Epic Cogito Lead

CTG is seeking an experienced Epic Cogito Project Manager to lead and coordinate analytics and reporting activities for a large-scale Epic implementation. This role will work closely with Epic Cogito resources, application teams, Business Intelligence Developers (BIDs), Cogito Business Analysts (CBAs), operational leaders, and project leadership to ensure reporting and analytics deliverables are completed on schedule and aligned with organizational priorities.

The Epic Cogito Project Manager will have overall responsibility for analytics project planning, scope and governance, report request management, build oversight, testing and validation, training readiness, go-live support, and post-live optimization
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The ideal candidate has strong Epic implementation project management experience and understands how Cogito reporting and analytics activities intersect with Epic application teams, operational stakeholders, and enterprise data governance.

• Develop and manage the overall Cogito implementation workplan, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines.
• Establish weekly workplans with reporting and analytics team members and monitor progress against key milestones.
• Maintain visibility into the overall reporting timeline and communicate status to project and organizational leadership.
• Identify and remove blockers that may impact analytics deliverables.
• Coordinate dependencies across Epic application and reporting work streams.
• Escalate risks related to scope, timeline, resources, or deliverables before they impact implementation milestones.
• Hold team members accountable for assigned tasks and deadlines.
• Investigate missed milestones and adjust project plans as appropriate.

• Partner with operational leaders, Epic resources, application teams, and analytics stakeholders to define reporting goals and priorities.
• Establish and facilitate an Analytics Advisory Council consisting of appropriate operational and technical stakeholders.
• Coordinate dedicated BI support across applicable service lines.
• Facilitate agreement around organizational metric definitions and ensure appropriate subject matter experts participate in validation.
• Document and communicate analytics scope decisions to stakeholders.
• Manage reporting scope using established Epic tools and processes, including Orion and the Report Tracker.
• Coordinate extract requirements and mapping activities.
• Identify scope risks and facilitate mitigation plans.
• Establish processes for managing new analytics and reporting requests throughout the implementation.

• Design, implement, and manage a centralized report request intake and triage process.
• Ensure reporting requests are appropriately defined, prioritized, assigned, and tracked.
• Partner with BIDs, CBAs, application teams, and business stakeholders to translate operational requirements into actionable reporting needs.
• Promote the use of Epic Foundation System content when appropriate before pursuing custom development.
• Coordinate selection of the appropriate reporting solution, including:
• Reporting Workbench
• Slicer Dicer
• Dashboards
• Extracts
• Track report turnaround times and address aging or delayed requests.
• Manage reporting change control and prioritization.
• Establish and enforce consistent naming and build conventions.

• Monitor reporting and analytics build progress against the approved Report Tracker and implementation schedule.
• Coordinate activities across BIDs, CBAs, Epic resources, and application teams.
• Ensure completed reporting content aligns with organizational requirements and implementation milestones.
• Monitor adoption of completed reports, dashboards, and analytics content.
• Identify build gaps, dependencies, and resource constraints and coordinate resolution.
• Provide regular progress reporting to project and executive leadership.

• Develop and coordinate the reporting testing and validation strategy.
• Coordinate testing activities with report writers, operational owners, application teams, and subject matter experts.
• Manage validation schedules, issue tracking, and defect resolution.
• Ensure custom reporting content is appropriately tested before go-live.
• Facilitate operational review and signoff for dashboards, reports, and extracts.
• Track unresolved reporting issues and ensure appropriate ownership through resolution.

• Partner closely with the Cogito…