System Section Manager

State Of Colorado Residency Required At Time Of Application

NOTE:
This announcement may be used to fill multiple openings.

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.

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.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

As part of the State of Colorado, HCPF offers a competitive benefits package:

• PERA retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan, PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
• Automatic Short‑Term and Optional Long‑Term Disability Coverage
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• 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
• 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 Eco Pass to all eligible State Employees
• Reduced college tuition through CSU Global
• Credit Union of Colorado Membership Eligibility
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to Colorado Student Loan Forgiveness DHR Resources

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.

Please note - equipment provisioning and certain onboarding tasks will take place in person, in our downtown Denver office, on the first day of employment.

• Supervises the testing section analysts to provide systems support to users of the system and execute user acceptance testing to assure timely and quality completion of MMIS projects.
• Balances the workload of the testing analysts by cross training their jobs and ensuring that the MMIS enterprise system project deliverables are on time and accurate.
• Serves as the subject matter expert in claims processing and other tasks or projects as assigned.
• Relied upon by management to test system enhancements before the changes are migrated to the production environment.
• Reports defects and recommends additional system enhancements to improve the user experience of the system.
• Prioritizes defects and enhancements that need to be fixed before and after the system code is migrated into the production environment.
• Acts as the technical expert regarding fee‑for‑service claims and portal environments.
• Provides functional support across the work efforts of multiple contractors in support of HB‑1293.

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

There are two ways to qualify for this position:

• 9 total years of professional experience in software quality assurance, software testing, test automation, or an occupational field closely related.
• Includes 3+ years in people management…