DHW – Senior Project Manager
Location: Hybrid; Boise, ID
Position Type: Contract
Duration: 12+ months
Must Have Skills:
- At least 5 years of project management experience in healthcare or state government technology projects.
- At least 5 years of experience in change management, training coordination, and communications for new system and process rollouts.
- At least 5 years of experience in system migration and data conversion from legacy systems.
- Strong organizational, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage deadlines, dependencies, and critical-path activities.
- Ability to gather requirements and prioritize data aggregation, analytics, and report development.
- Ability to identify issues early and work with management to resolve them.
- Ability to identify key stakeholders, support decision-making, build stakeholder and community support, and establish project partnerships.
Desired Skills:- At least 5 years of experience working with Idaho state agencies.
- At least 5 years of experience working with state Medicaid agencies.
Job Responsibilities:- Lead the end-to-end implementation of new Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) modules and components.
- Define and manage project scope, schedules, budgets, implementation plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate vendors and project managers through a master schedule and project governance to track risks, milestones, and deliverables.
- Ensure the final solution meets Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) requirements and deliverables.
- Coordinate vendor and state resources throughout planning, implementation, go-live, and certification.
- Monitor project progress and adjust plans as needed.
- Maintain stakeholder relationships and communicate project updates to appropriate audiences.
- Present project progress, risks, and key decisions to department executives and the legislative body.
