Job Description: Responsibilities:
- Responsible for coordination, planning, and organization of project activities.
- Interface with all areas affected by the project, including end users, vendors, and project staff.
- Perform analysis and negotiation of project scope, budget, and schedule and perform management of the vendor contract.
- Assist with planning of resources for projects.
- Proactively manage and track project risks, issues, budget, and schedule.
- Keep business sponsors and management advised of project status.
- Ensure that applicable CHFS-OATS system design life cycle (SDLC) processes are being followed.
- Oversee vendor and project team members' work and deliverables to ensure compliance with contract.
- Experience in implementing Federal and/or State regulation changes.
- Provide project status reports
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of recent, relevant work experience.
- PMP Certification.
- Proficient in Microsoft Product Suites, (Word, Excel, Project, and Visio).
- Demonstrated ability to lead small to large size project teams.
- Prior IT experience in the public health domain and managing IT projects.
- Prior experience managing issues, scope, quality, escalations, and risks.
- Proven track record of successfully managing IT projects, collaborating across business and IT teams.
- Proficient in standard project management tools and methodologies, excelling in Microsoft Project, and PMI methodologies.
- Must be experienced in management of vendors and contracts for large scale information technology projects.
- Possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to lead meetings, lead project teams, and communicate effectively at all levels within the project.
- Must be self-motivated and able to exercise sound decision making skills.
Preferred Qualifications: - Prior experience in managing large scale, enterprise wide projects utilizing Microsoft based technologies.
- Prior process improvement experience.
- Requests for proposal or bid development.
- Experience with healthcare research, healthcare planning, and healthcare financial management.
- Experience with healthcare policy interpretation, development, and implementation.
- Research skills.
- Experience with analysis of regulatory authority, legislative action, and CMS guidelines.
- Prior experience working with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service
- Experience with Salesforce
- Experience with Candidate, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
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