Cranston, RI - IT - EOHHS - Policy, Planning, and Strategy - RHTP

Project Manager-Senior Functional Role: RHTP Accessibility and Provider Improvement Manager

In support of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), Knowledge Services is seeking a skilled Senior Project Manager with experience in project management, active contracting, meeting facilitation, partnership development, and data-driven decision-making. The person holding the position is expected to work closely with agency leadership, program, data, and policy staff to ensure interagency projects focused on oral health move from planning to operations and are actively managed and evaluated.

Sustainability planning will also be a major component of this work.

General Statement of Duties:

With a high level of project leadership expertise, undertake complex professional assignments involving planning and policy, program development and implementation, data analysis, research, and stakeholder engagement related to improving the accessibility of rural health care services for individuals with disabilities of all types in Rhode Island. Such responsibilities shall be executed in support of the objectives of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) and related health system accessibility initiatives that are conducted by or in partnership with EOHHS, including disability planning and Health Care System Planning.

Supervision

Works under the direction and guidance of the Chief of Special Projects (Olmstead Lead) and other senior EOHHS program and policy leadership (Director of Strategy and Innovation) with latitude for the exercise of initiative and independent judgment in the utilization of professional standards and techniques.

Supervision Exercised:

May supervise contract personnel assigned to assist on a regular project basis and ensure that work products are developed in a qualitative and timely manner. Will coordinate cross-functionally with colleagues across agencies and sectors as project manager but not as supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team focused on strategy, policy, planning, program alignment, and evaluation.
• Coordinating cross-agency collaboration among state departments, community partners, providers, advocates, and people with lived experience to support integrated and aligned implementation efforts.
• Facilitating public-private, work groups, and stakeholder convenings, including preparing agendas, documenting decisions, and managing follow-up activities.
• Ensuring that stakeholder engagement and project activities are organized in ways that promote accessibility, meaningful participation, and inclusion of people with disabilities and individuals with lived experience.
• Leading vendor management, contracts, consultants, and external partners involved in cross-agency accessibility implementation projects, including monitoring deliverables and supporting procurement and reporting processes.
• Translating high-level policy goals and strategic priorities into actionable operational steps that can be implemented across agencies and community systems.
• Serving as a central point of coordination and communication to help sustain momentum, alignment, and shared ownership across statewide accessibility implementation efforts.
• Developing knowledge of related subject-matter programs to inform design, content, and functionality decisions and providing strategic advice on initial design and ongoing operations.
• Supporting coordination between cornerstone initiatives and related state efforts involving Medicaid, housing, behavioral health, workforce development, transportation, education, community accessibility and more.
• Developing and maintaining detailed project workplans, timelines, and implementation schedules for key accessibility initiatives and related strategic priorities.
• Tracking deliverables, milestones, and agency commitments to ensure accountability and timely progress on accessibility-related projects.
• Identifying implementation barriers, operational challenges, and system gaps, and working collaboratively with partners to develop solutions and advance progress.
• Managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities while maintaining strong…