Epic Cogito Lead

Computer Task Group, Inc•San Mateo, CA

23h

About The Position

CTG is seeking an experienced Epic Cogito Project Manager to lead and coordinate analytics and reporting activities for a large-scale Epic implementation. The role works with Epic Cogito resources, application teams, Business Intelligence Developers, Cogito Business Analysts, operational leaders, and project leadership to deliver reporting and analytics on schedule and in alignment with organizational priorities. The position is responsible for analytics project planning, scope and governance, report request management, build oversight, testing and validation, training readiness, go-live support, and post-live optimization. The ideal candidate has strong Epic implementation project management experience and understands how Cogito reporting and analytics intersect with Epic application teams, operational stakeholders, and enterprise data governance. The expected base salary is $90.00 to $100.00 per hour. Salary offers depend on factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, market factors, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications. A competitive benefit package is also offered.

Requirements

Strong experience managing Epic implementations, preferably in Cogito, analytics, reporting, or enterprise data workstreams.
Experience leading complex healthcare IT projects involving multiple application teams and operational stakeholders.
Strong understanding of Epic reporting and analytics workflows and the reporting development lifecycle.
Experience managing project plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, scope, and resource requirements.
Experience coordinating report development, testing, validation, and operational signoff.
Demonstrated ability to manage competing reporting priorities and stakeholder requests.
Experience facilitating governance and decision-making across technical and operational groups.
Excellent communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to communicate project status, risks, and decisions effectively to technical teams and executive leadership.
Ability to work across multiple workstreams in a complex Epic implementation environment.
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and ability to interact professionally with a diverse group.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage the Cogito implementation workplan, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines; establish weekly workplans and monitor progress.
Communicate reporting timeline status to project and organizational leadership, remove blockers, coordinate dependencies across application and reporting workstreams, and escalate risks.
Hold team members accountable for tasks and deadlines, investigate missed milestones, and adjust 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, coordinate dedicated BI support, and facilitate agreement on organizational metric definitions and subject matter expert validation.
Document and communicate analytics scope decisions; manage reporting scope using Epic tools and processes, including Orion and the Report Tracker.
Coordinate extract requirements and mapping, identify scope risks, develop mitigation plans, and establish processes for new analytics and reporting requests.
Design and manage centralized report request intake and triage; ensure requests are defined, prioritized, assigned, and tracked.
Translate operational requirements into reporting needs with BIDs, CBAs, application teams, and business stakeholders; promote Epic Foundation System content when appropriate.
Coordinate selection of reporting solutions, including Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer, dashboards, and extracts.
Track report turnaround times, address aging or delayed requests, manage change control and prioritization, and enforce consistent naming and build conventions.
Monitor reporting and analytics build progress against the Report Tracker and implementation schedule; coordinate work across BIDs, CBAs, Epic resources, and application teams.
Ensure reporting content aligns with organizational requirements and milestones, monitor adoption, identify build gaps and resource constraints, and provide regular progress reports to leadership.
Develop and coordinate reporting testing and validation; manage schedules, issue tracking, and defect resolution, and ensure custom content is tested before go-live.
Facilitate operational review and signoff for dashboards, reports, and extracts, and ensure unresolved issues have appropriate ownership through resolution.
Coordinate analytics training and readiness with the Cogito Principal Trainer and Training Project Manager, including curriculum, enrollment, training environments, e-learning, Quick Start Guides, and office hours.
Ensure reporting team members meet training and certification deadlines, coordinate with broader Epic application training, and ensure go-live resources are staffed and prepared.
Manage team workload, staffing, and productivity throughout implementation.
Provide leadership and command-center support during Epic go-live; coordinate real-time intake, triage, prioritization, and resolution of reporting and analytics issues.
Monitor the report request process during go-live and communicate critical Cogito metrics, risks, and milestones to project leadership.
Help stakeholders access information needed to manage their areas, coordinate completion and signoff of operational dashboards, and monitor post-go-live adoption and utilization.
Facilitate transition to the post-live support model and identify and scope long-term reporting, analytics, and optimization opportunities with stakeholders.