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Job Highlights
Location: Remote, must be based in the United States
Salary Range: $90,000 - $123,000 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate.
Work Schedule: 9 – 6 EST
Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity
Position End Date: June 30, 2025
Overview
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 DC Health, Office of Health Informatics, Center for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation (CPPE) the Project Implementation Manager will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to define project objectives, allocate resources, coordinate team efforts, and manage timelines to ensure the successful delivery and implementation of a public health data systems project. The role involves developing project plans, schedules, and budgets, monitoring project progress and performance, and ensuring stakeholders are kept informed about project status. Additional responsibilities include documenting data architecture, processes, and the current data landscape at DC Health to enhance data governance, as well as collaborating with other teams to define data requirements and specifications.
The Project Implementation Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the DC Health, Office of Health Informatics, Center for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation (CPPE). This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.
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.