Project Manager – Health IT / AI

Cayuse Health, LLC is a tribally owned business providing professional health and medical support services for government and federal agencies. We leverage our family of companies’ 17 years of strategic and real-world operational experience delivering complex staffing solutions for time-sensitive programs and specialized individuals, along with services in health care IT, logistics, billing and coding, case management, and research contracts. Cayuse’s comprehensive program management, business process services, and technology solutions are strategically poised to assist clients in advancing their mission objectives, regardless of their operating system.

The Project Manager – Health IT / AI (PM-IT/AI) serves a key support role in the project development and delivery of health and medical related opportunities for Cayuse Health. The PM-IT/AI supports the Program Manager – Health with the delivery of service on health and medical IT contracts, identifying deliverables, assessing technical needs and requirements, and contributes to the management of IT/AI personnel. The PM-IT/AI identifies credential and technical skill requirements for personnel as outlined in the respective contracts, conducts quality control reviews and assessments, and reports discrepancies. 

The PM-IT/AI is responsible for ensuring aspects of project management within their scope of expertise are performed within budget and meet time requirements as outlined by individual contracts. The Project Manager – Health IT / AI position performs all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of Cayuse.

• Project planning and management; contributes to the assessment of opportunities, identifies IT requirements, outlines the delivery of services, and develops strategies to mitigate potential risk.
• Design, develop, and deploy SharePoint applications.
• Identify AI application opportunities in health and medical IT contracts.
• Monitors and reports findings of contract employee performance and morale/welfare needs to facilitate exceptional delivery of uninterrupted contract services.
• Monitors, reports, and escalates necessary action on task order financial matters, not limited to funding obligations, expenditures, and invoicing with stakeholders (internal/external).
• Assesses deliverability of opportunities, considering risk, staffing demands, and implication to overall Cayuse Health company goals and strategy.
• Monitors and reports on operational, administrative, and financial trending data to respective operational/business managers to ensure uninterrupted client services.
• Prepared to present and discuss the status of contract activities, technical requirements, and issues upon request.
• Contributes to overall company growth and development.
• Other federal program support activities as required.
• Other Duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, Life Sciences or IT related field of study
• Experience working with an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) platform.
• Experience planning, managing / assisting, and executing medical or health related staffing.
• Experience planning, managing / assisting, and executing the management of clinical environments.
• Experience and familiarity with health and medical standards of care including JCHAO, HIPAA, and PII document management.
• Experience with content development and design of instructional materials or tools, in hard copy / soft copy formats.
• Experience utilizing AI in a workplace environment.
• Experience with software development and design in a health or medical environment.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new software and programming languages.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations both internal and external.
• Must be able to pass a background check. May require additional background checks as required by projects and/ or clients at any time during employment.
• Knowledge with healthcare entities and how to manage and excel in that environment.

Minimum Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate in a professional, and articulate manner to individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with high-level attention to detail.
• Proven ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast past environment with changing priorities; adaptable to change and a quick learner.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work well independently as well as on a multi-functional team.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
• Strong IT literacy with proficiency and working knowledge of common database and reporting tools.
• Direct experience with AI development, applicability, and implementation, preferred.
• Experience with Python, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Intermediate experience in MS Office Suite.
• Intermediate experience with Adobe Acrobat products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a clinical environment.
• Full Stack Development.
• Technical certifications and training; HIPAA compliance preferred.
• Experience working with multiple federal agencies.

Reports To: Managing Director, Cayuse Health

Working Conditions

• Professional remote office environment.
• Must be physically and mentally able to perform duties for extended periods of time.
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed to meet the demands of this position.
• Must be able to establish a productive and professional workspace.
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time looking at computer screen.
• Must be able to work varying work schedules and/or extended hours to meet business needs and project deadlines.

• May be asked to travel for business or professional development purposes.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement: Cayuse embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Cayuse, and all of its subsidiaries, are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are an affirmative action employer