Saas Implementation Project Manager Jobs in Cranston, RI

• Working with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team focused on strategy, policy, planning, program alignment, and evaluation.

• Coordinating cross-agency collaboration among state departments, community partners, providers, advocates, and people with lived experience to support integrated and aligned implementation efforts.
• Facilitating public-private, workgroups, and stakeholder convenings, including preparing agendas, documenting decisions, and managing follow-up activities.
• Ensuring that stakeholder engagement and project activities are organized in ways that promote accessibility, meaningful participation, and inclusion of people with disabilities and individuals with lived experience.
• Leading vendor management, contracts, consultants, and external partners involved in cross-agency accessibility implementation projects, including monitoring deliverables and supporting procurement and reporting processes.

• Translating high-level policy goals and strategic priorities into actionable operational steps that can be implemented across agencies and community systems.

• Serving as a central point of coordination and communication to help sustain momentum, alignment, and shared ownership across statewide accessibility implementation efforts.
• Developing knowledge of related subject-matter programs to inform design, content, and functionality decisions and providing strategic advice on initial design and ongoing operations.
• Supporting coordination between cornerstone initiatives and related state efforts involving Medicaid, housing, behavioral health, workforce development, transportation, education, community accessibility and more.

• Developing and maintaining detailed project workplans, timelines, and implementation schedules for key accessibility initiatives and related strategic priorities.

• Tracking deliverables, milestones, and agency commitments to ensure accountability and timely progress on accessibility-related projects.
• Identifying implementation barriers, operational challenges, and system gaps, and working collaboratively with partners to develop solutions and advance progress.
• Managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities while maintaining strong communication, organization, and follow-through across complex systems and partners.
• Maintaining documentation systems, tracking tools, and project management infrastructure needed to support transparency, accountability, and effective coordination.

• Assisting with the development of reports, presentations, dashboards, and other materials used to communicate progress, outcomes, and priorities to leadership, stakeholders, and the public.

• Draft and edit content for clarity, readability, and effectiveness.
• Supporting data collection, project evaluation, and continuous quality improvement activities to help assess implementation progress and identify opportunities for systems improvement.

• Must have specialized project management training—including Agile methods, facilitation skills, financial and compliance tracking, and cross-functional or matrix-based management.
• Must have excellent writing, public speaking, presentation, facilitation, research, and interpersonal skills.
• Must have a thorough understanding of the key stakeholders in health system and disability communities, including state agencies, healthcare providers, community-based organizations, advocates, and others across systems of care and populations served.
• Must have significant knowledge of the factors that limit access to health services and adversely impact health outcomes of rural Rhode Islanders.
• Must have significant knowledge of the principles and practices of health program implementation, evaluation, including policy and planning, program administration, research, data analytics, and stakeholder engagement.
• Must have a general understanding of public health, including healthcare finance, and healthcare delivery, and public health objectives.

• Education: Such as may have been gained through the possession of a Masters degree from a program of recognized standing with specialization in a relevant field of Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Law, Health Policy, Public Policy, Human Services, Environmental Sociology, Social Work, a licensed health profession, or a closely related field; and
• Experience: Such as may have been gained through considerable employment in a professional position with responsibilities related to health policy, disability policy, public health, public administration, program administration, or other relevant experience that demonstrates:

• Extensive understanding with navigating the context of the ADA and Olmstead.
• Evidence of addressing the socio-economic and environmental determinants of health and their impacts on individuals with disabilities.
• State-Level administration of complex projects that require navigating multi-agency systems (Housing, Health, Labor) and managing large budget
• Proven track record of managing complex timelines, contractors, and data-driven performance metrics.
• Successful stakeholder engagement through facilitating advisory groups and working directly with advocacy organizations and individuals with lived experience.

• Combination: Or any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above.
• Location: This is a Hybrid position with an estimated 3 days in-person and 2 days remote. In-person days will be at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in Cranston, Rhode Island.

*This position is hybrid, 3-days onsite, and 2 days remote.