Public Health Program Manager

Overview

LMI is seeking a Program Manager to join our Health & Civilian, Public Health team supporting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS.) In this role, you will have two focus areas:

Successful LMI Program Managers demonstrate competency in project execution, financial management, leadership, talent management and career planning, critical thinking, relationship management, and business growth while upholding the highest standard of ethical behavior. This position may be performed remotely in the United States.

Responsibilities

Delivery and Execution

• Foster positive working relationships with team, client personnel, and leadership counterparts.
• Lead a cross-functional team, and manage overall staffing requirements, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, execution, and retention.
• Manage complex project ensuring that goals, requirements, and outcomes are defined and that appropriate resources are allocated accordingly to ensure excellent execution.
• Coordinate across task leads and monitor team performance to ensure key milestones are met and deliverables are submitted in a timely fashion and are of high quality/accuracy; when appropriate, propose a plan to correct any variances and adapt to an agile enviornment.
• Ensure established project standards are upheld and clearly defined throughout the entire process of each project’s development and execution.
• Leverage leadership skills to assist teams to raise their performance, removing blockers team success and when necessary, provide employees with corrective action plans to improve performance.
• Identify and create efficiencies and bring innovation in current project to streamline efforts and ensure success to deliver on revenue and profitability targets.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, briefing charts, schedule meetings, keep records and record minutes, and prepare after-action reports in support of project performance reviews.
• Manage subcontracts, performance execution, and relationships.

Growth

• Be customer relationship focused and develop and maintain high quality relationships with internal and external customers and partners.
• Fearlessly reach out to contacts in the CMS centers that should know how LMI can serve their mission.
• Support business development and bid and proposal efforts for opportunities, bringing together capabilities across LMI to define a solution that meets and exceeds client expectations.
• Work with LMI and LMI business partners to pursue new business opportunities.
• Lead and coordinate actions required to move an opportunity approved at a pursuit review through delivery of the compliant winning proposal.
• Brief gate reviews, track and manage pursuit budgets by acquiring appropriate internal and external resources.
• Develop compelling offers with competitive pricing structures to create a profitable return.
• Deliver compliant, winning proposals that meet or exceed corporate financial objectives.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in relevant business, technical, or professional, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in supporting federal government leadership.
• Demonstrated experience to successful lead portfolios more than $10M+.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage portfolio budgets in support of overall company objectives.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent presentation and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to think strategically, develop creative solutions, and collaboratively lead cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to build future leaders and elevate performance.
• Demonstrated ability to optimizing staffing and implementing process improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and win capture opportunities.
• Experience developing, managing, and writing winning proposals.

Desired

• Master’s degree or higher.
• 3-5 years of experience running projects of a similar size and scope at CMS.
• PMP Certification or other equivalent certifications.
• Experience selling and delivering a wide range of solutions to the federal government.