Medicaid Eligibility Program Lead

Top Echelon Software, LLC.; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC is seeking a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to keep complex eligibility work on track from plan to go-live. You will bring structure to policy changes, align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams, and surface risks early to resolve them.

You will plan and manage Medicaid eligibility and enrollment projects, coordinating with state agencies, vendors, and delivery partners to ensure timely and compliant implementations, including testing and go-live readiness.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience on large tech or policy implementations.
• 3+ years in Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or public assistance programs.
• Experience with state agencies, vendors, and federal requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage Medicaid eligibility and enrollment projects, including system changes, policy implementations, and operational improvements.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, and milestones across state agency, vendor, and delivery teams.
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and decisions through a disciplined RAID log, escalating early and clearly.
• Lead implementation of new federal and state requirements, including H.R. 1 provisions such as community engagement requirements and more frequent renewals, within mandated deadlines.
• Coordinate with eligibility system vendors, managed care organizations, and adjacent programs such as SNAP and MMIS.
• Facilitate status meetings, steering committees, and working sessions, and document decisions and action items.
• Prepare clear status reports and executive briefings on progress, risks, and decisions needed.
• Manage scope, change requests, and budget against contract and funding requirements, including federal funding documentation where applicable.
• Support testing, readiness, training, and go-live planning so changes land smoothly for eligibility staff and members.

Skills

Planning & RAID management

Stakeholder coordination

Tools: MS Project / Smartsheet / Jira

Delivery: Agile / Waterfall / Hybrid

Clear executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC is seeking a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to keep complex eligibility work on track from plan to go-live. You will bring structure to policy changes, align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams, and surface risks early to resolve them.

You will plan and manage Medicaid eligibility and enrollment projects, coordinating with state agencies, vendors, and delivery partners to ensure timely and compliant implementations, including testing and go-live readiness.