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Federal Implementation Director

Salary

$134,000.00 - $160,000.00 Annually

Location

Denver Metro, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

UHA70011 08/01/2025

Department

Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Division

Executive Director Office

Opening Date

07/31/2025

Closing Date

8/17/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Primary Physical Work Address

303 E 17th Ave Denver, CO 80203

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

Jessica Bosick, Talent Acquisition ~ [email protected]

Type of Announcement

This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) oversees and operates Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program), Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), and other state public health programs for qualified Coloradans. Our mission is to improve health care equity, access and outcomes for the people we serve while saving Coloradans money on health care and driving value for Colorado.

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

As part of the State of Colorado, HCPF offers a competitive benefits package: (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-of-colorado-employee-benefits)

+ PERA retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan, PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401K and 457 plans

+ Medical (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-employee-benefits/medical-benefits) , Dental (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-employee-benefits/dental-insurance) , and Vision (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-employee-benefits/vision-insurance) insurance coverage

+ Automatic Short-Term and Optional Long-Term Disability Coverage (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-employee-benefits/disability-insurance)

+ Life and AD&D Insurance

+ Flexible Spending Accounts (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-employee-benefits/flexible-spending-accounts) (FSAs)

+ Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/time-off-leave/family-medical-leave-act-fmla) job protection and State of Colorado Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML)

+ 11 Paid Holidays Annually and Accrued Annual and Sick Leave (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/time-off-leave)

+ Accrued Sick Leave for State of Colorado Temporary Employees

+ Flexplace and Flextime work arrangements

+ Variety of discounts on services and products available through the State of Colorado's Work-Life Employment Discount Program

+ Free RTD EcoPass (https://www.rtd-denver.com/fares-passes/ecopass) to all eligible State Employees

+ Credit Union of Colorado (https://www.cuofco.org/credit-union-colorado-membership-eligibility) Membership Eligibility

+ Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs . https://dhr.colorado.gov/dhr-resources/student-loan-forgiveness-programs

The purpose of the Executive Director’s Office (EDO) is to lead the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) to achieve its mission, which is to improve health care equity, access and outcomes for the people we serve while saving Coloradans money on health care and driving value for Colorado. HCPF is the single state agency administering Colorado Medicaid and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) program. The EDO supports the executive director in running HCPF, overseeing the safety net offerings (i.e., Medicaid and CHP+), and achieving the Governor’s Wildly Important Goals and other priorities. The EDO also leads the strategic process, including the construction of the department 35+ goals each year, the identification, implementation and tracking of the projects and initiatives that propel performance under HCPF’s goals by Office as well as the Department’s six strategic pillars, including: care access; operational excellence; member health; Medicaid affordability; health care affordability for all Coloradans; employee satisfaction.

We are onboarding new employees using a hybrid approach. The Department supports flexible work arrangements. Depending on the business need and description of the position, we have options that range from hybrid to full-time in the office. Specific discussions about the schedule will be discussed during the offer stage.

Description of Job

Federal Medicaid work represents a significant public policy and program development priority of HCPF, as it generates substantial impact on the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing’s (HCPF’s) programs and services to the 1.3 million Coloradans we cover. The new Federal Implementation Director plays a critical role in achieving HCPF’s Federal strategic objectives as a member of HCPF’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT). This position effectively and efficiently works at a senior level and drives the federal implementation of H.R.1 – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act - and subsequent major federal directives including federal legislation for HCPF, which serves as the single state agency for Medicaid in Colorado. This position and the work it oversees touches most areas of the Department’s work, including budgeting, staff resourcing needs, significant IT system changes, industry and efficiency advances, data insights, policy and legal, communications, stakeholder engagement and more. This position needs to be nimble as federal directives emerge and able to craft the Department’s successful response plan and implement it within available resources.

Responsibilities in this position include:

+ Strategic recommendations to the Executive Director and the Senior Executive Leadership Team.

+ Create and oversee the comprehensive Department plan to respond to H.R.1 and other emerging major federal directives including legislation impacting Medicaid, CHIP and HCPF; leads the portfolio of projects to implement H.R.1 federally required components of the Act.

+ Oversee the successful execution of HCPF projects to ensure HCPF compliance and operational readiness with federal directives.

+ Communicate and coordinate with other state agencies and partners to drive federal response coordination, efficiencies, communications, and interfaces.

+ Lead and coordinate the completion of cross-functional, department-wide federal projects across HCPF’s offices.

+ Collaborate with a team-based approach, planning, executing, meeting facilitation, management, and leadership to propel a solid, healthy, positive team environment across the Department and its leadership teams and the successful implementation of the federal response plan.

+ Advise the Executive Director Cabinet member and members of the HCPF Senior Executive Team as well as the Executive Leadership Team, and works in close collaboration with the Executive Director’s office (EDO) Deputy Director, the Chief Administration Officer, the Medicaid Director, and the Office Director of Policy, Communications & Administration.

+ Influence, advise, and is accountable for the successful planning and implementation of the Department’s response to H.R.1 and other federal emerging directives impacting HCPF.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

Minimum Qualifications :

Eight (8) years of experience working with Medicaid programs with leadership support experience with an understanding of financing models, knowledge of federal regulatory processes, familiarity of H.R. 1 Medicaid provisions, especially eligibility-related policies such as work requirements. Experience leading and implementing complex projects or programs as well as leading and influencing teams and achieving defined goals.

Preferred Qualifications andHighly Desirable Competencies:

+ Experience in engaging with federal administration agencies.

+ Experience in Medicaid eligibility.

+ Experience in Medicaid benefits and IT systems.

+ Experience in Medicaid budget analysis.

+ Experience in Medicaid policy analysis.

+ Knowledge of Colorado’s Medicaid program.

+ Knowledge of national Medicaid and other state Medicaid programs.

+ Knowledge of Colorado state policy and budget processes.

+ Experience working in matrixed organizations.Experience engaging with stakeholders and elected officials.

+ Proven experience of successful implementation of federal Medicaid policies and processes.

+ Proven executive communication skills - verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

+ Highly productive at organizing and executing work products, crafting high quality deliverables, and effectively driving forward and managing team-based projects.

+ Ability to build and cultivate relationships up, down and across a large organization. Ability to coach others to overcome interpersonal barriers.

+ Ability to think at a systems level and see the big picture.Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:Work that involves exercising discretion, analytical skill, judgment, personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, and sharing an organized body of knowledge that characteristically is uniquely acquired through an intense education or training regimen at a recognized college or university; equivalent to the curriculum requirements for a bachelor's or higher degree with major study in or pertinent to the specialized field; and continuously studied to explore, extend, and use additional discoveries, interpretations, and application and to improve data, materials, equipment, applications and methods.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

+ Positions at HCPF are security sensitive positions and require that the individuals undergo a criminal record background check as a condition of employment.

+ Employees who have been disciplinary terminated, resigned in lieu of disciplinary termination, or negotiated their termination from the State of Colorado must disclose this information on the application.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply (https://careers.colorado.gov/how-to-apply) (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)

Your application will be reviewed against the minimum qualifications for the position. If your application demonstrates that you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be invited to the comparative analysis process, which is described below.

A complete application packet must include:

1. A completed State of Colorado application.

2. Sample or example project implementation plan deliverable.

3. Sample or example executive-level recommendation(s).

4. Response to supplemental questionnaire.

Comparative Analysis Process

The comparative analysis process will consist primarily of a review of applications against the minimum and preferred qualifications of this position. Applications will be reviewed in comparison to all others in the applicant pool in order to identify a top group of candidates who may be invited for a final interview. Depending on the size of the applicant pool, additional selection processes may be utilized to identify a top group of candidates. Applicants will be notified of their status via email.

Failure to submit properly completed documents by the closing date will result in your application being rejected.

ADAAA Accommodations : The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Anupreet "Minnie" Kaur, at [email protected]

The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing does not offer sponsored visas for employment purposes.

Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.

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All HCPF positions are security sensitive positions and require potential employees to undergo a criminal record background check. As a condition of employment, you will be required to submit to pre-employment screening if offered the position. Are you willing to meet this requirement?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Do you have any relatives or significant others working at the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing? If so, please list their names here. Otherwise, please list N/A

03

Are you willing to accept an offer within the posted salary range?

+ Yes

+ No

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Former state employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position. Otherwise, please list N/A.

05

Work samples are required along with the completed employment application. Failure to attach the required documents could result in not moving forward in the recruitment process. Did you attach your additional documents?

+ Yes

+ No

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Please explain how your skills match those in the preferred qualifications - experience in engaging with federal administration agencies, Medicaid eligibility, benefits and IT systems, Medicaid budget and policy analysis, Colorado's Medicaid program and other Medicaid programs, and Colorado's state policy and budget processes. (Please provide specific examples, as necessary.)

07

Please explain how your skills match those in the preferred qualifications of working in matrixed organizations and experience engaging with stakeholders and elected officials (Please provide specific examples, as necessary.)

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