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Department
Medicaid Project Management Operations
Job Summary
Job Description
- Maintains a high level of expertise and understanding of the day to day functions of the LaMEDS system, all inbound and outbound file transfer activity affecting enrollment and eligibility, and relationship management between the FI and other state vendors included but not limited to the MCEs, Enrollment Broker and Third Party Liability (TPL) vendor relative to the LaMEDS system.
- Understands the business rules of the LDH Medicaid programs related to enrollment and eligibility, along with maintaining an understanding of LDH program office business needs as it relates to their programmatic oversight of enrollment and eligibility.
- Highly effective communicator, uses clear goals to communicate the sprint objective so the sprint team understands and is equipped to realize goals identified. Provides rapid feedback and communicates status outside of sprint team.
- Ensures impacted stakeholders for all Enhancements and Epics for the LaMEDS system are engaged and provided the opportunity to impact prioritization of module tasks.
- Plans and prepares for changes in functionality through incremental implementation with moving target completion dates
- Assists with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
- Creates, maintains, prioritizes, and sequences the product backlog based on business value or ROI.
- Participates in project planning, daily stand-up meetings (scrums), reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other scrum-related meetings
- Identifies impediments and risks to sprint plans.
- Reviews deliverables prepared by the sprint team before sending to production.
- Manages project schedules and leads meetings for assigned projects.
- Assists with other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED:
- Bachelor’s degree, or Associate’s degree plus 3 years of professional experience, or 6 years of professional work experience.
- Minimum two years of professional experience in managing technical projects.
- Professional experience in the determination of enrollment and eligibility.
- Experience with project management software such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server or Microsoft SharePoint, JIRA, or relevant industry software.
- Professional experience presenting information to technical and non‐technical audiences.
- Effective organizational and time management skills.
- Enhanced attention to detail and follow up, and effective verbal/written communications skills.
DESIRED:
- Advanced Degree.
- Minimum two years of professional experience with project management software such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft SharePoint, JIRA, or relevant industry software.
- Minimum of two years of professional experience with LDH information systems or programs utilized by the department.
- Minimum two years of professional experience with Medicaid or Medicare.
- CAPM, PMP, PgMP, PMl‐ACP, PMl‐RMP, PMl‐SP, OPM3 or relevant industry certifications.
Required Attachments
Please upload the following documents in the Resume/Cover Letter section.
- Detailed resume listing relevant qualifications and experience;
- Cover Letter indicating why you are a good fit for the position and University of Louisiana Systems;
- Names and contact information of three references;
- Diversity Statement (required for all Faculty positions and any Staff position of Assistant Manager and higher).
See Diversity Statement instructions by clicking this link: https://www.uno.edu/careers/diversity-instructions
Applications that do not include the required uploaded documents may not be considered.
Posting Close Date
This position will remain open until filled.
Note to Applicant:
Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications in their cover letter. The search committee will use this information during the initial review of application materials.
References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.
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