PMO Lead

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As an ​PMO Lead at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

Your role in our mission

Within this role, you’ll serve as the PMO Lead, responsible for leading and aligning the Project Management team, and keeping projects moving as Gainwell helps clients deliver better health and human services outcomes through technology and innovation.

• Creates and implements complex project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for a large sized or multiple projects of high complexity, ensuring alignment with key release milestones, environment readiness, and architectural dependencies.
• Determines need for and impact of changes in scope of project and makes and implements recommendations based on determinations, including collaboration with technical architects to assess impacts to system design, integrations, and downstream environments.
• Gains concurrence, approval, and consensus from stakeholders regarding the various project aspects, adjusts accordingly.
• Identifies appropriate resources and staffs projects.
• Organizes project team(s) members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives, including major release timelines and technical design dependencies.
• Acts as the point of contact with client project management. Identifies, when and as appropriate, staffing changes or needs as project progresses.
• Communicate with the client, company and project team leadership, measuring and sharing project metrics/status; recommend program changes as needed. 
• Manages costs, schedules and quality by overseeing project deliverables. Ensures schedule and budget are met.
• May act outside of established policies as necessary. Oversees the ongoing review of project(s) status; identifies risks, including risks associated with release readiness, architectural constraints, or infrastructure dependencies.
• Develops, recommends and implements risk mitigation solutions and processes, and implements as appropriate, by partnering with cross-functional team leads.
• Works in conjunction with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to projects, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and approved technical designs.
• Identifies or gathers information regarding possible solutions, working with technical architects to evaluate solution feasibility and scalability.
• Participates in proposal efforts and sales calls, partnering with architects to shape technically viable and competitive solutions.
• Manage a small team of Project Managers as their people leader.

What we're looking for

• 9+ years of experience managing complex projects, programs or initiatives through a full project management life cycle, with 3 or more years of Medicaid or Medicare experience preferred
• Expertise with project management methodology such as Catalyst or Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Process & Governance Expertise to support the execution of project methodology knowledge, Software Development Lifecycle including release cycles, and Standardization & Compliance with configuration and change control awareness.
• Modern understanding of budget development, control and assurance methods, and project management software 
• Ability to lead and translate the broader objectives of a program into clear and achievable project scope and milestones that can be worked toward
• Leadership skills to lead coaching, mentoring and training of staff, as well as guiding the work of junior colleagues.
• A strong executive presenter who communicates ideas clearly 
• Influencer that who can clearly communicate project priorities and motivate direct and indirect networks and stakeholders to action

What you should expect in this role

• Remote-based opportunity within the United States
• 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 8/30/2026

The pay range for this position is $86,800.00 - $124,000.00 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 , 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 and visit our 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.