IT Project Consultant

Quantum Technologies. LLC; Columbus, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC seeks a capable IT contract leader to support the Ohio Department of Health, Immunization Program, and IT teams. You will help draft an RFP per state guidelines for the Immunization Information System and guide requirements gathering with project teams.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and quality-management skills, with experience in vendor management and Ohio state IT processes. On-site collaboration is expected with state staff and IT personnel.

Qualifications

• This candidate demonstrates excellent written and oral communication and leadership abilities.
• Strong skills in influence, collaboration, and negotiation across functional lines.
• Proven organizational, analytical, planning, problem solving and decision making abilities.
• Experience in defining and developing quality standards and conducting reviews.
• Experience drafting RFPs for IT system contracts with the State of Ohio and working with ODH IT apps.

Responsibilities

• Assist ODH Immunization Program and IT in drafting an RFP per State guidelines for a vendor of the Immunization Information System.
• Provide feedback to project teams on process improvements and requirements gathering.
• Advise teams during requirements collection and document system architecture needs.
• Lead technically to identify items needed, including platform migration and vendor management post-contract.
• Contribute to quality goals, metrics, and best practices; ensure compliance with tailored procedures.
• Review interim and final work products for adherence to standards and quality goals.
• Advise on evaluation process components and required documents such as SLAs and DR plans.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Organization

Productivity

Quality standards

Requirements gathering

RFP drafting

ODH systems

Immunization registry

RFP process

Job description

JD :

This position will support the Bureau of Infectious Diseases and Office of Management Information Services at the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).

JD :

This position will support the Bureau of Infectious Diseases and Office of Management Information Services at the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).

The ideal candidate will have the skill specified below:

• 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.
• Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Must meet productivity standards, complete work in 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 item / defect resolution and possible risk areas and ensure 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 for IT system contracts with the State of Ohio.
• Must have previous experience working with ODH IT applications
• Must have knowledge of ODH departments and how to collect RFP requirements from the affected users
• Must have knowledge and understanding of the ODH applications used for immunization registry
• Must be familiar with the ODH RFP process

Day-to-Day responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Assist ODH Immunization Program and ODH IT in the process of drafting an RFP per State of Ohio guidelines for a vendor for the state's Immunization Information System.
• 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.
• 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 ODH in seeing opportunities for growth and resource management in contract span

QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract