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Location: Remote, must be based in the United States

Salary Range: $90,000 - $123,000 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate.

Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity

Position End Date: June 30, 2025

The Informatics Project Manager will drive the delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.

 

Working within Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH). The Informatics Project Manager will play a crucial role in the development of a programmatic initiative for performance management metrics and KPI for the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH).  This work will focus on metrics design, development, and implementation for each of the divisions and offices, rolling up to agency-wide metrics on a platform for tracking. The candidate will focus on gathering, refining, and collaborating on common performance metrics. These activities will be directed to identify sets of performance indicators unique to each division, and common organizational indicators. These are to quantify the performance, effectiveness, and outcomes of public health programs. The role involves working closely with all the HDOH’s associated divisions, to support identification of program goals and aligned measures, while incorporating best practices from other jurisdictions.

 

The Informatics Project Manager will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Hawaii Department of Health, Health Data & Informatics Office. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.