Head of Project Management (Remote)

Full-time
Lantana Consulting Group, Inc. provides services and software for standards-based health-information exchange. As a rapidly growing distributed, employee-owned company, we hire exceptional talent nationwide and offer flexible remote work arrangements. We take pride in our mission to improve public health and quality of care.
Supports a large federal-government contract focused on standards-based health-information technology and software delivery. Works with the Program Manager, Product Owners, Task Leads, technical leads, developers, testers, and the client to plan, coordinate, and track software development work across the task. Drives scope, team, schedule, budget, quality, dependencies, risks, and release readiness to achieve project objectives and milestones in software delivery.

Manage projects according to industry best practices
Act as a task-management and tracking expert
Communicate effectively with clients, management, and staff
Work with project team to identify risks and develop mitigation strategies
Organize, direct, and coordinate the planning and production of contract delivery with assistance from Task Lead
Partner with Product Owners, technical leads, developers, testers, architects, and client stakeholders to plan, track, and coordinate Agile activities for software development and delivery
Manage dependencies, resourcing, blockers, risks, and competing priorities across software-development workstreams
Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, Iteration Planning, Iteration Reviews, and Retrospectives
Bachelor of Arts or Science degree
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Nine or more years of experience managing mid- to large-scale projects
Experience managing government contracts for consulting services in Health IT/informatics, public-health informatics, healthcare, or another technical field
Demonstrated experience managing complex software development or software-engineering projects, preferably in an Agile environment
Knowledge of SAFe Agile methodology
Experience with public health, healthcare systems, and/or Health IT projects
Hands-on experience managing software-development projects across the full development lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, testing, release planning, deployment coordination, and production support.
Experience tracking software delivery using Jira or similar Agile project-management tools.
If required by the project, ability to successfully complete and obtain a federal Position of Public Trust Level 5 background investigation, meet all eligibility criteria, and maintain the required clearance throughout employment
Experience managing projects for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Experience with CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Project and Excel
Experience working in a remote, distributed environment
Experience supporting Cloud-based, integrated, or API-driven software products
Experience with healthcare interoperability, FHIR, or Health IT software development
Experience facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, demos, and team retrospectives
Experience coaching cross-functional, fully remote teams on Agile/Scrum best practices
Certification as a Scrum Master (e.g., CSM, PSM)
We are a remote organization, but we prioritize in-person collaboration during key events such as our annual company meeting.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.