Project Manager 2

Freedman HealthCare

3d • $90,397 - $108,477

About The Position

The Project Manager 2 contributes to the organization, operation, and growth of leading-edge health data and policy projects that transform healthcare across the nation. The PM 2 is responsible for the project’s successful completion or achievement of established milestones. The PM 2 may work simultaneously on more than one project on a cross-functional team led by an FHC Project Director or client designee. The PM2 may also contribute to internal initiatives. The PM 2 is supervised by a Senior Consultant or more senior member of the FHC team.

Requirements

• Excellent time management skills. Ability to self-regulate and prioritize tasks appropriately
• Strong interpersonal skills, confident speaking style
• Meeting facilitation skills, including ability to clarify complex ideas and broker consensus among disparate stakeholders
• Able to provide excellent written communication skills in varied formats (e.g., long-form white papers, brief meeting summaries/action items, and concise, audience-appropriate slide decks)
• Able to proficiently use MS Office Suite, including Excel; MS Project desired
• Familiarity with one or more cloud-based project management tools (Asana, MS Project, Jira, etc.)
• Able to assume responsibility for tasks and executes on agreed upon timeline with responses that meet requirements (i.e., does not require repeated reminders, written materials/spreadsheets are error-free)
• Able to delegate work and oversee others’ deliverables production
• Able to conceptualize and outline documents for deliverables.
• Able to apply critical thinking skills when creating or reviewing materials: completeness, appropriateness of content and interpretation
• Able to write highly professional emails, short memos, program descriptions, project narratives and to competently assess others’ writing, including tone, content, accuracy, data explanations and form.
• Able to develop Gantt charts, project timelines, and budgets
• Knowledge of project management tools acquired in work settings
• Knowledge of, or interest in, multi-payer databases, public healthcare payers, claims processing and/or claims data analytics
• Knowledge of US health care policy, trends and factors
• Knowledge of state government role in health care
• 5+ 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 current PMP®, Agile, Disciplined Agile certification

Nice To Haves

• MS Project desired
• current PMP®, Agile, Disciplined Agile certification

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key point of contact for FHC’s clients, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders during the lifetime of a project
• Use project management tools/techniques to develop, implement, and maintain workplans and timelines for multiple projects.
• Develop project approach, design tasks, propose task assignments for team members, assign with Project Director
• Anticipate project risks; design approach to avert known trouble spots
• Identify and redirect when project may be fulfilling tasks but not achieving overall goals
• Keep meetings on track and focused
• Actively manage project budgets, staffing assignments and contract timelines.
• Develop and implement plan for contract close out or transition to new vendor.
• Report on progress to project director on an agreed upon schedule.
• Deploy agile and scrum methodology when appropriate
• Lead development and ongoing use of business requirements documents, product backlog, issue tracker
• Identify opportunities to maximize existing contract revenue and appropriately grow project scope
• Identify appropriate opportunities to meet client needs every month to realize potential revenue
• Provide staff with monthly billable hours targets on PM 2’s client contracts; provide staff with maximum hours per month on internal (non-billable) initiatives led by PM 2
• Lead deliverables development from start to finish, including drafting and obtaining client approval for items as needed for the specific project: approach, task plan, analytic plan, business requirements, product backlog, issue trackers, quality reviews, client acceptance criteria, risk management plan, schedule.
• Develop best possible version (client ready) drafts of supporting materials (slide decks, agendas, notes, action items, etc.) for review by Project Director
• As appropriate, ensure that project deliverables are properly scoped, documented, and vetted with the Data Science, the Policy & Program team members and the Project Director during the planning stage.
• Develop deliverables schedules in consultation with all project team members.
• Support the team in developing deliverables, including drafting written deliverables (e.g., narrative project descriptions, action plans, topic briefs, literature reviews, etc.), slide decks, spreadsheets, tables, business requirements and analytic plans.
• Contribute to RFPs and other bid proposals as appropriate.
• Perform research and literature reviews; translate results into clear, concise findings to support project work
• Coordinate communications among client staff, FHC project team members, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders during the lifetime of a project
• Responds to clients in timely and appropriate fashion
• Support and develop FHC internal data governance design and implementation.
• Assess and clearly communicate implications of new information for project team and client
• Understands and communicates how project relates to other FHC projects, internal work of client and national themes/trends

Benefits

• Vaccination for COVID-19 is required and FHC will consider accommodations for disability- and religious-based reasons.

What This Job Offers

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