Overview
The Informatics Project Manager will drive the delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.
Working within Minnesota Department of Health, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division, the Informatics Project Manager or Project Implementation Manager
will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to define project objectives, allocate resources, coordinate with teams, and manage timelines to ensure the successful delivery and implementation of a public health data systems project. This position will work with two data scientists dedicated to the project and coordinate the work with Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologists and data scientists. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Collaborative for Rural Public Health Innovation (CRPHI) are partnering to advance data modernization effort to enhance the functionality, interoperability, and timeliness of public health data systems, focusing on chronic disease (CD) data. The Project Manager will [RC1] use project management and facilitation skills to engage stakeholders effectively, ensure good communication and documentation for the project across team members, and provide support to a small team of data scientists that will execute the main parts of the project listed below:
1) Develop and validate CD case definitions in syndromic surveillance (SynS) systems (e.g., heart attack, stroke, asthma, dental emergencies, and others) and integrate definitions within existing SynS workflows to produce timely and geographically specific data.
2) Engage with CRPHI partners to translate and adapt CD syndromic surveillance (SynS) case definitions into tools and visualizations that resonate with and support rural local public health strategy and surveillance activities. They will lead development of workflows supporting CD SynS data sharing between MDH and CRPHI (and other rural health departments) that are integrated into a suite of CD data.
Informatics Project Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Minnesota Department of Health, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams in the development and delivery of data-driven applications, databases, dashboards, data analytics, or other public health products.
- Coordinate, lead or participate in project meetings; working closely with technical teams, product manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
- Define, document, and track project timelines, workplans, and processes to drive project deliverables within scope, deadlines, and budget.
- Define clear roles and responsibilities and ensure standards and best practices are followed.
- Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline.
- Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions.
- Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value.
- Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
- Effectively communicate insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
- Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements.
- Support development of training for state and local public health staff to manage new tools.
- Coordinate work across data scientists supporting state and local public health teams.
- Ability to convey, at a high-level, technical concepts related to data science and informatics to non-technical partners and epidemiologists looking to learn effectively.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, information systems/informatics, computer engineering, operations management or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of related experience managing technical projects.
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, agile (Scrum/Kanban), Gira, and iterative development methodologies, standard and best practices for data analytics, application development, enterprise data platforms, etc.
- Understanding of data architecture, data analytics, databases, visualization, application development
- Expert knowledge of project management fundamentals, including the ability to develop and implement accurate work plans, schedules, staffing plans, and budgets, in an agile or iterative environment.
- Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to lead technical projects through smooth and continuous delivery.
- Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.
- Familiar with or has aptitude to learn syndromic surveillance data tools such as ESSENCE for chronic disease definition algorithm design and testing.
- Experience leading teams to adapt algorithms for situation specific use.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to describe difficult technical problems and solutions to technical and non-technical teams.
- Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.
- Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems.
- Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts.
- Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners.
- Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Up to 10% domestic travel may be required.
Job Highlights
- Location: Remote, must be based in the United States, up to 10% domestic travel may be required
- Salary Range: $90,000 - $123,000 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate.
- Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity
- Position End Date: June 30, 2027
Special Notes
This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.
The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.
Relocation expenses are not included.
About the CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation helps CDC save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. The CDC Foundation manages hundreds of programs each year impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.