Strategic Medicaid Eligibility Program Manager

Modern Machining Solutions Inc; Jackson (MS); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Our client, a boutique consulting firm, seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to drive complex eligibility projects from planning to go-live. You will align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams to ensure timely, compliant implementations.

Responsibilities include managing policy changes, schedules, budgets, and risk while coordinating across agencies and vendors to meet deadlines and reporting requirements.

Formación

• 5+ years of project management, 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 using Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira.
• Experience with Agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Clear, calm communication with executives, policy experts, and technical teams.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsabilidades

• 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 community engagement provisions and more frequent renewals, within 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.

Conocimientos

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Policy implementations

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Herramientas

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Descripción del empleo

Our client, a boutique consulting firm, seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Project Manager to drive complex eligibility projects from planning to go-live. You will align state leaders, vendors, and delivery teams to ensure timely, compliant implementations.

Responsibilities include managing policy changes, schedules, budgets, and risk while coordinating across agencies and vendors to meet deadlines and reporting requirements.