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Title: IT Healthcare Consultant – Project Manager

Location: Columbia, SC | Hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days remote)

Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced IT Healthcare Consultant – Project Manager to support the implementation of changes and manage projects of varying sizes within Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) and related subsystems. The ideal candidate will lead a team of business analysts, evaluate business processes, and provide recommendations for technology solutions and process improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate standard operating procedures for system changes with a team of business analysts.

• Ensure proper change classification, evaluation, and prioritization for relevant systems.

• Provide guidance and support to business analysts throughout the requirements development and management processes.

• Serve as a liaison between business units and IT to deliver technical solutions that meet user needs.

• Analyze business operations to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for process automation.

• Assist in business process redesign and documentation for new technology initiatives.

• Translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications for IT teams.

• Facilitate communication and negotiations between business units and IT from requirements through implementation.

• Monitor technological trends to provide innovative solutions that enhance enterprise capabilities.

• Execute requirements development, including elicitation, analysis, specification, validation, and change management.

• Document and analyze agency business processes and data requirements.

• Provide guidance to technical and testing teams on requirements interpretation.

• Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, and action items.

• Interact with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, government agencies, and healthcare providers.

• Maintain business rules, requirements, and models in a repository.

• Perform other project-related duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in government IT projects in business analysis or related roles.

• Minimum 5 years of experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules and processes.

• Minimum 5 years of Medicaid program experience.

• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write requirements and use cases.

• Experience gathering requirements through interviews, document analysis, and policy review.

• Knowledge of formal business process documentation.

• Familiarity with business modeling techniques, including graphical process flow software.

• Ability to communicate effectively with executive management, project teams, and stakeholders.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field, or equivalent experience year-for-year.

Preferred Skills:

• Subject matter expertise in Medicaid or other healthcare insurance operations/projects.

• MMIS project or operational experience.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Project / Project Server.

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