Skills Required
Understand contract monitoring for development, configuration, and operational activities
Review and follow the processes and procedures defined to support a program with multiple vendors.
Work with multiple vendors and multiple in-person or virtual teams.
Review program, project or software artifacts developed by multiple vendors and comment or approve
Interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Perform standard project functions such as creating documents or presentations, schedule meetings, produce meeting minutes, disburse reports, track artifacts, issues, and action items, etc.
Provide business and requirements oversight
Understand all phases of a project management and software development life cycle.
Support multiple software development methodologies or software configuration activities
Assist with Centers of Medicaid, Medicare Service (CMS) reporting and certification process
Maintain project assets, communications, and track items to completion.
Identify and report on abnormalities or variances
Excellent and effective stakeholder management skills - comfortable speaking and discussing requirements and scope with users and senior stakeholders.
Excellent written and verbal communications and presentation skills.
A team player with strong interpersonal skills to build team rapport
Excellent research capabilities
Ability to multitask in an environment that has multiple conflicting priorities
Strong analytical, problem solving, data and business process analysis and design skills.
Ability to adapt and work in a fast- paced and dynamic group environment.
Ability to manage complexity well and demonstrated experience managing across functions to accomplish large scale goals.
Understand all phases of a project management and software development life cycle. Have knowledge of multiple project management methodologies.
A result-driven, independent thinker and initiative individual that is detail oriented, meticulous, and able to handle loads of information.
Ability to work independently with minimal direction from State or other team members.
Experience using and working with virtual and in house team member
Skills Preferred
Strong interpersonal skills to build team rapport
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work independently with minimal direction from State or other team members.
Ability to work under pressure / to a deadline.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
Exceptional research and reporting skills.
Experience Required
7 years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst with 3 years working on requirement development and management.
Minimum 5 to 7 years of MMIS experience or domain knowledge in Medicare, Medicaid, or with a major healthcare payer. State MMIS experience is strongly required, as this often includes exposure to SNAP and TANF programs.
2 years of experience with contract monitoring or Request for Proposal (RFP) development
Ability to work independently with minimal direction from State or other team members.
Experience working with virtual and in house team member
Expert/Advance experience in using SharePoint, Office 365, Video conferencing software such as Webex/Teams.
Education Desired
Bachelor’s degree in business administration or another related field. Equivalent work experience may be substituted for a degree.