Project Manager (Healthcare IT)

Healthcare IT Project Manager - Medicaid Systems Implementation

Location: Boise, Idaho

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Contract: 15+ months with potential to extend or convert to full-time

Interview: Webcam or In-Person

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced healthcare IT project manager to lead the implementation of enterprise healthcare information systems and data-related components. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in technology project management, vendor coordination, project governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.

This role involves coordinating multiple vendors and internal teams through planning, implementation, testing, go-live, and certification activities while ensuring project schedules, deliverables, and business requirements are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end implementation of healthcare information system modules and components.
• Define and manage project scope, schedules, budgets, implementation plans, milestones, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate multiple vendors, project managers, technical teams, and business stakeholders through a master project schedule.
• Establish and maintain project governance, track deliverables, and monitor risks, dependencies, and timelines.
• Coordinate resources across vendor and internal teams throughout planning, implementation, go-live, and certification.
• Ensure project deliverables meet business requirements and enterprise data warehousing (EDW) objectives.
• Support requirements gathering and prioritize data aggregation, analytics, and reporting deliverables.
• Monitor project progress, identify schedule or delivery issues early, and implement corrective actions.
• Manage critical paths, dependencies, risks, and issues to keep projects on track.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and provide clear, timely project updates.
• Prepare and present project status, risks, milestones, and outcomes to executive leadership and other key audiences.
• Support change management, training coordination, and communication to facilitate successful system adoption.
• Coordinate legacy system conversion and transition activities where required.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience delivering technology projects in healthcare or state government environments.
• Experience managing complex projects involving multiple vendors, teams, and stakeholders.
• Strong project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management skills.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and critical paths.
• Ability to gather business requirements and prioritize data, analytics, and reporting deliverables.
• Strong issue identification, escalation, and resolution skills.
• Experience identifying key stakeholders and developing engagement and communication strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver projects within established timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with state government agencies.
• Experience supporting Medicaid systems or Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
• Experience with healthcare system implementation and modernization.
• Experience with enterprise data warehousing (EDW), data aggregation, analytics, and reporting.
• Experience converting data or systems from legacy platforms to modern solutions.
• Experience coordinating system implementation, go-live, and certification activities.
• Experience with change management, end-user training, and organizational communications.
• Experience working in regulated public-sector healthcare environments.