IV&V Senior Project Manager

ZipRecruiter; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead Independent Verification and Validation for a statewide Case Management System. The role requires managing deliverables, ensuring compliance with standards, and overseeing technical reviews. Ideal candidates have extensive project management experience, familiarity with health services technology, and PMP certification. This role is remote and offers a salary range of $110-160k.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of project management experience, including 4 years as a senior PM.
• Experience with health and human services deployment.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead all IV&V activities for the MSSP Case Management System Project.
• Oversee project deliverables, ensuring alignment with standards.
• Develop and maintain the IV&V Management Plan.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Quality assurance

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Job description

Job Description: IV&V Senior Project Manager

Location: Remote
Salary: $110-160k

Sabot Consulting is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead Independent Verification and Validation services for a statewide MSSP Case Management System implementation. This role will provide technical and managerial oversight, ensuring the project’s deliverables, processes, and outcomes meet business needs and comply with IEEE standard.

The Senior Project Manager will serve as the primary IV&V lead, coordinating assessments, risk reviews, and quality assurance activities for a large-scale, commercial off-the-shelf, software-as-a-service implementation in the health and human services sector.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all IV&V activities for the MSSP Case Management System Project, ensuring technical and managerial independence from the system implementation team.
• Oversee the assessment of project deliverables, processes, and system quality in alignment with IEEE Std. 1012 and PMBOK standards.
• Develop and maintain the IV&V Management Plan, including monthly checklists, sequencing process area reviews, and standards identification.
• Conduct technical reviews of design, requirements management, solution/product design, data conversion, interface development, security, testing, change management, and operational readiness.
• Provide monthly reports summarizing IV&V activities, findings, recommendations, and progress against project milestones.
• Present IV&V results to project leadership, state and federal oversight bodies, and participate in management and technical reviews.
• Support risk and issue management, change control, and knowledge transfer activities.
• Ensure all IV&V deliverables are ADA-compliant and meet documentation standards.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure timely communication and resolution of issues.
• Mentor and guide IV&V team members, ensuring all staff meet or exceed required qualifications.

Must Have:

• Minimum of seven (7) years of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible experience applying project management principles, methods, techniques, and tools, with at least four (4) years as a senior PM on large or complex IT projects.
• Bachelor’s degree (additional qualifying experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis).
• Valid Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI.
• At least three (3) years of working knowledge and experience with implementation and deployment of commercial off-the-shelf, software-as-a-service applications within the health and human services field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated experience applying IEEE Std. 1012 (System and Software Verification and Validation) on an IT project.
• Demonstrated experience with IV&V services for state entities, including monthly activity reports, risk and issue reviews, traceability matrix analysis, system requirements evaluation, and system test assessment.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, DevOps), risk management, and quality assurance.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills.

Nice to Have:

• Three (3) or more years of experience with case management solutions.
• Three (3) or more years of experience with state or federal Medicare, Medicaid/Medi-Cal organizations and supporting systems.
• Three (3) or more years of experience with health and human service agencies.

About Us:

Sabot Consulting is a management consulting company focused on providing technical and management consulting to IT executives and managers in strategic, operational, and project-based practice areas.