Provide leadership for program/project for projects with Minnesota Eligibility Technology System (METS) and System Modernization technical solution impacts including technical, resource, schedule, communication and financial plans.
Management of pre-identified METS and System Modernization project portfolios.
Communicate and incorporate business owner's visions, business plans, and key objectives. Establish and communicate clear performance expectations to members of the METS and System Modernization IT solutions.
Provide updates as required by MNIT, METS and System Modernization Portfolio Management teams and DHS leadership.
Provide project management and vendor management mentoring to State and other vendor staff as required.
Foster a culture that supports and drives staff engagement and collaboration in support of State objectives.
Establish, manage, and leverage business and technology relationships both internal and external to the METS and System Modernization IT solutions.
Provide knowledge transfer.
Provide strategic vision and thinking with focus on outcomes
Create clear and attainable project/program objectives
Create clear and attainable project/program requirements
Manage program/project constraints of cost, time and scope
Form close links with team members and stakeholders

Four years of experience with IBM C ram solution for healthcare reform.
Four years of experience working with Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) process.
Four years of experience working with the Federal Government's Advance Planning Document (APD) process.

Desired Skills
Demonstrable leadership ability
Ability to direct & manage program/project development from beginning to end
Ability to define program/project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders
Ability to estimate program/project resource requirements and participants needed to achieve goals including changes during where necessary
Ability to identify and manage program/project dependencies and critical path
Ability to establish program/project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools and tracking such milestones and deliverables
Ability to manage changes in program/project scope, identify potential crises or issues, and devise contingency plans as appropriate
Ability to communicate program/project plans, expectations, updates, progress, issues, and successes in a timely & clear fashion when necessary
Six or more years of experience with IBM C ram solution for healthcare reform and/or downstream integrated systems that consume or use the Curam healthcare data.