Health Data Tool Manager

Position Highlights:

POSITION TITLE:  Massachusetts Health Data Tool Manager 

LOCATION: Hybrid – Massachusetts (Boston)

POSITION END DATE: 06/30/2025

SALARY:  $105,000

The Massachusetts Health Data Tool Manager is an essential position to lead and implement the strategic direction of the State Health Assessment (SHA) and State Health Improvement Plans (SHIP) and their related sustainability activities. This position is necessary to support updating these two projects with cross-department and external partners through collaboration and coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH). 

OVERVIEW

The CDC Foundation seeks a Massachusetts Health Data Tool Manager to support the planning, implementation, and updating of a dynamic, web-based Massachusetts State Health Assessment (SHA) and State Health Improvement Plans (SHIP) and improved data sharing and data visualization processes among Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MPHD) programs. The Manager will be responsible for establishing a coordinating team with weekly status reporting, drafting regular PowerPoints for MDPH staff updates, collaborating with the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Health Equity (OACHE), community engagement unit, the Epidemiology Community of Practice, and the Population Health Information Tool (PHIT) Team. Collaboration with external partners is a focus for this position, especially with tribal partners and other priority population. Planning, collaboration, and facilitating meetings with external partners is essential to ongoing engagement while also ensuring updated narrative, health equity, and history matters call out boxes in the Massachusetts Data tool includes community partners and community advisory boards input.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

•Master's degree in public health, communication, epidemiology, or another related field

•5-7 years of public health experience at the national, state, or local level.

•Professional experience in public health in a program management role or experience as management analyst demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility and leadership; philanthropic, nonprofit or government, and/or public health leadership preferred.

•Experience working collaboratively and fostering relationships with diverse collaborators and engaging in strategic partnerships, demonstrating, and prioritizing customer service and cultural humility.

•Ability to handle a variety of collaborators, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and thrive in a complex environment while balancing multiple competing priorities and data systems.

•Experience in leading program planning, implementation, and continuous quality improvement.

•Excellent judgment and decision-making, with strong analytical skills, business intuition, and business acumen.

•Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; collegial, energetic, and able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, and internal/external partners, particularly in a hybrid working environment.

•Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Teams, Forms, Excel, Word, Planner, and PowerPoint.

•Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.

•Strong written and verbal communication skills.

•Experience with public health/health related data, data management, and data visualization principles including dashboards.

•Ability to adapt to changing requirements and priorities.

•Interest in learning or increasing their knowledge of the principles of health and/or racial equity.

•Ability to adapt to changing environments and receive constructive feedback to improve performance.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

•Advanced degree in public health, public administration, business, or another related field

•Experience in coordination of needs assessment/improvement plans such as a state or community health improvement plan and/or state or community health improvement plan (SHA/CHA or SHIP/CHIP) or similar planning and implementation of organizational improvement efforts.

•Familiarity with complex data systems, public health data indicators, epidemiological data, and data dashboards/visualization.

•Proven ability in coordinating technical projects across IT and business teams would be an asset.

•Familiarity to coordinate subject matter experts (SMEs) in making updates to the SHA/SHIP would be an asset.

•Understanding and utilization of tools for project management and quality improvement.

•Proven ability to work effectively with all levels of staff, establishing and maintaining collaborative professional relationship to support strong programmatic governance. 

•Proven ability use discretion, maintain confidentiality and ethical conduct.

•PMP certification or equivalent preferred.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

•Works with DPH staff to develop, implement, enhance data collection, and data updates including the implementation and monitoring of additional SHIP indicators utilizing efficient processes.

•Fosters and maintains peer-to-peer relationships with subject matter experts, community partners, and other collaborators aimed at efficient and effective program implementation.

•Serves as programmatic and communications liaison for and between internal and external collaborators as well as vendors.

•Becomes familiar with the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) standards and measures/requirements specific to the State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan and makes recommendations to project team.

•Partners with internal and external partners to enhance MDPH’s community engagement around understanding, collecting, and displaying and using social determinants of health (SODH) data to assist in MDPH’s strategic priority of advancing racial and health equity. 

•Navigates complex data systems and structures to ensure a streamlined visualization of the Massachusetts SHA and SHIP.

•Participates in projects related to the data modernization initiative and implementation of the Strategic Plan to Advance Racial Equity.

•Conducts quality assurance testing of new and updated data as needed for relevant SHA/SHIP program elements.

•Prepares, finalizes, and submits narrative and financial reports or updates in collaboration with internal and external collaborators.

•Represents the MDPH at technical, policy, and strategic planning meetings with internal and external collaborators and evaluates strategies that meet public health missions and goals.

•Assists in continued development of data platform products to ensure indicators and data align with strategic priorities, SHA/SHIP innovations, and community engagement.

•Assists with contract management for program vendors including submission of forms, invoices, and communications.

•Facilitates daily/weekly communication and collaboration among project team and business partners/vendor.

•Defines project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with partners and team members.

•Proactively manages changes in project scope, identify issues, and devises contingency plans.

•Develops detailed project plans and timelines.

•Supports the development of legal documents (e.g., Data Use Agreements, Service Level Agreements) to establish and maintain partnerships. 

•Represents the Public Health and Quality Improvement Team, State Health Assessment, State Health Improvement Plan and products in meetings across the department, bureaus, the department, and with external partners. 

•Monitors and provides regular updates on project progress, including tracking project deliverables, risks, and issues.

•Ensures project documentation and standard operating procedures are complete, accurate, and up to date.

•Ensures quality data and other standards are met and deliverables are of high quality.

•Identifies, assesses, and mitigates project risks and issues.

•Conducts project after action report with feedback from collaborators to identify areas for improvement and best practices.

•Maintains excellent rapport and communication with data stewards and data owners throughout the department to ensure project success.

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 both the CDC Foundation and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in order to best support the state of Massachusetts in their public health programming.

This position is currently a hybrid position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required. 

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.