Project Manager – Rural Health Transformation Program - Accessibility and Provider Improvement Manag

About the role

The Project Manager will lead rural health accessibility initiatives within a dynamic health system environment. This role involves coordinating cross-agency efforts, managing stakeholder engagement, and translating strategic health policy goals into actionable programs focused on improving health access for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement project plans to improve accessibility of rural health care services for individuals with disabilities.
• Cook up cross-agency collaboration among state departments, community partners, and providers to support integrated implementation efforts.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement activities, including public-private workgroups and community convenings, ensuring meaningful participation of people with disabilities and lived experience.
• Lead vendor management, oversee contracts, monitor deliverables, and support procurement processes related to accessibility projects.
• Develop and maintain detailed project workplans, timelines, and schedules to track progress and ensure accountability.
• Identify operational barriers and system gaps, working collaboratively with partners to develop solutions and advance project goals.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and dashboards to communicate project status, outcomes, and strategic priorities to leadership and stakeholders.
• Support data collection, project evaluation, and continuous quality improvement activities to enhance program effectiveness.
• Serve as a central communication point to sustain momentum, alignment, and shared ownership across statewide accessibility initiatives.

Requirements

• Specialized project management training, including Agile methods, facilitation skills, and cross-functional management.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience in stakeholder engagement.
• Significant knowledge of health system and disability communities, including state agencies, healthcare providers, and advocacy organizations.
• Deep understanding of factors limiting health access and health outcomes for rural populations with disabilities.
• Knowledge of health program implementation, evaluation, policy, and data analytics.
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Law, Health Policy, or a related field.
• Experience managing complex multi-agency projects, navigating multi-system environments, and overseeing large budgets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ADA and Olmstead compliance.
• Prior experience in public health or health policy at the state level.
• Familiarity with project management tools and systems supporting transparency and accountability.

Benefits

Delphi-US is a national IT Services firm based in Newport, Rhode Island. Delphi attracts our nation's best and brightest Technical & Professional Talent and positions our nation's finest employers to further their competitive advantages. Delphi's core technical focus includes Data Intelligence Engineering & Analytics, AI/ML Operational Excellence, DevOps & Cloud Computing, Health IT & Life Sciences, and Energy Management/Power Systems; serving domains from sensitive national energy sectors to critical financial services, biomed, life sciences & pharma, major government & municipal institutions, and much of the USA's Fortune 500 corporations. Delphi Associates are deployed on critical IT Projects where their consultative business acumen, comprehensive technical expertise, and committed service mission drives our client's success. Our proprietary skill-based and cultural matching process results in higher qualified project teams, custom curated for our client's specific technical & functional goals. We are supremely experienced, friendly, professional, and ready to advocate on your behalf. Delphi has an indelible understanding of employer expectations, a track record of project success and we deliver lasting results.