APD & Federal Funding Program Manager

Tier4 Group; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Tier4 Group is seeking a Project Funding Manager to drive strategic data and technology initiatives in healthcare and local state programs. You will secure and manage federal funding, oversee budgets, forecasts, and CMS submissions, and ensure compliance with APD requirements.

In this role you will collaborate with Finance, IT, Procurement, Legal, and CMS stakeholders, prepare narratives and funding tables, and maintain audit-ready documentation across multiple projects in a matrixed

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management, program management, grants administration, public funding, contract management, project finance, or a related field.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, and funding documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving finance, procurement, legal, technology, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to translate technical, financial, and contractual information into clear, concise documentation.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management, analytical, and executive communication skills.
• Experience supporting vendor management, contract administration, procurement activities, RFPs, SOWs, amendments, and deliverable tracking.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, maintain tracking tools, and ensure audit-ready documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead APD, CMS submission packages, funding tables, and supporting narratives.
• Translate project plans, milestones, budgets, risks, and technical requirements into CMS-compliant documentation.
• Coordinate responses to CMS inquiries and approval conditions.
• Monitor CMS policy updates, Medicaid Enterprise System guidance, and APD requirements to ensure compliance.
• Track project funding, expenditures, forecasts, federal/state share allocations, amendments, and budget variances.
• Develop funding status reports and executive updates for leadership.
• Review timecard coding and funding allocations to ensure compliance with federal funding requirements.
• Maintain funding documentation and support ongoing financial planning activities.
• Partner with Procurement, Legal, and project teams to support the development and review of RFPs, contracts, amendments, SOWs, and related documentation.
• Ensure vendor agreements and deliverables align with approved funding and APD requirements.
• Track vendor milestones, contract periods, amendments, and deliverables.
• Coordinate information gathering across project, technical, finance, procurement, and leadership teams.
• Maintain submission calendars and funding deadlines to prevent interruptions in Federal Financial Participation (FFP).
• Facilitate meetings, document decisions, track action items, and drive follow-up activities.
• Develop project plans, monitor milestones, and manage funding-related workstreams in a matrixed environment.
• Support compliance reporting, systems certification activities, and audit readiness.
• Maintain templates, SOPs, repositories, and version-controlled documentation.
• Prepare executive briefings, risk summaries, decision materials, and status reports.
• Promote project management and financial management best practices across APD-funded initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Vendor management

Documentation & reporting

Job description

Tier4 Group is seeking a Project Funding Manager to drive strategic data and technology initiatives in healthcare and local state programs. You will secure and manage federal funding, oversee budgets, forecasts, and CMS submissions, and ensure compliance with APD requirements.

In this role you will collaborate with Finance, IT, Procurement, Legal, and CMS stakeholders, prepare narratives and funding tables, and maintain audit-ready documentation across multiple projects in a matrixed