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Informatics Project Manager

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Salary: 
90 - 123K yearly
Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
Work from: 
North Dakota (USA), United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a technical field required, 10 years of related experience required, Experience in healthcare information technology preferred, Strong knowledge of SDLC and agile methodologies, Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required.

Key responsabilities:

  • Lead multidisciplinary teams for project delivery
  • Define and track project timelines and processes
  • Prioritize initiatives based on business needs
  • Participate in change management activities
  • Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements
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CDC Foundation Non-profit Organization - Charity Large https://www.cdcfoundation.org/
51 - 200 Employees
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Job description

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Your missions

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.  

Job Highlights
Location: Remote, must be based in the United States
Salary Range: $90,000 - $123,000 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate.
Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity
Position End Date: June 30, 2025

Overview
  • The Informatics Project Manager will drive the delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.

  • Working within North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division Data Modernization Office the Project Manager will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to define project objectives, allocate resources, coordinate with teams, and manage timelines to ensure the successful delivery and implementation of a public health data modernization project.

  • The Informatics Project Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division Data Modernization Office. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

  • Responsibilities
  • Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams in the development and delivery of data-driven applications, databases, dashboards, data analytics, or other public health products.
  • Coordinate, lead or participate in project meetings; working closely with technical teams, product manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
  • Define, document, and track project timelines, workplans, and processes to drive project deliverables within scope, deadlines, and budget.
  • Define clear roles and responsibilities and ensure standards and best practices are followed.
  • Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline.
  • Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions.
  • Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value.
  • Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
  • Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
  • Participate in change management activities related to data modernization initiatives.
  • Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements.   

  • Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, information systems, computer engineering, operations management or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 10 years of related experience managing technical projects.
  • Experience in healthcare information technology (IT) preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of SDLC, agile (Scrum/Kanban) and iterative development methodologies, standard and best practices for data analytics, application development, enterprise data platforms, etc.
  • Understanding of data architecture, data modeling, data analytics, visualization, application development, cloud engineering
  • Expert knowledge of project management fundamentals, including the ability to develop and implement accurate work plans, schedules, staffing plans, and budgets, in an agile or iterative environment.
  • Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to lead technical projects through smooth and continuous delivery.
  • Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to describe difficult technical problems and solutions to technical and non-technical teams.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.
  • Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems.
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps is preferred
  • Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts.
  • Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners.
  • Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Special Notes
    This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

    We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

    The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.
     
    Relocation expenses are not included.

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    Experience

    Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
    Industry :
    Non-profit Organization - Charity
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    Soft Skills

    • Problem Solving
    • Verbal Communication Skills
    • Teamwork
    • Microsoft Office
    • Leadership
    • Collaboration
    • Social Skills

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