Healthcare IT Project Manager

Central Point Partners; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Mid-Senior Level IT Consultant to provide technical leadership in public health IT systems in Columbus, Ohio. The candidate should have at least 6 years of experience in business requirements development, IT project leadership, and vendor management. Responsibilities include mentoring state staff, advising on requirements, and ensuring quality standards are met throughout project engagement. Competitive benefits include medical insurance, vision insurance, and a 401(k).

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience in Public Health Management Information Systems.
• 6 years of experience developing business requirements for IT systems.
• 6 years of IT project leadership experience.
• 6 years of vendor management experience.
• 4-year college degree or equivalent technical study.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and governance on projects.
• Gather and document requirements from stakeholders.
• Contribute to quality assurance and establish goals for projects.
• Develop Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for IT system contracts.
• Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.
• Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project, including establishing relevant metrics and developing new tools and processes.
• Review project\'s required work products to ensure compliance with approved tailored procedures and standards.
• Perform detailed reviews of interim and final tasks as appropriate.

Skills

Excellent communication and leadership skills

Strong influence and collaboration experience

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience with vendor management

QA/quality assurance

Project governance

Public Health IT

Education

4-year college degree or equivalent technical study

Job description

This role will provide technical leadership, quality oversight, and project governance while ensuring all work aligns with our client's guidelines and industry best practices.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in public health IT systems, business requirements development, vendor management, and IT project leadership. You will work closely with state stakeholders, technical teams, and business users to gather and document requirements, guide system architecture and platform decisions, and contribute to all aspects of quality assurance. This role also involves mentoring state staff, supporting evaluation and vendor selection processes, and ensuring defined project processes and standards are followed throughout the engagement.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills, both written and oral.
• Strong influence, collaboration, and negotiation experience.
• Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
• Excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Must meet productivity standards, complete work in a timely manner, and strive to increase productivity.
• Experience defining and developing quality standards.
• Conduct reviews according to schedule.
• Communicate and work with customers and other personnel as necessary.
• Report progress on action items/defect resolution and possible risk areas, ensuring action items are addressed and closed in a timely manner based on agreed dates and activities.
• Ensure that defined processes are followed.
• Organize and prepare work effectively to facilitate proactive resolution of problems, rather than reactive.
• Mentor and share knowledge with State staff.
• Experience in developing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for IT system contracts with the State of Ohio.
• Experience with RFP oversight at Ohio State Departments.
• Experience with creating RFPs for Ohio State Departments along with each of the required sections in the RFP.
• Knowledge of ODH departments and how to collect RFP requirements from the affected users.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Provide feedback to project teams regarding process/procedure improvement opportunities and other potential areas for improvement discovered during project activities.
• Advise teams as they gather and document requirements.
• Provide technical leadership in identifying and documenting items needed by the project, including system architecture and platform migration.
• Advise about implications of requirements as related to vendor management after contract award.
• Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.
• Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project, including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Review project's required work products to ensure compliance with approved tailored procedures and standards.
• Perform detailed reviews of interim and final tasks as appropriate.
Advise about components of evaluation process and required documents such as Service Level Agreements and Data Recovery Plans.
• Use technical understanding to assist our client in identifying opportunities for growth and resource management Barclays within the contract span.

Required Experience

• ack IT consultant experience in Public Health Management Information Systems for at least 6 years.
• 6 years required experience developing business requirements for IT systems.
• 6 years IT project leadership experience.
• 6 years vendor management experience.
• 4-year college degree or equivalent technical study.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)