DHCF DCAS Project Manager

Collaboredge Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Collaboredge Inc. is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the PMO for the DCAS program in the DMV area.

The role requires leading the project portfolio process, coordinating with business and technical teams, and delivering projects on schedule while ensuring compliance with CMS and FNS requirements. The successful candidate will steer cross‑functional work streams, manage change readiness, produce executive level reporting, and mentor other project managers in a fast‑paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field; equivalent experience.
• PMP certification highly desirable.
• Experience in healthcare LTC programs and government operations.
• Proven ability to lead complex PMO processes.
• Strong communication with executives and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and maintenance of the project portfolio process and drive PMO alignment.
• Own PMO processes: scope, schedule, reporting, risk, and communications.
• Build cross‑functional relationships and communicate with stakeholders.
• Ensure deliverables meet schedules with required documents and tests.
• Drive workstreams, monitor plans, resolve blockers, align with priorities.
• Coordinate stakeholders to assess change readiness and readiness for deployment.
• Represent the project in executive governance meetings.

Skills

Team player

Ambiguity management

Critical thinking

Healthcare LTC experience

Project delivery

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder engagement

PMO tools

BA experience

MS Office/PowerPoint

SDLC experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

MS Office/PowerPoint

Project management software

Job description

Short Description

The DCAS Program at DHCF is looking for a highly experienced project manager to execute the DCAS project manager lifecycle. Only local candidates to DMV area will be considered.

Complete Description

DHCF is looking for a Project manager to support the PMO of the DCAS program. This self-motivated and passionate individual will assist the team in meeting critical milestones and proactively notifies team of obstacles with solutions to ensure the team's success. They must also be a Champion for change as required while at the same time be able to meet the needs of the business while partnering with leaders in other areas like Operations, Quality and Technical Operations.

This candidate will also be required to maintain high quality and compliance standards, while planning and executing the project.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of the project portfolio process and drive the integration and alignment for the project management process
• Accountable and owner of several key PMO processes including management of program scope and schedule, project status reporting, executive leadership reporting, dependency management, issue and risk management, and project communications.
• Build working relationships at all levels of the organization to partner with and effectively communicate with cross-functional groups as required
• Foster a climate of open communication, engagement and ownership within the team
• Accountable for ensuring that deliverables from business and technology partners are produced and approved according to multiple project schedules. This includes requirement documents, functional and technical design documents, test plans, etc.
• Drives project workstreams, developing, executing, tracking, and monitoring plans, resolving blockers, and ensuring ongoing alignment with program priorities
• Works collaboratively with business leaders, project leaders, and impacted external stakeholders, coordinating efforts across those groups to analyze and assess readiness for change.
• Assures compliance with CMS and FNS requirements
• Coordinate and communicate stakeholders as needed to set and manage expectations, highlight and resolve issues and ensure an overall excellent experience working with the PMO team
• Represents project in executive-level presentations in various project governance and inter-departmental meetings.
• Maintain a project schedule ensuring task specific project schedules are added to the integrated master scheduled.
• Accountable and responsible that all relevant processes are executed and in compliance for the team and organization
• Responsible for ensuring all business readiness is implemented including any necessary training and updates to business processes.
• Ensure clear identification of goals and the benefits to be realized as part of the Project Portfolio commitment to Business goals and objectives
• Lead periodic reviews of continuous projects portfolio, business benefits realized, key performance indicators and gaps
• Advanced ability to identify, develop and quantify any required corrective action plans
• Advanced ability to ensure that effective project controls are in place to monitor project or program performance
• Ability to work with business partners and program management team on development of LTC practices, policies, guidelines, and operational processes.
• Effective communication to all levels or the organization, including effectively presenting information and responding to questions or complex inquiries from groups of employees, managers and internal customers, influencing leadership and facilitation skills and working at functional and strategic levels simultaneously
• Monitor and direct day-to-day operations of the assigned tasks to ensure that policies and procedures are being followed, that contract and client goals and objectives are met, and that services and projects are being accomplished effectively and efficiently.
• Drives execution discipline across teams ensuring deviations to standards and metric targets have clear action plans and follow-ups
• Develops project schedules, cross-functional deliverables, and detailed timelines, as well as identifies and manages project priorities and cross-project dependencies
• Accountable for and leads other project managers on highly complex project.
• Ensures the project is successful from start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
• Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results. Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirements specifications.
• Provides consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top level contributor/specialist of most phases of systems analysis, while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience;
• A current Project Management Professional Certification is highly desired

This position is onsite.

Candidate Skills Matrix

• Team player, quick responsive, individual contributor, coordinator, adaptive to accept changes in complex environment; Task/Goal driven| Required | 10 |
• Exp. with flexibly adjusting to managing shifting demands and ambiguity, re-prioritization of objectives and mitigating rapid change| Required | 10 |
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills, sound judgment, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills| Required | 10 |
• Exp. in Healthcare industry specifically into latest health reform laws with any prior state/federal projects-LTC Programs/Healthcare Operations| Required | 4 |
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline| Required | 16 |
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful| Required | 10 |
• Experience with working across multiple dynamic organizations, driving all stakeholders toward a shared mission| Required | 10 |
• Experience with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices| Required | 10 |
• 16+ yrs. BA experience| Required | 16 |
• 16+ yrs. requirements gathering and documentation| Required | 16 |
• 16+ yrs. MS Office/PowerPoint experience| Required | 16 |
• 16+ yrs. Software Development Lifecycle experience| Required | 16 |
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred| Highly desired | |
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience| Required | |

Background check

• Extensive criminal history background check will be required. We cannot submit candidates with recent histories (go back seven years) of extensive driving, drug, robbery or any other illegal activity. Any criminal activity on the background check will eliminate the candidate from consideration. If selected, please make certain that you inform all candidates that they will have to complete this criminal background check prior to starting. NATIONAL background checks are required; Federal background checks are NOT compliant under this contract. A national background check is a national criminal background check that pulls criminal records from State and County Courts in almost every US State.