Senior IT Project & RFP Lead – Public Health Information Systems

Senior IT Project & RFP Lead – Public Health Information Systems

Columbus, United States | Posted on 01/14/2026

Senior IT Project &RFP Lead – Public Health Information Systems

Location:

Hybrid
- Columbus, OH

Description:

This position will support the Bureau of Infectious Diseases and Office of Management Information Services at the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).

The ideal candidate willhave the skill specified below:

• Excellent communication and leadership skills both written and oral.
• Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.
• Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
• Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner and striveto increase productivity.
• Experience defining and developing quality standards.
• Conduct reviews according to schedule.
• Communicate and work with customers and other personnel as necessary.
• Report progress on action items / defect resolution and possible risk areasand ensure action items are addressed and closed in a timely manner based onagreed dates and activities.
• Ensure that defined processes are followed.
• Organize and prepare work effectively to facilitate proactive resolution of problems, rather than reactive.
• Mentor and share knowledge with State staff.
• Experience in developing Requests for Proposals for IT system contracts withthe State of Ohio.
• Must have experience with RFP oversight at OPDH
• Must have experience with creating RFPs for ODH along with each of the required sections in the RFP
• Must have knowledge of ODH departments and how to collect RFP requirements from the affected users

Day-to-Dayresponsibilities include but not limited to:

• Assist ODHImmunization Program and ODH IT in the process of drafting an RFP per State ofOhio guidelines for a vendor for the state’s Immunization Information System.
• Provide feedback to project teams regarding process/procedure improvement opportunities and other potential areas for improvement discovered duringproject activities.
• Advise teams as they gather and document requirements.
• Technical leadership in identifying and documenting items needed by the project, including system architecture and platform migration.
• Advise about implications of requirements as related to vendor managementafter contract award.
• Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives forthe project.
• Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Review project’s required work products to ensure compliance with approvedtailored procedures and standards.
• Perform detailed reviews of interim and final tasks as appropriate.
• Advise about components of evaluation process and required documents such as Service Level Agreements and Data Recovery Plans.
• Use technical understanding to assist ODH in seeing opportunities for growthand resource management in contract span

Experience

6 years IT projectconsulting experience in Public Health Management Information Systems.

Mandatory Requirements/Skills

• 6years required experience developing Business Requirements for IT systems
• 6years IT project leadership

Required amount of experience with the following:

4-year college degree or equivalent technical study.

• ITprojectconsulting experience in Public Health Management Information Systems.
  
  -Required 6 Years
• Experience developing Business Requirements for IT systems
  - Required 6 Years
• ITproject leadership
  -Required - 6 Years