Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager — Policy & Go-Live

CareerNerds, LLC; Jackson (MS); In loco; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

CareerNerds, LLC seeks 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 drive on-time delivery and successful enrollment renewals.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, manage scope and budget against funding requirements, and support testing, readiness, and go-live planning so eligibility staff and members receive

Competenze

• 5+ years of project management experience leading large, multi-stakeholder technology or policy implementations.
• 3+ years in Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or public assistance programs.
• Experience with state agencies, vendors, and federal requirements.
• Strong planning, RAID management, and reporting using MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar tools.
• Experience with Agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Mansioni

• Plan and manage Medicaid eligibility and enrollment projects, including system changes 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 RAID log and escalate early.
• Lead implementation of new federal and state requirements within deadlines.
• Coordinate with eligibility system vendors, managed care organizations, and adjacent programs like SNAP and MMIS.
• Facilitate status meetings, steering committees, and working sessions; document decisions and actions.

Conoscenze

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Reporting

Agile/waterfall/hybrid

Formazione

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Strumenti

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Descrizione del lavoro

CareerNerds, LLC seeks 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 drive on-time delivery and successful enrollment renewals.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, manage scope and budget against funding requirements, and support testing, readiness, and go-live planning so eligibility staff and members receive