Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Austin Metro Residents Only | | Closes 09/18
Loc: Onsite 100% in Austin, TX

HHSC has issued a request for a Project Manager to manage their Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS) Plus Credentialing project which is used to enroll providers into Medicaid. Candidates must have at least 7 years of experience managing Medicaid integration projects and hold one or more PM certifications. This is a 4 month project expected to be completed by the end of February 2026.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Coordinate with PEMS Sprint Teams, Provider Services, department management, and vendors to align efforts, communicate project status, issues, and risks.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor integrated project plans and timelines, ensuring tasks, schedules, and dependencies are accurately tracked and updated.
• Identify and design mitigation strategies for project risks and difficulties and lead efficient meetings with documented decisions to support informed project execution.

Minimum Candidate Characteristics:

• 8+ years of IT PM experience
• 7+ Experience managing Medicaid integration projects

• Medicaid Enterprise Systems, Medicaid Management Information Systems
• Medicaid business operations

• PMP, CAPM

Exceptional Candidate Characteristics:

• Experience with one or more HHS agency
• Experience with Texas Medicaid
• Experience with provider enrollment systems
• Scrum Master certification

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.YearsRequired/ PreferredExperience8RequiredExperience in management of large-scale IT projects, including system integration, resource management, procurement transition and vendor management.7RequiredExperience with Medicaid Enterprise Systems, including Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).7RequiredAbility to identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions; to develop and evaluate policies and procedures; to prepare reports.7RequiredDemonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines.7RequiredExperience with Medicaid business operations.7RequiredExperience overseeing the planning and execution of major projects, including facilitation and documentation of high-level critical path dependencies across multiple projects.7RequiredExperience successfully leading m

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