Technology Project Manager

Public Health Solutions•New York, NY

12h

About The Position

Reporting to the Director of Technology & Risk Analytics, the Technology Project Manager will lead program implementation and quality improvement for healthcare and community readiness projects, including focused evaluation planning, streamlining work plan development and tool development for program managers, and supporting integration of grant requirements into programming with timely reporting.

Requirements

Master’s degree from an accredited college in emergency management, public health, disaster management, emergency preparedness/administration, public administration, or related field and one (1) year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following area(s): emergency preparedness planning/management, emergency medical services, fire or public safety, law enforcement, homeland security, public health, mental health, environmental/occupational health and safety or a related specialized area; or
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one of the areas described in “1”above; or
A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience. However, all candidates must have a minimum of one (1) year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one of the areas described in “1” above.

Nice To Haves

Strong technical project management skills, with deep understanding of the IT development project lifecycle
Strong business analysis and documentation skills
Strong verbal and written communications skills “ able to communicate equally with technical and non-technical stakeholders to assure common understanding of goals and priorities
Strong technical understanding of technology platforms such as: Microsoft Teams, CRMs such as Salesforce, Mapping and data visualization (e.g., ESRI, Tableau), Data storage, integration and analytics and other messaging tools/protocols, custom application development models, identity management and application security
Experience with emergency management applications, open data and social media data as data sources for analytics and research, understanding of HIPAA and other security/privacy rules and understanding of multiplatform architectures and solutions.

Responsibilities

Identify and prioritize OEPR and emergency response healthcare and community readiness technology needs.
Plan and serve as the program lead for project initiation to completion. This includes leading or serving as part of a team to define business requirements.
Develop, administer and work with DIT to establish projects by defining and identifying resource needs, ensuring the appropriate program staff provide information and meet deadlines, coordinating necessary application testing, drills, User Acceptance Testing and on-going trainings and maintenance.
Liaise with DIT and represent OEPR at meetings and coordinate agenda materials by implementing public health and healthcare community strategies with regards to public health emergency preparedness, response and readiness.
Coordinate technical discussions with third party vendors as needed, in partnership with DIT.
Conduct research on the use of technology for emergency response operations across healthcare and community readiness initiatives.
Provide effective programmatic project management for new and existing OEPR technology projects to ensure appropriate project management practices are followed throughout the project lifecycle.
Assist Division staff with navigating technology solutions to support their program requirements
Engage in proactive capacity planning, including evaluating or participating in the review of new technology solutions to ensure OEPR's technology is scalable, extensible, and supportable for the future both for daily work and emergency response.
Support emergency response by ensuring applications are prepared for surge capacity use and work with vendors and/or stakeholders to adjust based on the needs of the incident. In partnership with DIT, assess the technology needs for emergency planning and response.