Project Implementation Manager

CDC Foundation•Arlington, VA

5h•$90,000 - $123,000•Remote

About The Position

The Informatics Project Manager will drive the delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements. Working within Bear River Health Department (BRHD), the Project Manager will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to define project objectives, allocate resources, coordinate with teams, and manage timelines to ensure the successful delivery and implementation of a public health data systems project. BRHD will serve as the lead agency for a Cohort 3 collaborative effort focused on strengthening public health data modernization capacity for rural Utah local health departments (LHDs). This work builds on BRHD’s successful Cohort 2 performance dashboard pilot and expands dashboard development, implementation, and sustainability planning to Central Utah Health Department, Tooele County Health Department, and Southeast Utah Health Department, while engaging all 13 Utah LHDs in an advisory role through the Utah Association of Local Health Departments (UALHD). Rural LHDs face persistent challenges, including limited IT infrastructure, minimal informatics and analytic staff, and increasing statutory performance reporting requirements. This project addresses those gaps by leveraging shared workforce capacity and collaborative system development to create standardized, scalable solutions that individual rural agencies cannot sustain independently The Project Implementation Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Bear River Health Department. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, information systems, computer engineering, operations management or related field required.
Minimum of 10 years of related experience managing technical projects.
Strong knowledge of SDLC, agile (Scrum/Kanban) and iterative development methodologies, standard and best practices for data analytics, application development, enterprise data platforms, etc.
Understanding of data architecture, data modeling, data analytics, visualization, application development, cloud engineering
Expert knowledge of project management fundamentals, including the ability to develop and implement accurate work plans, schedules, staffing plans, and budgets, in an agile or iterative environment.
Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to lead technical projects through smooth and continuous delivery.
Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to describe difficult technical problems and solutions to technical and non-technical teams.
Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.
Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems.
Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts.
Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners.
Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams in the development and delivery of data-driven applications, databases, dashboards, data analytics, or other public health products.
Coordinate, lead or participate in project meetings; working closely with technical teams, product manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
Define, document, and track project timelines, workplans, and processes to drive project deliverables within scope, deadlines, and budget.
Define clear roles and responsibilities and ensure standards and best practices are followed.
Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline.
Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions.
Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value.
Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements.
Up to 10% domestic travel may be required.