Senior Medicaid Eligibility Delivery Manager

Workforce Recruiter; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Workforce Recruiter seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to lead complex eligibility and enrollment projects from planning to go-live. You will align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams, ensuring milestones are met and risks surfaced early to keep members covered.

You'll manage changes, budgets, and federal/state requirements, coordinate with eligibility system vendors and MOUs, and support testing, readiness, and training to ensure a smooth transition for staff and members.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience with large, multi-stakeholder technology or policy initiatives.
• 3+ years of Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or public assistance program experience.
• 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 approaches.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage Medicaid eligibility and enrollment projects, including system changes and policy implementations.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, and milestones across state agencies, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and decisions through a RAID log.
• Lead implementation of new federal and state requirements within deadlines.
• Coordinate with eligibility system vendors, managed care organizations, and adjacent programs.
• Facilitate status meetings, steering committees, and working sessions; document decisions.
• Prepare clear status reports and executive briefings on progress, risks, and decisions needed.
• Manage scope, change requests, and budget against contract and funding requirements.
• Support testing, readiness, training, and go-live planning for staff and members.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Progress reporting

Agile delivery

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Workforce Recruiter seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to lead complex eligibility and enrollment projects from planning to go-live. You will align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams, ensuring milestones are met and risks surfaced early to keep members covered.

You'll manage changes, budgets, and federal/state requirements, coordinate with eligibility system vendors and MOUs, and support testing, readiness, and training to ensure a smooth transition for staff and members.