Remote Public Health Project Coordinator III

Summary

Join DRT Strategies, a forward-thinking consulting firm, as a Project Coordinator to work on public health, data, and geospatial technology projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in project management, public health, and IT development.

Requirements

• Must have or be able to obtain a Public Trust with the US federal government
• At least two years of experience supporting public health projects
• At least seven years’ leading IT development or analytical projects or with collaborating with technical teams
• Knowledge of Agile processes, Azure DevOps, JIRA or other project management platforms commonly used in software development
• Must have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Must be well-organized, proactive, and works well in a team-setting
• Skilled in communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences and collaborators
• Skilled in translating public health information, data, and concepts to functional technical requirements

Responsibilities

• Leads all project management domains over the entire lifecycle of public health, geospatial technology projects from planning to close-out
• Coordinates and tracks performance of cross-functional teams comprised of researchers, programmers, designers, testers, and communication specialists
• Develops partner-specific project plans to develop or enhance interactive mapping websites, data visualizations, and widgets
• Manages relationships within cross-functional project teams and external partners
• Coordinates and oversees the definition of project scope and objectives based on user needs, capacity, and a thorough understanding of business need and industry requirements
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define product requirements, milestones, deliverables, timelines, and execution strategy
• Provides testing, debugging and resolution for application issues
• Analyzes business and user needs, documents requirements, and translates them into proper system requirement specifications
• Writes and maintain project documentation such as meeting notes, project charters, change requests, project enhancements, and clearance documents
• Creates and maintains project schedule and progress reports
• Leads weekly and bi-weekly project meetings and present project milestones to stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent experience with CDC environment and standards: SDLC, technical architecture, release processes
• Experience with DevOps or DevSecOps