Project Implementation Manager - Cdc Foundation : Job Details

Project Implementation Manager

Cdc Foundation

Job Location : all cities,WV, USA

Posted on : 2024-11-24T08:40:17Z

Job Description :
The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC's critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information. Job Highlights Location: Remote, must be based in the United States Work Schedule: 8am - 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Occasionally, attendance at meetings outside of these hours may also be required. Salary Range: $90,000 - $123,000 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate. Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity Position End Date: June 30, 2025Overview
    • The Project Implementation Manager will drive the delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation's public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.
    • Working within West Virginia Department of Health Public Health Commission Office the Project Implementation Manager will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to define project objectives, allocate resources, coordinate with teams, and manage timelines to ensure the successful delivery and implementation of a public health data systems project.
    • The Project Implementation Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the West Virginia Department of Health Public Health Commission Office. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.
Responsibilities
    • Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams in the development and delivery of data-driven applications, databases, dashboards, data analytics, or other public health products.
    • Coordinate, lead or participate in project meetings, working closely with technical teams, product manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
    • Define, document, and track project timelines, workplans, and processes to drive project deliverables within scope, deadlines, and budget.
    • Define clear roles and responsibilities and ensure standards and best practices are followed.
    • Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline.
    • Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions.
    • Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value.
    • Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
    • Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
    • Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements.
Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university
    • Minimum of 10 years of related experience managing technical projects.
    • Strong knowledge of SDLC, agile (Scrum/Kanban) and iterative development methodologies, standard and best practices for data analytics, application development, enterprise data platforms, etc.
    • Understanding of data architecture, data modeling, data analytics, visualization, application development, cloud engineering
    • Expert knowledge of project management fundamentals, including the ability to develop and implement accurate work plans, schedules, staffing plans, and budgets, in an agile or iterative environment.
    • Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to lead technical projects through smooth and continuous delivery.
    • Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.
    • Excellent communication skills with the ability to describe difficult technical problems and solutions to technical and non-technical teams.
    • Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.
    • Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems.
    • Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts.
    • Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners.
    • Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
Special NotesThis role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment. Relocation expenses are not included.
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