AthenaSaaSProject ManagementCommunicationRemote Work
About this role
Role Overview
Lead customers through the organizational, workflow, and behavioral changes required to successfully adopt athenaOne Dental.
Help stakeholders understand the impacts of new processes by guiding key decisions, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and reinforcing the behaviors that enable desired outcomes.
Operate both independently and within a matrixed team structure to drive accountability and coordinate day-to-day project activities across a portfolio of customers, ensuring timely and predictable delivery.
Proactively communicate project status, risks, mitigation strategies, and scope or timeline changes to both internal teams and customers—enabling joint problem-solving and aligned next steps.
Set clear, accurate expectations around athena’s product capabilities and service model to support informed decision-making throughout implementation.
Provide thoughtful, consultative guidance on recommended workflows and best-practice use of athenaOne Dental, ensuring customer choices support long-term success.
Collaborate closely with the cross-functional Onboarding team—including the Director sponsor, Program Manager, and Project Associates—to deliver a cohesive, high-quality implementation experience.
Navigate and manage escalations with a balanced, data-driven, and consultative approach—addressing root causes, aligning stakeholders, and driving resolutions that support both customer outcomes and athena’s standards.
Maintain accurate, transparent documentation of project milestones, decisions, risks, and meeting outcomes to ensure alignment and predictable progress.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred, ideally in Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Health Informatics, Public Health, Education, or another closely related field.
5–7 years of related professional experience, ideally within healthcare or a closely aligned industry, with demonstrated expertise in revenue cycle management, electronic dental records (EDR), and/or electronic medical records (EMR).
Minimum one year of project management experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder engagements, ideally within a services or SaaS implementation setting.
Executive-level communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively navigate and mediate conflict and foster honest dialogue.
Direct experience with revenue cycle management at a healthcare-related practice or company a strong plus
Familiarity or experience working in an established dental practice or adjacent company a strong plus.