Manager, Network Evaluation and Procurement

Primary Responsibilities

Lead evaluation activities related to programs, processes, outcomes, provider performance, operations, and network effectiveness, including SSCC initiatives, provider development strategies, network interventions, service improvement efforts, and pilot projects
Develop evaluation plans, research questions, frameworks, data collection and analysis strategies, reporting structures, and evaluation products such as baseline reports, provider assessments, network health assessments, capacity and utilization analyses, dashboards, leadership summaries, and reports
Lead the strategic design of procurement opportunities, including RFAs and PCS opportunities that strengthen, expand, or improve the SSCC provider network

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in public health, public administration, social work, sociology, psychology, education, evaluation, public policy, statistics, nonprofit management, or a related field.
• Minimum five (5) years professional experience designing or managing evaluation projects, including evaluation questions, methodology, data collection, analysis, reporting, and recommendations; or three (3) years of related experience with a master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Supervisory, management, team leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Community-Based Care, Child Welfare, SSCC operations, provider network development, DFPS-related data, foster care services, or contracted provider networks
• Experience supervising evaluators, analysts, researchers, procurement staff, grant staff, or performance improvement staff
• Experience conducting applied research, operational evaluations, implementation evaluations, or system-level evaluations in the public sector, nonprofit, healthcare, education, or human services
• Experience with forecasting, predictive analytics, early warning indicators, risk stratification, statistical modeling, Power BI, Power Query, DAX, or SQL