Senior Project Manager

The Ohio State University • Columbus, OH

51d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager will provide administrative and technical support for various administrative data projects for The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center (GRC). Position responsibilities include: leading the development and implementation of project management protocols and a formalized project management structure across a related portfolio of Medicaid data projects; coordinating the research and administrative efforts of project team members, including teams of statistical programmers and data scientists; assisting in reviewing and revising technical documents, including detailed clinical quality measure specifications, data linkage manuals, data processing protocols and workflow diagrams; coordinating technical research activities such as code reviews, scheduled updates to production code, and data analysis tasks; overseeing progress on technical assistance requests, including reports, data analyses, and providing consultation on new clinical quality measure development; managing and tracking communications and meetings, including email correspondence among team members and with project sponsors, internal team meetings and meetings with external partners; tracking project progress and drafting monthly progress reports for sponsors; and project development, including grant and proposal writing (additional details included in “Responsibilities (Duties)” section below).
The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center’s mission is to identify, research, and spread innovative practices to improve access to quality healthcare for all Ohioans through partnerships with healthcare, state, and academic leaders. The GRC’s current work encompasses critical issues in public health and health services, including family health, behavioral health, Ohio Medicaid membership, management of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, and health system payment innovation. See more about GRC’s project work here: https://grc.osu.edu/Projects The GRC is a family-friendly workplace that supports in-person and remote-hybrid work arrangements. Our philosophy is to provide staff with the training, mentorship and professional development opportunities needed to meet their professional goals, and to proactively develop GRC’s future leadership within the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent is required.
• A minimum of four years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or two years of relevant experience with a master's degree is required.
• Successful completion of a background check.
• Selected candidate may be asked to complete a pre-employment physical including a drug screen.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with technical, data-oriented project teams.
• Experience supporting teams working with large relational databases; experience supporting teams performing statistical programming tasks in SAS, R, or SQL is preferred.
• Experience with clinical quality metrics such as National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Healthcare Effectiveness Information and Data Set (HEDIS) measures is preferred.
• Experience working with health-related state agencies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• leading the development and implementation of project management protocols and a formalized project management structure across a related portfolio of Medicaid data projects
• coordinating the research and administrative efforts of project team members, including teams of statistical programmers and data scientists
• assisting in reviewing and revising technical documents, including detailed clinical quality measure specifications, data linkage manuals, data processing protocols and workflow diagrams
• coordinating technical research activities such as code reviews, scheduled updates to production code, and data analysis tasks
• overseeing progress on technical assistance requests, including reports, data analyses, and providing consultation on new clinical quality measure development
• managing and tracking communications and meetings, including email correspondence among team members and with project sponsors, internal team meetings and meetings with external partners
• tracking project progress and drafting monthly progress reports for sponsors
• project development, including grant and proposal writing

Benefits

• Eligible Ohio State employees receive comprehensive benefits packages, including medical, dental and vision insurance, tuition assistance for employees and their dependents, and state or alternative retirement options with competitive employer contributions.

What This Job Offers

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