Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) modules and components from planning through go-live.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, milestones, deliverables, and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate multiple vendors, project managers, state teams, and technical resources through a master project schedule.
• Coordinate resources throughout planning, implementation, testing, go-live, and certification.
• Ensure project deliverables meet business and technical requirements.
• Monitor project progress, identify issues and risks early, and implement corrective actions.
• Gather requirements and coordinate data aggregation, analytics, and reporting activities.
• Manage project dependencies, critical paths, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Establish strong relationships with business, technical, vendor, and executive stakeholders.
• Provide project status updates and presentations to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• Support change management, training, and communication activities for system implementations.
• Coordinate legacy system conversion and modernization activities as required.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of project management experience in technology projects.
• Experience in healthcare, Medicaid, or state government environments.
• Strong understanding of project planning, scheduling, scope, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage deadlines and critical project paths.
• Experience gathering requirements and coordinating data, analytics, and reporting initiatives.
• Ability to identify issues early and work with stakeholders to drive resolution.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with state Medicaid agencies.
• Experience with state government projects, preferably Medicaid programs.
• Experience with legacy system modernization and system/data conversion.
• Experience with change management, training, and implementation communications.
• Experience working with Idaho state agencies is preferred

Key Skills

Education

Any Gradute