Medicaid Practice Group - Project Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Medicaid Practice Group - Project Manager based in United States. The Medicaid Practice Group - Project Manager will support complex transformation initiatives for state Medicaid and other health and human services programs. This role will oversee project planning, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions across client-facing engagements. As a trusted advisor, you will help clients align organizational transformation efforts with their broader business strategies and operational goals. You will work closely with client contacts, internal teams, vendors, and senior leaders to maintain alignment and momentum. The position combines hands-on project management with stakeholder coordination, reporting, and proactive problem solving. This is an opportunity to contribute to large-scale enterprise implementations in a collaborative, consulting-focused environment.

Accountabilities The Project Manager will provide day-to-day project management support for client success and growth initiatives, ensuring workstreams remain coordinated, transparent, and aligned with overall engagement objectives.

• Oversee and monitor project plans for client success and growth workstreams.
• Track deliverables and dependencies to ensure commitments and milestones are achieved.
• Support the integration of client success and growth workplans into broader engagement plans.
• Identify project interdependencies, conflicts, risks, and potential impacts proactively.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with client contacts, project team members, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Develop, review, distribute, and present project status updates and readiness assessment reports.
• Monitor and track project action items, issues, risks, and decisions.
• Prepare project issue and risk memoranda as needed.
• Facilitate and participate in staff and project team meetings.
• Maintain clear, frequent, and consistent communication across clients, internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project teams while supporting successful client transformation initiatives.

Requirements The ideal candidate combines strong project management expertise with direct experience supporting State Medicaid or other HHS programs, as well as the ability to manage complex enterprise initiatives and multiple priorities.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• At least 3 years of experience working for or with a State Medicaid Agency.
• Project management experience supporting State Medicaid and other HHS programs, such as TANF, SNAP, or Child Welfare.
• Experience managing projects within large enterprise implementations.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Demonstrated ability to manage day-to-day activities of project teams, including assignments, schedules, and workload control.
• Strong meeting facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead effectively and collaborate successfully within a team environment.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Knowledge of quality assurance and quality control procedures, including project deliverable reviews.
• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving project issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing, editing, and presenting reports, summaries, and complex information and data.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Visio, and Zoom or similar webinar platforms.
• Familiarity with document repositories such as Microsoft SharePoint.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $105,000–$130,000.
• Regular full-time position.
• Remote work opportunity, with the option to support clients primarily in Washington, DC and Albuquerque, NM.
• Up to 25% travel may be required.
• Access to benefits designed to support physical, mental, career, social, and financial well-being.
• Opportunities to contribute to large-scale Medicaid and HHS transformation initiatives.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities for professional learning and development.

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