Project Director

• Lead development of the Project from concept through Government approval including shaping scope defining workstreams identifying data dependencies and translating stakeholder feedback into an actionable implementation approach.
• Manage complex stakeholder engagement across CMS VA subcontractors technical SMEs policy leads and executive leadership to ensure alignment timely decision-making and coordinated messaging.
• Serve as primary Government interface ensuring responsiveness and alignment with requirements.
• Maintain accountability for contract performance including quality timeliness and compliance.
• Oversee all Project activities including planning execution staffing and risk management.
• Manage subcontractors and partners to ensure coordinated delivery.
• Oversee financial performance including budgeting forecasting and cost control.

• Provide executive oversight of data integration system interoperability and technology modernization to support the analysis of complex healthcare data.
• Guide adoption of advanced analytics and emerging technologies including AI to support Project objectives.
• Ensure AI-enabled and analytics outputs are transparent explainable validated reproducible and appropriately documented before being used to support Government decision-making.
• Ensure technical solutions align with business needs federal regulations and scalability requirements.
• Establish and enforce data governance security privacy and audit readiness frameworks.

• Translate analytical outputs into actionable insights to inform Government decision-making.
• Oversee pilot planning execution monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide recommendations to support policy development Project refinement and scale-up.

• Lead transition from pilot to full-scale implementation ensuring operational readiness and controlled rollout.
• Establish governance and performance management processes to sustain operations.
• Oversee reporting of financial operational and performance outcomes.
• Ensure effective stakeholder communication and coordination.

• Operate effectively in a lean remote environment balancing executive leadership with hands-on development of project structure client materials action tracking risk management and stakeholder communications.
• Lead and mentor senior staff and project managers to ensure high performance.
• Support workforce planning and recruitment of qualified personnel.
• Identify opportunities for innovation efficiency and Project growth.
• Support business development activities as required.

• Masters Degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum 15 years of experience managing large complex federal Projects involving healthcare payment policy operations data or analytics.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Experience overseeing Projects involving healthcare data technology and analytics.
• Demonstrated Federal healthcare experience including CMS Medicare Avantage Veterans Affairs Medicare Medicaid or comparable healthcare payment and delivery environments.
• Experience leading initiatives where analytics data integration or policy analysis informed healthcare payment decisions cost-savings estimates program refinement or implementation strategy.
• Executive leadership and Government stakeholder engagement.
• General federal program management experience alone is not sufficient; candidates must demonstrate practical understanding of healthcare payment policy data and delivery environments.
• Strategic oversight of healthcare data technology and AI-enabled solutions with the ability to direct and ask informed questions of technical analytics policy and operational subject matter experts.
• Ability to assess whether analytical outputs are accurate explainable reproducible policy-ready and appropriate for federal healthcare decision-making.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and executive decision-making skills including the ability to manage ambiguity competing stakeholder priorities and high-visibility delivery risks.
• Expertise in Project governance compliance and risk management data governance privacy security audit readiness and implementation oversight for healthcare policy and payment solutions.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams across policy analytics data engineering technology operations subcontractors and client stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to translate complex healthcare payment policy data and technical issues into clear executive-level recommendations.

• Authority to Operate (ATO) and data use agreement (DUA) documentation strongly preferred
• Enterprise data and analytics platforms
• Modern technology ecosystems including cloud environments
• Microsoft Office Suite Project Visio SharePoint
• Agile methodologies preferred

NHA is a state and federal government contractor; all employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. NHA does not provide sponsorship at this time.

NHA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin veteran status disability or any other basis protected by law.