Medicaid Advisory Project Manager

Mathematica, Inc.; Princeton (NJ); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mathematica, Inc. is seeking an Advisory Services Analyst-Project Manager to blend project management with technical assistance on Medicaid/Marketplace projects.

You will lead multiple initiatives, coordinate with state and federal clients, and design tools to monitor performance and costs. Ideal candidates will have a Master’s in a related field, strong organizational skills, and experience managing multi-million contracts.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in public policy, public administration, business, or related field; or commensurate experience in operations or management-oriented positions.
• Strong management skills, including ability to monitor costs on multimillion-dollar contracts and work as part of a team to complete work within tight timelines without compromising on quality.
• Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail; flexibility to manage multiple priorities, sometimes simultaneously, under deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, for example the ability to write clearly and concisely, influence colleagues, and communicate with clients diplomatically.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills, and ability to apply critical and creative thinking to identify solutions and help respond to client requests in situations where guidance is unclear or absent.
• Professional experience in a similar field or position.
• Interest in improving Medicaid, Marketplace, and other government programs through effective project management and providing technical assistance to health care entities.
• Some travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Provide the direction and organization needed to help keep Medicaid projects on time and on budget and facilitate communications among the internal project team with subcontractors, and with clients.
• Conduct project management activities, such as helping project directors plan and manage complex projects and designing, implementing, and monitoring tools and processes to help organize data and manage teams.
• Perform analyses of projects to monitor and evaluate project performance and progress, including monitoring project costs and resource utilization, assessing earned value, and overseeing subcontractors.
• Implement and maintain project collaboration and knowledge management tools, including Microsoft Project schedules, SharePoint websites, Jira workflows, Confluence spaces, and Excel spreadsheets.
• Provide technical assistance to state and federal health agencies, grantees, or healthcare providers, for example by designing webinars, responding to questions from these or other relevant entities, or creating reporting tools.
• Draft workplans, client memos, technical documentation, proposals and other contractual deliverables, such as case studies or data dictionaries.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Travel readiness

Education

Master's degree in public policy or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

SharePoint

Confluence

Excel

Job description

Mathematica, Inc. is seeking an Advisory Services Analyst-Project Manager to blend project management with technical assistance on Medicaid/Marketplace projects.

You will lead multiple initiatives, coordinate with state and federal clients, and design tools to monitor performance and costs. Ideal candidates will have a Master’s in a related field, strong organizational skills, and experience managing multi-million contracts.