Remote Project Implementation Manager

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Project Implementation Manager to drive the delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to define project objectives, allocate resources, coordinate with teams, and manage timelines to ensure successful delivery and implementation of public health data systems projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, information systems, computer engineering, operations management or related field required
• 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

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