Medicaid Certification PMO Project Manager
Listed on 2026-11-02
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Business
Change Management, Operations Management
Date:
Oct 30, 2026
Location:
Springfield, IL, US
Company: NTT DATA Services
NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization,
We are currently seeking a Medicaid Certification PMO Project Manager to join our team in Springfield, Illinois (US-IL), United States (US).
External Posting
Job Title:
CMS Certification PMO Project Manager
NTT DATA is seeking an experienced PMO CMS Certification Project Manager to support the State of Illinois Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) modernization initiative. This role will provide project management leadership for CMS certification activities while supporting the establishment, operation, and continuous improvement of an Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO).
The position will coordinate CMS certification readiness, enterprise governance, integrated planning, project schedules, cross-project dependencies, executive reporting, and Risk, Issue, Action Item, and Decision (RAID) management across HFS stakeholders, project teams, vendors, and federal-facing activities. This scope aligns with the PMO, governance, Project Management Plan, reporting, APD, and enterprise planning responsibilities.
The position is hybrid, with the possibility of up to 25% travel to the client location in Springfield, Illinois or Chicago, Illinois.
Job Responsibilities- Lead project management activities supporting CMS Streamlined Modular Certification (SMC) and certification readiness across the Medicaid enterprise.
- Develop and maintain integrated certification schedules, milestones, dependencies, readiness activities, and status reporting.
- Coordinate CMS certification activities across HFS, project teams, vendors, business, and technical stakeholders, and federal-facing work streams.
- Track certification evidence, CMS questions and Requests for Additional Information (RAIs), commitments, decisions, dependencies, and follow-up activities.
- Support the establishment, operation, and maturation of an Enterprise PMO for large-scale Medicaid/MMIS modernization.
- Develop and maintain standardized project-management processes, governance practices, templates, dashboards, reporting, and project controls.
- Establish and administer enterprise Risk, Issue, Action Item, and Decision (RAID) processes, including ownership, mitigation/resolution, due dates, escalation, and closure.
- Maintain integrated project schedules and monitor deliverables, milestones, critical dependencies, constraints, and schedule impacts.
- Facilitate PMO, certification, governance, and project review meetings; document and follow through on risks, decisions, actions, and escalations.
- Prepare executive-level project and certification status reporting identifying progress, risks/issues, dependencies, decisions, and areas requiring leadership attention.
- Coordinate cross-project and cross-vendor dependencies and support alignment among PMO, CMS certification, APD/federal funding, procurement, governance, and modernization activities.
- Support continuous improvement of PMO processes, standard operating procedures, tools, metrics, lessons learned, and governance practices.
- Bachelor's degree or degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent years of work experience
- Minimum eight (8) years of relevant project/program management experience, including experience supporting large or complex programs.
- Experience establishing, operating, or maturing Enterprise PMO supporting complex technology transformation initiatives.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or comparable project-management certification
- Experience with project planning, integrated schedules, status reporting, RAID management, dependencies, governance, and executive reporting.
- Experience supporting Medicaid, MMIS, MES, healthcare, or public-sector technology programs.
- Direct experience supporting CMS certification, including SMC or prior Medicaid certification approaches.
- Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, projects, vendors, and work streams.
- Strong facilitation, analytical, written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Master's degree in a related field.
- 10+ years supporting complex Medicaid, MMIS, MES, healthcare, or public-sector transformation programs.
- Experience establishing…
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