Informatics Project 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.  

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.

Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity

Position End Date: June 30, 2025

Overview

The Informatics Project 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 Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH). The Informatics Project Manager will play a crucial role in the development of a programmatic initiative for performance management metrics and KPI for the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH).  This work will focus on metrics design, development, and implementation for each of the divisions and offices, rolling up to agency-wide metrics on a platform for tracking. The candidate will focus on gathering, refining, and collaborating on common performance metrics. These activities will be directed to identify sets of performance indicators unique to each division, and common organizational indicators. These are to quantify the performance, effectiveness, and outcomes of public health programs. The role involves working closely with all the HDOH’s associated divisions, to support identification of program goals and aligned measures, while incorporating best practices from other jurisdictions.

The Informatics Project Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Hawaii Department of Health, Health Data & Informatics Office. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

• Lead the development of a performance management and metrics framework for evaluation of the HDOH’s public health programs, divisions, and offices.
• Research and evaluate similar performance management systems design and implementation in several other jurisdictions to inform the planning, design, and implementation of this for the HDOH.
• Plan, guide, and collaborate with agency, division, and office leadership on requirements for a performance management system.
• Create business and technical requirements for the system, then develop these with stakeholders for technical implementation.
• Lead planning and co-creation of relevant process and outcome metrics alongside program area stakeholders to improve divisions’ operations and evaluation.
• Plan and direct the performance management metrics initiative, working closely with HDOH teams to ensure the approach and system design meets Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) requirements.
• Lead planning and facilitate collaborative development with HDOH staff of program-appropriate metrics for individual public health program and overall HDOH agency evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency, equity, and impacts on resident outcomes.
• Assist technical and project staff in associated planning tasks for technical systems development of the infrastructure implemented to house and maintain internal and publicly accessible metrics.
• Plan and support the establishment of a HDOH-wide initiative for metrics development, use, and iterative evaluation using organizational change management techniques.
• Plan, implement, and support the establishment of an organizational culture of continuous quality improvement based on data.
• Lead organizational change efforts related to performance metrics, focused on the HDOH and individual program areas, using a standard methodology (e.g., ADKAR.)
• Evaluate and implement training within the HDOH to address the motivations for change towards making data-driven-decisions for public health programs.
• Plan, drive, and realize the achievement of these Expected Outputs:
• Environmental scan of performance management metrics, at the agency-wide and program-specific requirements. Conduct and document the scan for a roadmap framed with two lenses: internal program evaluation, as well as external public-facing outcomes and community engagement.
• Initial CQI and Metrics Roadmap.
• Pilot of HDOH-wide and program-specific dashboards with internal views.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Public Health, Business Administration, Evaluation, Implementation Science, or a related field.
• A Master’s degree in a similar field is preferred but not required.
• 10 years of experience in business analysis, with a focus on healthcare, public health systems, management consulting, or information systems.
• Demonstrated experience in gathering, analyzing, documenting, and implementing performance metrics, particularly for complex public health systems or healthcare institutions.
• Experience working with public health agencies, healthcare systems, and data systems is highly desirable.
• Experience in project management processes, including developing and implementing complex projects for evaluation and measurement.
• Significant experience with performance management, metrics, and key-performance-indicators development and associated support tools.
• Knowledge of business process modeling, requirements-traceability matrices (RTMs), KPI, OKR, metrics frameworks, and other analytical tools.
• Familiarity with evaluation, indicators development methodologies, and public health workflows, including data collection, data management, and continuous quality improvement.
• Experience with organizational change implementation and training, using a reference model such as ADKAR.
• Experience with data collection, evaluation, and implementation of automated reporting or dashboards and evaluative processes based on data integration and analytics tools is a plus.
• Understanding of public health measures, based on other jurisdictions campaigns, national, and international metrics of health system effectiveness preferred.
• Communication & Collaboration:
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate meetings and collaborate with diverse teams, including technical, non-technical, and public health professionals.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams to bridge the gap between business requirements and technical solutions.
• Experience in stakeholder management, including working with public health officials, government agencies, and external vendors.
• Experience managing and directing initiatives and projects.
• Project Management:
• Experience in project planning and management, including creating and maintaining work breakdown structures (WBS) to track project milestones and deliverables.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments and manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to manage complex tasks and communicate these to leadership, subject matter experts, and technical teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage complex tasks with limited supervision.

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.