Technical Delivery Manager, Medicaid

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead problem-framing sessions, collect assumptions, and evaluate options for unplanned Medicaid data requests.

• Take ownership of and update the product roadmap with input from stakeholders.

• Conduct roadmap reviews to ensure alignment among partners.

• Convert policy and technical insights into requirements, acceptance criteria, and decision memos.

• Define and prioritize tasks in collaboration with the data science and data engineering teams.

• Develop a strong understanding of the team’s Python and SQL data pipeline to formulate actionable requirements.

• Maintain clear delivery expectations across partner teams to minimize communication and handoff issues.

• Manage the risk register and document key decision points and trade-offs.

• Oversee reporting readiness and the delivery process for monthly CMS reports, including the clearance and approval stages.

• Create and present leadership-ready summaries of complex projects.

• Collaborate with stakeholders from policy, technical, data science, data engineering, and government partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4 to 5 years of experience in delivery, product management, or discovery roles related to technical or data-intensive programs.

• Proven experience managing product priorities or roadmaps, including the ability to decline requests and provide rationale.

• Knowledge of agile delivery methods and capability to support planning ceremonies.

• Proficiency in understanding and reasoning about data pipeline tasks in Python and SQL.

• Experience in government settings; preference for state or federal health agency experience.

• Ability to engage effectively with high-profile government partners and manage high-stakes, visible programs.

• Flexibility to switch between strategic, high-level tasks and detailed execution.

• Strong ability to synthesize information and communicate effectively in writing for requirements, decision memos, risk assessments, and leadership briefings.

• Capability to navigate ambiguous situations and create clarity.

• Understanding of government operations, including the need for over-communication, anticipating obstacles, documenting, and ensuring follow-through.

• Comfort in collaborating with a strong leadership team and managing overlaps and gaps in responsibilities.

• Must conduct all work physically within the United States.

• Must be a citizen of the United States.

• Must successfully pass a public trust background check.

• Preferred: experience with CMS or other federal health agency programs and systems.

• Preferred: familiarity with Medicaid data or large-scale health data.

• Preferred: experience navigating stakeholder approval processes and formal clearance pathways.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work opportunities.

• Emphasis on a positive work-life balance and reasonable expectations.

• For People covers 100% of Gold-tier employee health insurance premiums.

• Annual profit-sharing opportunities for employees.

• Occasional paid travel for on-site collaboration with government partners.