[Hiring] Modifications Manager @Gainwell Technologies LLC

Role Description

Gainwell Technologies is seeking a Modifications Manager to lead the planning, governance, and delivery of the Wisconsin Medicaid modifications portfolio. In this leadership role, you will oversee a complex portfolio of system enhancements and modernization initiatives, ensuring projects are prioritized, staffed, governed, and delivered in alignment with client expectations, contractual commitments, and organizational objectives.

Your role in our mission:

• Lead the Wisconsin modifications portfolio from intake through implementation, ensuring successful delivery of initiatives across scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Establish and continuously improve portfolio governance processes, prioritization frameworks, intake workflows, performance metrics, and reporting standards.
• Partner with Wisconsin DHS and Gainwell leadership to define priorities, delivery commitments, and portfolio roadmaps.
• Monitor portfolio health, risks, dependencies, resource capacity, and delivery performance while driving issue resolution and escalation management.
• Review and validate project estimates, staffing plans, schedules, and delivery commitments across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Oversee modification-related budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and financial performance to ensure responsible stewardship of funding.
• Manage cross-project and cross-vendor dependencies and ensure impacts to scope, schedule, budget, and implementation commitments are identified and addressed.
• Deliver executive-level reporting and recommendations to client and organizational leadership.
• Lead and mentor team members responsible for governance, reporting, forecasting, and financial administration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Project Management, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in program, portfolio, project, or delivery management within a complex technology environment.
• 5+ years of leadership experience overseeing cross-functional teams and large-scale initiatives.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, budgets, and stakeholder groups.
• Experience presenting to and partnering with executive-level clients and leadership teams.
• Strong knowledge of portfolio management, governance, resource planning, forecasting, financial oversight, and risk management.
• Experience with software development and systems delivery lifecycles.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across business, operational, and technical organizations.
• Preferred experience supporting Medicaid, MMIS, healthcare payer, government technology, or other regulated public-sector programs.

Requirements

• Opportunity to work remote.
• Travel up to 10%.
• Applications for this position will be accepted until 11/9/2026.

Benefits

• Generous, flexible vacation policy.
• 401(k) employer match.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Educational assistance.
• Variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.