[Hiring] Operations Project Manager @CDC Foundation

Role Description

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Project Manager to lead project management efforts for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Operations team at the Oregon Health Authority. This position serves as a senior operational strategist responsible for:

• Building and maintaining the project schedule for operations workstreams.
• Monitoring daily task progression and coordinating operational responsibilities across the central RHTP team.
• Elevating emerging operational risks and ensuring operational excellence in alignment with CMS requirements.
• Providing collaborative partnership to the Senior Operations Policy Lead.
• Ensuring integration across operational systems by managing internal team communications and coordinating cross-functional workflows.
• Supporting the development and refinement of tracking systems that uphold compliance and performance.
• Building and improving the operational infrastructure needed to manage multi-year deliverables and funding pathways.
• Applying advanced project management methodologies and supporting streamlined processes for grant execution and procurement.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health or related field from an accredited college or university required (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Minimum of 10 years leading complex projects or programs, with project management as a core responsibility.
• Proven ability to scope, estimate and allocate resources for multifaceted initiatives with interdependent deliverables.
• Advanced experience with project scheduling, risk management and coordinating workflows across diverse teams.
• Demonstrated leadership in project or program management, ideally within a healthcare-related organization.
• Experience creating, maintaining and regularly utilizing project trackers within enterprise project management tools; Smartsheet experience preferred.
• Strong capability in evaluating organizational systems, monitoring performance and driving corrective actions or process improvements.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop executive-level presentations and comprehensive reports.
• Understanding of Oregon’s healthcare landscape, with emphasis on rural health systems and related challenges preferred.
• Highly skilled in organizing, prioritizing, and managing multiple concurrent activities, timelines and impacted or interested party needs.
• Ability to set long-term strategic objectives and define the plans and actions required to achieve them.
• Skilled in identifying operational issues and leading efforts to design and implement process improvements.
• Experience applying regulatory knowledge and sound judgment to ensure compliance with laws, standards and organizational policies.

Requirements

• Translate CMS cooperative agreement requirements into actionable operational plans, schedules and process workflows.
• Build and maintain detailed project plans using advanced tools such as Smartsheet.
• Track team meetings and cross-team interactions to monitor operational performance.
• Support operational data collection and documentation systems for timely reporting on CMS-required metrics.
• Manage operational components of RHTP grantmaking.
• Coordinate operational partnerships with the Office of Contracts and Procurement (OC&P) and HPA Contracts.
• Leads strategic project management for all RHTP Operations workstreams.
• Develops and manages integrated project plans, schedules, Smartsheet dashboards, task logs and milestone trackers.
• Coordinates operational responsibilities and workflows across the RHTP Operations Team.
• Monitors daily task progression for operations staff and contractors.
• Designs and executes operational meeting structures, agendas, materials and follow‑up tracking.
• Synthesizes operational updates into executive‑level summaries and reporting for program leadership.
• Leads development, implementation, and continuous improvement of operational systems, procedures, tools, and templates.
• Creates standardized Smartsheet platforms, operational SOPs, intake workflows, and documentation systems.
• Evaluates internal operational systems for inefficiencies, gaps, or performance challenges.
• Establishes and maintains comprehensive documentation for operational processes.
• Models operational technology improvements.
• Coordinates operational components of competitive RHTP grantmaking.
• Ensures operational activities adhere to CMS requirements and agency‑wide operational guidelines.
• Tracks and monitors operational compliance across RHTP systems.
• Identifies, monitors, and evaluates operational risks.
• Maintains and governs operational risk logs.
• Designs and oversees mitigation strategies to prevent operational issues.
• Advises leadership on implications of operational delays and resource needs.
• Performs other duties related to Rural Health Transformation Program operations as assigned.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $90,000-$120,000 plus benefits.
• Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity.
• Position End Date: October 30, 2028, with extension possible.