Medicaid Eligibility Project Lead

Connectly Recruiting; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Connectly Recruiting is seeking a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to drive complex eligibility initiatives from planning through go-live. You will bring order to policy changes, align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams, and surface risks early to ensure members maintain required coverage.

You will plan and manage large-scale Medicaid eligibility and enrollment projects, coordinate with state agencies and vendors, and lead status meetings, reporting, and executive briefings.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience, including large, multi-stakeholder technology or policy implementations.
• 3+ years of experience on Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or other public assistance programs.
• Experience working with state agencies, vendors, and federal requirements.
• Strong planning, RAID management, and reporting skills using Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar tools.
• Experience with Agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches.

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

Project Management

Medicaid Eligibility

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Agile/Hybrid Delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Connectly Recruiting is seeking a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to drive complex eligibility initiatives from planning through go-live. You will bring order to policy changes, align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams, and surface risks early to ensure members maintain required coverage.

You will plan and manage large-scale Medicaid eligibility and enrollment projects, coordinate with state agencies and vendors, and lead status meetings, reporting, and executive briefings.