Healthcare Project Manager

Description 

The Medicaid Data Warehouse
(MDW) is the primary repository for Medicaid in New York State and is the main
provider of Business Intelligence about Medicaid Data. The Bureau is comprised
of two functional areas, the Medicaid Data Warehouse (MDW) and the Medicaid
Analytics Performance Portal (MAPP). The MDW includes the Medicaid Information
Services Center, a Data Warehouse, business Intelligence capabilities,
reporting capabilities, and user support and litigation requests. MAPP includes
Health Homes and Value Based Payment (VBP) projects

Duties

• The IT Manager will work closely with Medicaid
  Data Warehouse (MDW) program staff to provide oversight, Project
  Management (PM), and various Business Analyst (BA)/Data Analyst (DA)
  supporting duties to projects within the MDW. Specific duties include but
  are not limited to:
  
• Oversee and participate in PM activities
  
• Manage projects using a Project Management Body of
  Knowledge (PMBOK) based project management methodology containing well
  defined and documented processes, templates, and guidelines for all
  project phases, the adherence to which is required and managed by a formal
  Project Management Office.
  
• Prepare and manage Project Management Plan including
  but not limited to: scope statement, schedule, budget, quality plan,
  risks, issues and communication plan, etc)
  
• Prepare documents such as presentations, and meeting
  materials
  
• Track Project performance to ensure goals are being met
  Identify and facilitate communications with stakeholder groups
  
• Utilize formal project change process and communicate
  changes with all stakeholders
  
• Conduct periodic stakeholder analysis sessions to
  synchronize expectations, and facilitate lessons learned
  
• Develop transition plan(s) and execute those plans to
  ensure orderly transition to Operations
  
• Work with the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office
  
• (EPMO) to ensure project management activities at the
  MDW are in alignment with EPMO
  standards.              
  
• Oversee and participate in BA and DA activities
  
• Analyze, develop and revise flow charts, process models
  and technical specifications describing as-is or to-be Information
  Technology (IT) systems or business processes
  
• Prioritize IT system requirements and gains stakeholder
  agreement for IT projects or business process change documents detailing
  the project
  
• Assist with developing presentations to justify and
  explain IT system or business process requirements
  
• Evaluate the outcomes of systems testing, and confirm
  that the results are consistent with the system or business process
  specifications
  
• Review proposals from staff and recommend management to
  revising system or business process requirements during and after IT
  system implementation, if applicable
  
• Determine the impact of software and hardware releases
  on the IT system
  
• Assist with the development of training related to
  business systems implementation for users Write Queries
  
• Assist in querying Data sources to determine the
  validity of project outputs
  
• Document data architecture
  

Mandatory Requirements 

• Experience (14+ Years)
  

Requirements

Requirements 

• This is an 100% Onsite
  
• 84 months of providing guidance and
  oversight to large teams in the IT Healthcare Industry
  
• Bachelor’s degree Information
  Technology or Computer Science or similar field of study
  
• 60 months of experience leading software implementation
  projects or in-house application development projects using industry
  standard project methodologies (SDLC).
  
• 60 Months working on IT projects in the
  Healthcare industry, Medicaid or Medicare Systems.
  
• 60 months experience working with State, Federal or
  Local government agencies.
  
• 60 months of experience analyzing and developing
  reporting needs/reports from three perspectives: senior management, power
  user, and ad hoc, using industry standard (e.g. Cognos, OBIEE) reporting
  software.
  
• 60 months of Data analysis/Data and mining of complex
  systems and relational databases.
  
• 60 months’ experience with working in a formal Project
  Management office, working with Project Managers and teams, and using
  standardized methodologies (such as waterfall and agile) and templates,
  participating in the evaluation of project readiness for deployment.