Project Manager - Customer Experience Operations

Great companies need great teams to propel their operations. Join the group that solves business challenges and enhances the way we work and grow. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values your contributions and puts a premium on work flexibility, learning, and career development.

SUMMARY

As an Project Manager - Customer Experience Operations at Gainwell, you will lead large-scale client experience (CX) initiatives across contact center, mailroom, data entry, back-office operations, and provider-focused program implementations. This role is accountable for ensuring operational readiness and successful delivery across cross-functional teams—from planning through go-live, hypercare, and transition to steady-state operations—while driving alignment across business, operational, and technology workstreams.

YOUR ROLE IN OUR MISSION

* Lead end-to-end CX launch initiatives across contact center, mailroom, data entry, back-office operations, and provider-facing program implementations * Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, and deliverables, translating business goals into actionable work plans and measurable milestones * Develop and manage integrated project plans, ensuring alignment across business, operational, and technology teams, including Talent Acquisition, Training, Quality, Workforce Management, Reporting, IT, Facilities, and Operations * Drive cross-functional execution without direct authority, holding teams accountable to deadlines, dependencies, and deliverables * Ensure operational readiness across contact center, mailroom, data entry, back-office, and provider-facing functions, including validation that staffing, workflows, tools, environments, and access are aligned to CX requirements * Validate readiness beyond status reporting, confirming teams meet defined launch criteria prior to go-live * Coordinate and oversee go-live and stabilization activities to support successful service delivery and performance outcomes * Partner with technology teams to ensure system capabilities, access, and configurations align with CX operational requirements, without direct ownership of technology delivery * Ensure CX requirements and workflows are represented, protected, and aligned across all cross-functional and technology-dependent workstreams * Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate risks across operational and technology dependencies, ensuring CX impacts are clearly understood and addressed * Lead governance routines, including executive status reporting, risk escalation, and decision-making forums to ensure transparency and alignment * Communicate complex information, risks, and tradeoffs clearly and concisely to senior leadership and clients * Drive continuous improvement in CX launch methodologies, standards, and operational readiness processes * Contribute to the development and standardization of CX launch frameworks, playbooks, and reporting practices * Mentor and guide project managers, promoting best practices in planning, execution, and stakeholder engagement

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

* 8+ years of project management experience in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), contact center, back-office operations, and/or provider-facing program environments (e.g., Medicaid, healthcare operations) * Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives across business, operational, and technology teams * Strong ability to develop and manage integrated project plans, including dependency mapping, resource planning, and critical path management * Expertise in project scoping, risk management, issue resolution, and governance frameworks * Proven ability to influence and drive accountability across stakeholders without direct reporting authority * Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to clearly present status, risks, impacts, and tradeoffs to senior leadership and clients * Experience partnering with technology teams to support operational delivery, with strong understanding of system dependencies without direct ownership of technology development * Strategic mindset with the ability to translate business objectives into actionable project plans and measurable outcomes * Experience supporting healthcare or Medicaid programs, including member-facing and provider-facing operations

WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

• Remote position (US only)
• Opportunities to travel through your work (0-10%)
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the

initial week of orientation * The deadline to submit applications for this posting is 7/30/2026 The pay range for this position is $86,000 - $124,000 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits [ and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities. We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website [ and visit our Careers site [ for all available job role openings. Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Gainwell Technologies defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.