IT Project Manager with Healthcare Experience

This role is for a self-starter who spots obstacles early, brings solutions and champions change. You’ll work with leaders in Operations, Quality and Technical Operations, and you’ll lead other project managers on complex work.

What You’ll Do

Program and PMO leadership

• Own key PMO processes: scope and schedule management, status and executive reporting, dependency management, issue and risk management, and project communications
• Lead the design, rollout and upkeep of the project portfolio process, and align project management practices across the program
• Keep the integrated master schedule up to date, including adding task-level schedules from each project
• Build project schedules, deliverables and timelines, and manage priorities and dependencies across projects
• Lead other project managers on highly complex projects

Delivery and project controls

• Make sure business and technology partners produce deliverables on schedule and get them approved, including requirements, functional and technical designs, and test plans
• Drive workstreams: build and track plans, clear blockers and keep work in line with program priorities
• Put strong project controls in place, and develop corrective action plans when performance slips
• Run regular portfolio reviews covering benefits realized, KPIs and gaps

Compliance and business readiness

• Ensure compliance with CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and FNS (Food and Nutrition Service) requirements
• Lead business readiness, including training and updates to business processes
• Work with business partners on long-term care (LTC) practices, policies and operational processes

Stakeholder engagement

• Present the project in executive briefings, governance meetings and meetings across departments
• Work with business leaders, project leaders and external stakeholders to assess readiness for change
• Set and manage expectations, raise and resolve issues, and keep communication open at every level

Systems analysis

• Define system scope and objectives based on user needs, business systems and industry requirements
• Analyze business and user needs, document requirements, and translate them into system requirements specifications
• Serve as a top-level advisor on complex projects, weighing how technology choices affect the business now and in the future

• Extensive experience managing large, complex IT programs, preferably in a PMO
• A record of managing schedules, risks, issues, dependencies and executive reporting across several projects
• Experience leading or directing other project managers
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including with executive audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Must live in the DMV area and be able to work onsite

Nice to Have

• Current PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• Experience with Medicaid, SNAP or other health and human services eligibility systems
• Knowledge of CMS and FNS compliance requirements
• Experience in DC government or other public sector programs, * Ability to pass a background investigation.
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Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Job Types: Contract, Full-time

Pay: $75.00 - $85.00 per hour