AHCCCS

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
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The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Arizonas Medicaid agency is driven by its mission to deliver comprehensive costeffective health care to Arizonans in need. AHCCCS is a nationally acclaimed model among Medicaid programs and a recipient of multiple awards for excellence in workplace effectiveness and flexibility.

AHCCCS employees are passionate about their work committed to high performance and dedicated to serving the citizens of Arizona. Among government agencies AHCCCS is recognized for high employee engagement and satisfaction supportive leadership and flexible work environments including remote work opportunities. With career paths for seasoned professionals in a variety of fields entrylevel positions and internship opportunities AHCCCS offers meaningful career opportunities in a competitive industry.

Come join our dynamic and dedicated team.

Address: 801 E. Jefferson Street Phoenix AZ 85034

Must reside in the state of Arizona.

Salary: $70000 $75000

Grade: 26

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

This position is eligible for fulltime remote work (including virtual office arrangement in Arizona).

A career in public service awaits you. COME JOIN OUR TEAM!

A great benefit of working for the State of Arizona is a fantastic work/life balance. State employees enjoy challenging work popular remote work options comprehensive health and wellness benefits and career growth opportunities.

This position maintains a professional working relationship with ISD staff and multiple business units both internal and external to AHCCCS. This position is responsible for ensuring the established ISD software development life cycle processes are adhered to and proper project communication is maintained between all project personnel. This position is responsible for ensuring staff are trained on the AHCCCS ISD SDLC processes and procedures. This position is responsible for performing analysis gathering and documenting project requirements and ensuring all project stakeholders are in agreement with the documented requirements. This position works with sensitive data on a daily basis and is responsible for ensuring proper oversight to securing the data is maintained.

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Coordinate and provide project oversight of multiple large complex projects new system development and updates to existing systems. Act as primary liaison between ISD department and multiple business units. Coordinates and oversees the work of multiple Business Analysts for large complex projects.
Gathers and documents business requirements for large complex projects. Prepares project documentation including project status reports obtain stakeholder approvals and provide to management and project stakeholders.
Maintains business systems standards by applying project management methods tools and processes as standard practice. Ensure all work in the division is performed in accordance with documented and approved policies procedures and best practices.
Attend and participate in project and nonproject (classes seminars training demonstrations) related meetings.
Supports the organizations key business processes and applications and recommends business process redesign where applicable. Provide input for process improvement to documented ISD policies and procedures.
Provide input into the support of ISD policies and procedures.

Knowledge:
Strategic planning in order to develop goals/objectives for the department
Managing principles in order to mentor and coordinate staff toward the successful completion of projects and assignments
Computer science in order to determine the best allocation of resources for automated systems development
Federal regulations in order to maximize federal match on projects
Federal standards (MARSE HIPAA FedRAMP NIST) in order to ensure security standards and guidelines are followed and adhered to
Principles of AHCCCS Quality Initiative (AQI) in order to apply continuous process improvement to department policies and procedures
Appropriate business requirement specification sections and associated content

Skills:
Complete Software Development Life Cycle analysis requirements design testing and implementation
Creating and executing project work plans
Creating project documentation effectively
Clear and proper written and verbal communications
Excellent interpersonal communication skills

Abilities:
Establish and maintain effective policies and procedures regarding the operation of the department
Plan based on the goals and objectives of the department
Provide effective oversight of the department
Analyze and resolve a wide variety of problems
Apply the principles of AQI and SDLC to make improvements
Demonstrated ability to work closely with business and other diversely talented technologists with a high degree of accuracy and detail
Interface with users and all stakeholders in order to determine their evolving needs
Work well independently and in a team environment
Manage large scale projects while also managing day to day operations and requests effectively

Minimum:
Bachelors Degree and/or 10 years of experience in business analysis or equivalent.

Preferred:
Masters degree in Information Technology Computer Science or related discipline. Experience preparing/presenting dashboards and data using a data visualization tools. Experience clearly explaining complex methodologies and present findings and recommendations to both technical and nontechnical audience.

Successfully pass fingerprint background check prior employment verifications and reference checks; employment is contingent upon completion of the abovementioned process and the agencys ability to reasonably accommodate any restrictions.
Travel may be required for State business. Employees who drive on state business must complete any required driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R210207.12.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business then the following requirements apply:Drivers License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (EVerify).

Among the many benefits of a career with the State of Arizona there are:
10 paid holidays per year
Paid Vacation and Sick time off 13 and 12 days per year respectively) start earning it your 1st day (prorated for parttime employees)
Paid Parental LeaveUp to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newlyplaced foster/adopted child. Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here.
Other Leaves Bereavement civic duty and military.
A topranked retirement program with lifetime pension benefits
A robust and affordable insurance plan including medical dental life and disability insurance
Participation eligibility in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (must meet qualifications)
RideShare and Public Transit Subsidy
A variety of learning and career development opportunities

By providing the option of a fulltime or parttime remote work schedule employees enjoy improved work/life balance report higher job satisfaction and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot programhere. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona please visit our benefits page

Lifetime Pension Benefit Program
Administered through the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)
Defined benefit plan that provides for lifelong income upon retirement.
Required participation for LongTerm Disability (LTD) and ASRS Retirement plan.
Pretaxed payroll contributions begin after a 27week waiting period (prior contributions may waive the waiting period).

Deferred Retirement Compensation Program
Voluntary participation.
Program administered through Nationwide.
Taxdeferred retirement investments through payroll deductions.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by emailing
Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.