Healthcare IT Workstream Project Manager
Remote United States, United States (Remote)
This position requires an active Public Trust clearance or the ability to obtain
a Public Trust clearance to be considered.
Position Summary:
The Healthcare IT Workstream Project Manager manages an assigned workstream
within the Indian Health Service (IHS) modernization program. This part of the
program is migrating current patient data to a new Four Directions Warehouse
environment to strengthen IHS access to accurate, timely, and usable patient
information. The Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating,
executing, and reporting on their assigned workstream. This includes managing
scope, schedule, risks, dependencies, resources, stakeholders, subcontractors,
and delivery readiness. The role works closely with IHS stakeholders, technical
teams, clinical and functional leads, data owners, vendors, and program
leadership to ensure the workstream delivers aligned, high-quality outcomes that
support the broader warehouse migration.
Compensation & Benefits:
Starting Salary Range for Healthcare IT Workstream Project Manager: $90,000 –
$105,000
Benefits That Set Us Apart
When considering your next opportunity, compensation is only part of the
picture. We offer a benefits package designed to invest in your future and
support your life outside of work.
Highlights include:
• Up to a 6% 401(k) company match to help you build long-term financial security
• Paid time off as part of our comprehensive benefits package, so you have the
flexibility to rest, recharge, and enjoy what matters most
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus prescription drug coverage
• Basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life options
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
• Professional development, training, and certification support
• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, and identity theft
protection
• Because taking care of our employees isn’t just a promise, it’s part of
who we are.
• Benefits are subject to change and eligibility requirements apply.
Essential Functions, Duties & Responsibilities:
Includes the following:
• Manage an assigned workstream supporting migration of current patient data to
the new Four Directions Warehouse for the IHS client.
• Develop and maintain the workstream plan, schedule, milestones, dependencies,
assumptions, risks, issues, decisions, and change-control documentation.
• Coordinate workstream activities with program leadership and other technical,
clinical, functional, data, integration, analytics, and site-deployment
workstreams.
• Support data-migration activities within the assigned workstream, including
requirements definition, source-data assessment, mapping, transformation,
validation, reconciliation, testing, cutover, and post-deployment stabilization,
as applicable.
• Coordinate with IHS stakeholders, clinical subject-matter experts, data
owners, technical teams, subcontractors, and vendors to define priorities,
resolve issues, and maintain delivery alignment.
• Track workstream readiness and manage cross-workstream dependencies that
affect the migration, integration, availability, quality, or use of current
patient data in the new Four Directions Warehouse.
• Establish and/or maintain workstream governance, including status reporting,
RAID logs, decision logs, action-item tracking, and executive briefings.
• Support data-quality and acceptance activities to verify that current patient
data is complete, accurate, secure, available, and fit for intended clinical and
operational use.
• Facilitate workstream meetings, working sessions, readiness reviews, and
stakeholder communications to drive timely decisions and accountability.
• Support user acceptance testing, operational readiness, deployment planning,
and post-implementation issue resolution for the assigned workstream.
• Maintain program scope, schedule, and delivery commitments through disciplined
risk, dependency, and change management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
No supervisory/management authority
Basic Qualifications:
Program & Project Management:
• Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required and
familiarity with both waterfall and agile delivery.
• Demonstrated experience managing workstream schedules, milestones, RAID logs,
dependencies, change control, stakeholder communications, and executive status
reporting.
Reporting & Analysis:
• Experience managing a workstream or major functional area within a large,
complex healthcare IT implementation, data modernization, or data-migration
program.
• Experience supporting patient data, clinical data, EHR, clinical data
repository, data warehouse, data integration, or healthcare analytics
initiatives.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement:
• Experience coordinating technical teams, clinical or functional stakeholders,
data owners, vendors, and subcontractors in a multi-workstream environment.
• Strong ability to communicate technical delivery status, risks, dependencies,
and decisions to business and executive stakeholders.
Additional Responsibilities:
• U.S. citizenship, pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal and
must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance through the Government.
• This position requires an active Public Trust clearance or the ability to
obtain a Public Trust clearance to be considered.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer; may
occasionally require standing or moving about the office for extended periods.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience supporting IHS, tribal health, federal healthcare, or other
government health programs.
• Experience supporting patient-data migration, healthcare data warehouse
implementation, clinical data repositories, data conversion, or data
integration.
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards and technologies relevant to the
assigned workstream, such as HL7, FHIR, DICOM, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, clinical
data models, or data-quality tools.
• Experience with data validation, reconciliation, clinical/business acceptance,
testing, deployment readiness, or cutover planning.
• Experience supporting imaging, radiology, CT/X-ray, DICOM, clinical analytics,
or other specialized healthcare data domains.
• Experience supporting large EHR implementation, modernization,
interoperability, or clinical systems integration programs.
Work Environment:
Work is performed primarily in a climate-controlled environment.
Company Information:
Behind every government mission stands skilled, mission-driven talent: people
whose expertise and dedication turn complex challenges into successful outcomes.
Cherokee Nation Integrated Health, part of Cherokee Federal, the federal
contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, is that team. We modernize
aging systems, deliver care where it’s needed most, and keep missions supplied,
staffed, and moving across defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. For
more than 60 federal clients, we take on the work others won’t, and deliver
where it counts. If that’s the kind of work you’re looking for, you’ve found
your team. Learn more at cherokee-federal.com.
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Cherokee Federal is a military-friendly employer. Veterans and active military
transitioning to civilian status are encouraged to apply.
Legal Disclaimer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability or any other
status protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military
installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee
Federal.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
Cherokee Federal is a federal contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’
Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). As required by VEVRAA, we take affirmative
action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.
Protected veterans are encouraged to self-identify during the application
process.
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qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with Section 503 of the
Rehabilitation Act. Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to
self-identify during the application process.
Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with
disabilities or those with sincerely held religious beliefs. To request an
accommodation in the application or interview process, please contact Human
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