Project Manager 1
Statewide Health and Human Services Integrated Database
Freedman HealthCare LLC (FHC) is a growing Massachusetts-based consulting firm with a national footprint. We have helped more than 25 states build and use healthcare databases to improve quality, affordability, and equity. We aim to be the partner of choice for policymakers and changemakers who use data to transform healthcare and promote health, well-being, and justice. Freedman HealthCare is an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and growing consultancy with a culture of teamwork, open communication, and meeting exacting standards.
Job Summary:
The Project Manager will be responsible for managing all analytic projects coming out of the Rhode Island Data Ecosystem – an integrated database that links information across various Rhode Island state agencies and partner organizations. Originally established as an internal state resource, the RI Data Ecosystem has matured into a one-of-a-kind, vital asset for state and non-state partners. Data from the RI Ecosystem is used by government officials, researchers, healthcare providers, health insurers, and others to identify trends across populations and time and examine priority research areas such as economic opportunity, opioid use, homelessness, healthcare access and outcomes, and education.
The Project Manager is responsible for assigning approved Ecosystem analytic projects to available staff resources, tracking analytic staff workloads, seeing analyses through to completion, and contributing to the organization, operation, and growth of the RI Ecosystem. The Project Manager will also be responsible for approving, scoping, and assigning internal EOHHS Medicaid-only data requests and following them through to completion. These requests for Medicaid data may include programmatic evaluations, requests to support the state finance team, and requests to support normal Medicaid operations.
The Project Manager is supervised by a Senior Consultant or more senior member of the FHC team.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Lead all analyst team meetings and ensure all project documentation is up to date and available in shared documentation repositories.
- Serve as the single point of contact for all Ecosystem analytic-related questions and communications. Coordinate communication among project leadership when appropriate.
- Manage and track analytic deliverables through regular communications and vetting with analysts and project leadership.
- Prepare and present materials for internal and external audiences, including Rhode Island state agency directors and leadership, partner organizations, and other interested parties.
- Strategize and make recommendations on process improvement, key partnerships, and aligning the RI Ecosystem with Rhode Island’s analytic priorities.
- Prepare working drafts of documents for team members’ review; incorporate edits to create well formatted, client-ready, final versions.
- Arrange meetings, prepare agendas, provide meeting summaries.
- Compile action items and reports on completion.
- Formulate action plans with support from project leadership.
- Develop working knowledge of project management techniques (e.g., Agile) to support ongoing project efforts.
- Promote appropriate project management tools to advance the project goals and timeline.
- Conform to policies and procedures in FHC Employee Handbook
- Participate in internal FHC development and knowledge gathering activities.
- Provide additional support to the Director of Analytics and Lead Data Analyst as needs arise.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent self-motivation and time management skills, with the ability to thrive in a remote work environment
- Experience creating and carrying out step-by-step work plans
- Extremely detail oriented and highly organized
- Exceptional at follow-through and task management
- Strong interpersonal skills, confident speaking style
- Adaptability to changing priorities and environments
- Ability to prioritize a high workload at times
- Meeting facilitation experience, including identifying next steps and brokering consensus among disparate stakeholders
- Proficiency in navigating and effectively handling difficult conversations across stake holders, including external parties, and all levels of state government.
- Excellent written communication skills in formats such as short form meeting summaries/action items and concise, audience appropriate slide decks
- Proficient in MS Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
- Attentiveness to evolving client needs
- Capacity to assign tasks and monitor task completion by others
- Assume responsibility for tasks as appropriate during planning phase, then initiate and execute self-assignments with minimal direct supervision
- Create step-by-step completion plans for deliverables created by cross-functional teams with a wide range of skill sets
Acquired during employment:
- Facility with FHC project management tools and techniques
- Advanced project management training
Education and Experience Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience managing complex projects, preferably related to health policy, health care reform, analytic data projects and/or health data strategy
- Bachelor’s degree
- Master’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Note:
- Vaccination for COVID-19 is required and FHC will consider accommodations for disability- and religious-based reasons.
- The job description provided above is a general outline and may be subject to modifications based on specific organizational requirements.
Candidates may be asked to prepare a short presentation based on materials provided by Freedman HealthCare.
This is a full-time, remote position with required availability of 9-5pm ET. Occasional travel to Providence RI or Boston may be required (up to 4x/year).
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Freedman HealthCare, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We strongly encourage applications and inquiries from women, LGBTQIA+ identified persons, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, people with disabilities, and others from historically underrepresented communities. We believe that embracing diversity in our workplace is essential to achieving the best results for our clients and as an organization.*
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $75,375.00 - $90,450.00 per year