Senior Project Manager - State Gov Provider Management System - Remote

** Requisition number:
** 2368260

** Job category:
** Project/Program Management

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* The Senior Project Manager will serve as the lead delivery manager for a State Government Medicaid provider management system, overseeing planning, execution, governance, stakeholder coordination, risk management, and implementation readiness across the full project lifecycle. This role requires strong Medicaid program knowledge, experience managing large-scale public-sector technology initiatives, and the ability to coordinate business, technical, vendor, and State agency stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes aligned with program objectives.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

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* Primary Responsibilities:

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* + Lead the end-to-end delivery of a Medicaid provider management system, including provider enrollment, screening, credentialing, maintenance, revalidation, termination, and provider data management capabilities

+ Develop, manage, and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, resource plans, and implementation roadmaps

+ Establish and manage project governance, including status reporting, executive briefings, steering committee materials, decision logs, issue escalation, and action item tracking

+ Coordinate across State Medicaid leadership, program operations, policy teams, fiscal agents, managed care stakeholders, vendors, system integrators, and technical delivery teams

+ Oversee requirements definition, business process design, solution configuration, testing, data conversion, training, operational readiness, and implementation activities

+ Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, issues, assumptions, and change requests to ensure delivery remains aligned with State priorities and contractual commitments

+ Facilitate cross-functional work groups and decision-making sessions to resolve business, technical, policy, and operational issues

+ Ensure project activities support applicable Medicaid regulations, State policy requirements, CMS guidance, MITA alignment, HIPAA requirements, and security/privacy standards

+ Partner with technical teams to support interface planning, data integration, reporting, system testing, defect resolution, and production readiness

+ Drive stakeholder communication and change management to support adoption by State staff, providers, call centers, provider relations teams, and operational users

+ Monitor vendor performance, deliverable quality, contractual obligations, service levels, and corrective actions as needed

+ Support procurement, contract management, deliverable review, acceptance criteria validation, and documentation of formal approvals

+ Lead readiness assessments, go-live planning, cutover coordination, contingency planning, and post-implementation stabilization activities

+ Mentor project team members, promote accountability, and foster a collaborative delivery culture focused on transparency, quality, and continuous improvement

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

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* Required Qualifications:

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* + (PMP) Project Management Professional certification

+ 10+ years of project management experience leading complex technology, healthcare, or public-sector initiatives

+ 10 + years of experience with  project management disciplines, including scope management, schedule management, risk and issue management, budget tracking, quality management, communications, governance, and change control

+ 10+ years of experience managing system implementation activities across requirements, design, development/configuration, testing, training, deployment, and operational transition

+ 5+ years of experience supporting Medicaid, Health and Human Services, MMIS, Medicaid Enterprise Systems, provider enrollment, provider management, or related healthcare administration systems. Including working knowledge of Medicaid program operations, provider lifecycle processes, federal and State compliance considerations, and healthcare data privacy/security requirements

+ 5+ years of…