migrations, and cross-functional deployments, roles that qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations when they require a bachelor's degree in a directly related field like information systems, computer science, or business technology. Employers in SaaS, healthcare IT, and ERP consulting sponsor H-1B petitions for this title regularly.
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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 Project Manager
Confirm your role qualifies as specialty occupation
USCIS requires that your Implementation Project Manager position normally requires a specific bachelor's degree, not just any degree. Pull the O*NET profile for this occupation and document the degree requirement before your employer files.
Target ERP and SaaS vendors with H-1B history
Companies deploying SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, or Workday at scale file H-1B petitions for implementation roles consistently. Search Migrate Mate to filter employers by verified H-1B LCA filing history for this exact job title.
Request premium processing before your OPT expires
Standard H-1B adjudication can take several months. If you're on OPT with a firm end date, ask your employer to file with premium processing so USCIS adjudicates the petition within 15 business days.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Use OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wage tiers for Implementation Project Manager before you accept any offer.
Document project management credentials in your petition
Certifications like PMP or CAPM tied to your degree field strengthen the specialty occupation argument in your I-129 petition. Provide transcripts and credential evaluations showing your degree directly supports enterprise implementation work.
Understand cap-exempt employers if the lottery is a concern
Universities, nonprofit research organizations, and certain government entities are cap-exempt, meaning they can file H-1B petitions outside the annual lottery. If your implementation work can be housed at one of these entities, you bypass the 85,000-slot cap entirely.
H-1B Visa Implementation Project Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Implementation Project Manager role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, if the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as information systems, computer science, business administration, or engineering. The key is that the degree requirement must be tied to the role itself, not just preferred. Employers document this in the LCA and I-129 petition. Roles at SaaS vendors and ERP consulting firms typically meet this threshold.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for Implementation Project Managers?
Enterprise software companies, healthcare IT vendors, ERP consultancies, financial services firms, and managed services providers file H-1B petitions for this title most frequently. Implementation work tied to platforms like SAP, Workday, Salesforce, and Epic Health generates consistent sponsorship demand. Use Migrate Mate to browse open roles at employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for this job title.
Can I change employers on H-1B while managing an active implementation project?
Yes. Under H-1B portability, you can start working for a new employer as soon as that employer files a new I-129 petition on your behalf, without waiting for approval, as long as you've been in valid H-1B status for at least 180 days. Your new employer's petition must describe a qualifying specialty occupation role, not simply reference your previous approval.
What happens to my H-1B status if my implementation project ends and my employer has no immediate next project?
Your employer must continue paying your prevailing wage during any benching period between projects. USCIS considers unpaid bench time a violation of H-1B terms. If your role is eliminated, you have a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsoring employer, file for a change of status, or depart the U.S. Document your employment continuity carefully throughout any project transition.
Does a PMP certification help with H-1B approval for this role?
Indirectly, yes. The H-1B petition must establish that the role requires a specific bachelor's degree, not that you hold a certification. However, a PMP credential tied to your degree field reinforces the argument that the position requires specialized, degree-level knowledge. Immigration attorneys often include professional certifications in supporting documentation when the specialty occupation argument needs strengthening.