Program Director

Cormac Corporation

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

CORMAC is seeking an experienced Program Director to lead multidisciplinary teams in delivering federal healthcare programs, including patient safety and health services initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience supporting federal clients, preferably CMS, and a strong background managing complex projects, resources, risks, and stakeholder relationships.

This role oversees project planning, budgeting, milestone tracking, and operational execution while ensuring alignment with federal program goals. Responsibilities include leading stakeholder meetings, preparing executive level communications, managing EVM reporting, supporting solution design, and driving innovation and growth opportunities. Strong leadership, communication, and decision making skills are essential, along with proven success guiding large teams and multifaceted initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Health Services & Sciences or a related field.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust (Tier I) Clearance.
• Must possess a minimum of ten (10) years of professional and technical experience supporting federal government clients preferably CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or similar.
• Proficient in MS Office desktop publishing and document formatting tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Proven success as a people leader, including experience managing large projects with many staff members and activities.
• Knowledge of various project management methodologies (e.g., agile/scrum).
• Proven client management experience.
• Must demonstrate a detailed understanding of multiple federal & non-federal stakeholders with the proven ability to conduct multiple stakeholder meetings, preparing and delivering presentations on tasks.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business, Health Services & Sciences or a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile, SAFe certification

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team in planning and implementation of federal healthcare contracts including patient safety and health services related programs
• Create long and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones, adhering to deadlines and effectively communicating possible project risks/delays to reduce impact to overall value delivery
• Manage project budget, project team capacity allocation, project evaluation/assessments, and project deliverables
• Assist in the definition of project scope and goals as well as identifying and managing potential risks and liabilities of multiple projects
• Make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress within a project including selectively delegating tasks to employees best positioned to complete them
• Translate federal program operations into actionable practices, fostering partnerships between major stakeholders, and handling various contract types
• Provide operational oversight for multiple ongoing tasks, ensuring alignment with national program vision, communicating with executives, the board, and other stakeholders to keep the project goals aligned
• Lead multiple stakeholder meetings including preparing and delivering presentations
• Contribute to solution and architecture design for healthcare technology projects, ensuring alignment with program requirements and project efficiency efforts
• Performing quality control on the project to maintain the standards expected, including adjusting schedules and targets on the project as needed
• Motivating people involved in the project to complete tasks on time
• Serve as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy
• Oversee reporting of Earned Value Management (EVM) to assess project performance and progress
• Lead the innovation track that will result in organic growth for the project
• Provide proposal support for new opportunities
• Participate and contribute to capturing opportunities in the same domain/agency
• Support your team providing resources they need to do their job
• Oversee and participate in goal setting and yearly performance reviews for your team
• Perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

• flexible work schedules with remote, hybrid, or fully in-person workplace options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager