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Project Manager - CMS Star Ratings program
Posted: 05/19/2026
Employment Type:
Contract-to-Hire
Category: Information Technology
Job Number: 29441
Pay Rate: $41.83 - $65.78/hr
Job Description
Title: Project Manager
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Compensation: $41.83 - $65.78/hr
Conversion Salary: $87,000 - $136,840
Industry: Health Insurance
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About the Role
Our client, a leading organization in the healthcare payer industry headquartered in the Twin Cities area, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead high-impact transformation initiatives. This role supports enterprise-wide efforts tied to strategic growth, regulatory compliance, and operational improvement within a complex, fast-paced environment.
This is a contract-to-hire opportunity, and all candidates must be eligible and interested in converting to a full-time role without sponsorship.
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in the payer space, thrives in ambiguous environments, and demonstrates a high degree of ownership, autonomy, and initiative.
Job Description
The Project Manager is responsible for leading cross-functional, enterprise transformation projects from initiation through delivery. This role ensures alignment with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and operational priorities, while driving execution across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
Key responsibilities include:
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Benefits
Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.
How to Apply
Take the first step on your new career path! To submit yourself for consideration for this role, simply click the apply button and complete our mobile-friendly online application. Once we’ve reviewed your application details, a recruiter will reach out to you with next steps!
Equal Opportunity Statement
As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!
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Location: Minnetonka, MN
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Compensation: $41.83 - $65.78/hr
Conversion Salary: $87,000 - $136,840
Industry: Health Insurance
---
About the Role
Our client, a leading organization in the healthcare payer industry headquartered in the Twin Cities area, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead high-impact transformation initiatives. This role supports enterprise-wide efforts tied to strategic growth, regulatory compliance, and operational improvement within a complex, fast-paced environment.
This is a contract-to-hire opportunity, and all candidates must be eligible and interested in converting to a full-time role without sponsorship.
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in the payer space, thrives in ambiguous environments, and demonstrates a high degree of ownership, autonomy, and initiative.
Job Description
The Project Manager is responsible for leading cross-functional, enterprise transformation projects from initiation through delivery. This role ensures alignment with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and operational priorities, while driving execution across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead end-to-end project delivery, ensuring alignment to scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define scope, milestones, resource needs, and desired outcomes
- Develop and maintain project plans, including critical paths, timelines, and milestone tracking
- Coordinate efforts across business readiness, technology delivery, communications, and process design teams
- Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to executive stakeholders and governance groups
- Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and issues; facilitate resolutions and escalate as necessary
- Ensure alignment across multiple business units and Agile Release Trains (ARTs), partnering with Product Management
- Hold cross-functional teams accountable for deliverables and commitments while removing obstacles to progress
- Manage project financials, including budget tracking, forecasting, and expense oversight
- Support development of business cases in collaboration with finance, technology, and program leadership
- Lead stakeholder engagement efforts, including executive communications and cross-functional coordination
- Collaborate effectively with internal teams and external vendors to drive successful outcomes
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Experience in the healthcare payer space
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of Medicare, CMS, STARS, and/or Risk Adjustment processes
- 5+ years of experience managing complex, cross-departmental programs
- Proven experience leading strategic or transformation initiatives across large organizations
- Experience managing project budgets exceeding $1M
- Ability to lead large, cross-functional teams (10–50+ stakeholders across business, technology, and operations)
- End-to-end project delivery experience using Agile methodologies
- Strong executive communication skills, including experience developing presentations and status reporting
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Experience supporting healthcare-related initiatives, ideally within a payer organization
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Experience supporting high-visibility enterprise transformation programs
- Proven ability to operate independently with strong initiative and proactive problem-solving skills
Benefits
Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.
How to Apply
Take the first step on your new career path! To submit yourself for consideration for this role, simply click the apply button and complete our mobile-friendly online application. Once we’ve reviewed your application details, a recruiter will reach out to you with next steps!
Equal Opportunity Statement
As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!
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