Medicaid Project Manager

Job Description

Responsible for the planning, execution, and oversight of the project from initiation to completion, ensuring it is completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard of quality. This position involves mitigating risks and issues, collaborating across teams and departments, managing resources, maintaining core project documentation and records, and proactively communicating with stakeholders.

• Drive the planning for and execution of the project, working directly with key stakeholders. Oversee daily project operations
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive project plan outlining objectives, timelines, and milestone deliverables
• Oversee business requirements gathering, analysis and maintenance
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, maintaining and regularly reviewing the RAID (risks, actions, issues, decisions) log
• Lead and coordinate the project team, assigning tasks and fostering collaboration
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across teams to deliver the project, including subject matter expert coordination
• Oversee testing efforts and ensure scope coverage
• Document and regularly provide status updates
• Develop and execute communications that provide clear, accurate, and timely project updates
• Establish and facilitate a steering committee for governance
• Coordinate and lead core project meetings
• Translate concepts and data into concise, accessible information for all stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience writing, maintaining, and reporting on CMS Advance Planning Documents (APDs)—including Implementation (IAPD) and Operational (OAPD) updates—in compliance with 45 CFR § 95.610 and CMS SMDT 16-009 requirements.
• Proven ability to translate complex Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) technical project milestones, schedules, and expenditures into concise, actionable documentation for Federal approval.