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.