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Partner Integration Associate
Role summary
Join a team that helps partners connect to athenahealth’s platform through clear, scalable, and well-scoped integration work. In this role, you will support technical discovery, project coordination, and partner-facing communication for integration initiatives that help improve interoperability across the athenaOne ecosystem. This position is based in Belfast, ME/ Boston, MA / Remote-US as a hybrid role. The role reports to the Manager, Partner Integrations.
Team summary
We are seeking a Partner Integration Associate to join the Marketplace team within the Corporate Strategy & Development division. In this role, you will support athenahealth’s partner ecosystem by providing interoperability consulting and scoping services for prospective and existing athenahealth partners. You will help partners adopt athenahealth-recommended integration approaches, understand platform capabilities, and implement scalable solutions that support our athenaOne customer base.
You will collaborate with a wide range of external stakeholders—from technical teams to executive leadership—and work cross-functionally with Partner Success Management, Partner Operations, Product, and Engineering to resolve partner challenges and inform product direction. This role requires strong communication skills, technical acumen, and the ability to build effective working relationships across teams and functions.
The ideal candidate brings a background in interoperability or healthcare IT, experience managing complex technical projects, and a commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
The Corporate Strategy and Development (CSD) division plays an important role in helping to drive athenahealth’s growth agenda. The division’s charter spans strategy, partnerships and M&A. CSD is a high-visibility and high impact group that will interface across all levels of the company providing quantitative and qualitative analytical decision support on cross-company strategic issues and deal execution.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Coordinate partner integration workstreams from scoping through implementation support, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and dependencies are documented and tracked.
Support technical discovery sessions with partners to gather requirements, clarify use cases, and translate needs into actionable integration plans.
Partner with internal stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Partner Success Management, and Partner Operations to resolve integration issues and keep work aligned.
Prepare clear written materials, including technical summaries, meeting notes, and partner-facing correspondence.
Assess partner integration approaches against athenahealth platform capabilities and recommend paths that support scalability and maintainability.
Facilitate issue resolution by identifying risks, escalating blockers, and helping coordinate follow-up actions across teams.
Analyze integration requests, implementation impacts, and project status to support decision-making and prioritization.
Apply AI-enabled tools and practices to improve task organization, drafting, research, and workflow efficiency, while using human judgment to review outputs for accuracy, context, and appropriateness.
Contribute to process improvements by identifying opportunities to streamline coordination, documentation, and partner support activities.
Maintain accurate records of partner interactions, project progress, and key decisions in accordance with team standards.
Additional Job Responsibilities
Assist with presentation materials and other support content for internal and external meetings.
Participate in team discussions related to operational improvements, partner trends, and integration best practices.
Help update internal process documentation and reference materials as workflows evolve.
Support planning activities for partner onboarding, implementation readiness, and follow-up reviews.
Track recurring themes or issues across partner engagements and share observations with the team.
Contribute to special projects and ad hoc initiatives within the Partner Integrations team.
Coordinate meeting logistics, agendas, and follow-up items as needed.
Support evaluation of partner requests by gathering relevant background information and routing items to the appropriate stakeholders.
Expected Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Health Informatics, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
2+ years of experience in technical project management with cross-functional scope.
2+ years of experience in healthcare IT, interoperability, or a related field.
Strong communication and technical writing skills, with demonstrated ability to explain technical information clearly.
Familiarity with RESTful APIs and/or HL7 standards.
Knowledge of Agile methods and Lean or continuous improvement practices is a plus.
Experience working with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate technical projects or implementations.
Experience supporting structured documentation, planning, and issue tracking in a professional environment.
Willingness to travel as needed.
Expected Compensation
$51,000 - $87,000The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.
About athenahealth
Our vision: In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Our company culture: Our talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and do-ers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.
Our DEI commitment: Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.
What we can do for you:
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Health Informatics, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of experience in technical project management with cross-functional scope.
- 2+ years of experience in healthcare IT, interoperability, or a related field.
- Strong communication and technical writing skills with ability to explain technical information clearly.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and/or HL7 standards.
- Experience working with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate technical projects or implementations.
- Experience supporting structured documentation, planning, and issue tracking in a professional environment.
- Willingness to travel as needed.
- Knowledge of Agile methods and Lean or continuous improvement practices.
athenahealth Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about athenahealth and has not been reviewed or approved by athenahealth.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision options alongside additional protections like accident and critical illness coverage. Mental health support and EAP-style counseling resources are also part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-away offerings include PTO that covers vacation and sick time, paid holidays, and options for leaves of absence and sabbaticals. Flexible time off is positioned as a meaningful part of the overall rewards package for some roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer matching, supported by broader financial wellbeing resources. Equity and performance bonuses are also referenced as part of total rewards.
athenahealth Insights
What We Do
athenahealth strives to cure complexity and simplify the practice of healthcare. Our innovative technology includes electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement solutions that help healthcare providers, administrators, and practices eliminate friction for patients while getting paid efficiently. athenahealth partners with practices with purpose-built software backed by expertise to produce the insights needed to drive better clinical and financial outcomes. We’re inspired by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all. For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com
Why Work With Us
We are here to make an impact on the healthcare industry at scale. We enable our diverse teams to move fast, grapple with interesting technical challenges, and innovate at every level. We are on a modernization journey and build on the hybrid cloud. We deliver best-in-class solutions to help every patient receive the best possible care.
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