Project Implementation Manager

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (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. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs 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. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.  

Location: Remote, must be based in the United States

Work Hours: 8am- 5pm Pacific time zone is preferred, but working hours are flexible.

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, 2025

The Project Implementation 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 the Science Branch in the Santa Clara County Public Health Department (SCC PHD)the 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. The primary projects that the project manager will lead implementation are related to:

·       Expand capacity for SCCPHD to process and use electronic case report (eCR) data in improving the quality and timeliness of the data used to make public health decisions. The project would build a foundation upon which future emerging disease response and public health program needs from eCR data can be quickly and seamlessly implemented. 

·       Expand the data sources available in the SCCPHD AWS Data Platform and improve the capacity for the Data Platform to quickly accommodate new data sources and changes in source systems. This will allow SCCPHD to limit delays in data being available for making public health decisions. This is especially critical when novel diseases appear, or outbreaks occur. In these situations, data requirements are in constant flux - our data platform architecture needs the flexibility to adapt at the pace of this flux and provide timely situational awareness.   

 

The Project Implementation Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Science Branch, SCC PHD. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

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.