Senior Delivery Project Manager - Medicaid Programs

Gainwell Technologies LLC

1d•Remote

About The Position

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities. SummaryThe Delivery Project Manager leads the execution of complex, multi-workstream initiatives within large-scale Medicaid programs. This role partners closely with state clients, ecosystem vendors, business leaders, and cross-functional delivery teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, within scope, and without surprises, while meeting all regulatory and contractual requirements.Your role in our mission Lead multiple complex projects across a multi-vendor ecosystem, from initiation through implementation and stabilization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressive project management experience, including leadership of large, complex, multi-vendor software delivery initiatives.
Demonstrated mastery of waterfall project delivery, including stage-gated governance, formal change control, and end-to-end SDLC execution (required).
Proven ability to build and maintain critical-path schedules and manage teams to those schedules.
Demonstrated success delivering projects on time and on budget in high-pressure, client-facing environments.
Experience managing work within client/vendor delivery models.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Project (required); MS Project Online (MSPO) experience preferred.
Strong experience managing RAID, change control, and executive-level status reporting.
Experience delivering Medicaid, MMIS, or other public-sector healthcare systems.
Experience working with state agencies and navigating regulatory-driven delivery environments.
Experience supporting large, multi-year programs with multiple concurrent workstreams.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain integrated, logic-driven project schedules using Microsoft Project, including critical path analysis, dependency management, and baseline control.
Actively manage project teams to meet committed dates; identify schedule risk early and drive corrective action.
Apply formal stage-gate governance, ensuring entry/exit criteria, readiness reviews, approvals, and quality checks are completed before advancing phases.
Enforce disciplined change control, including scope, schedule, and cost impacts, with documented approvals.
Own and actively manage RAID logs, ensuring risks and issues are clearly articulated, mitigated, and escalated when appropriate.
Coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams, vendors, and functional teams.
Partner directly with state clients, ecosystem vendors, and internal leaders to plan, prioritize, and deliver system changes.
Serve as the primary point of communication for project status—providing clear, accurate, and transparent updates to stakeholders at all levels.
Assign and manage resources; mentor team members; and act as an escalation point for delivery challenges.
Monitor delivery performance against contractual commitments, SLAs, budgets, and regulatory timelines.
Adhere to all PMO and program governance standards, processes, and procedures.
Support capacity planning and workload balancing across projects, defects, and operational work.
Collaborate with peer project managers to align resources, dependencies, and priorities across the program.