STEM OPT Healthcare Project Manager Jobs
Healthcare Project Manager roles attract STEM OPT students with degrees in health informatics, biomedical engineering, or healthcare management. Your 24-month STEM OPT extension applies here, giving you up to 36 months total to gain U.S. experience, provided your employer is enrolled in E-Verify and your I-983 training plan maps to your degree.
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Get Access To All JobsJob Title: Sr. Healthcare Informatics Analyst (Medicare Advantage)
Location: 100% Remote (candidate must reside in an approved state: AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MS, MO, NH, NE, NC, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, WI)
Company Overview
Glint Tech Solutions is a women-owned, global IT staffing and recruiting firm serving enterprise clients across the USA and Canada.
Project Description
A leading healthcare payer client is seeking a Senior Healthcare Informatics Analyst who will independently provide analytics to understand and improve how healthcare is valued, utilized, and provided. This role develops analytic attributes related to patient-level health utilization/outcomes, provider performance measures, risk-adjusted revenue optimization, medical cost management, and patient/provider engagement behavior, collaborating with business areas and IT to lead problem solving, solution development, and strategic planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Independently provide analytics to understand and improve how healthcare is valued, utilized, and provided
- Develop analytic attributes pertaining to patient-level health utilization/outcomes, provider performance measures, and risk-adjusted revenue optimization
- Support medical cost management and analysis of patient/provider engagement behavior attributes
- Lead problem solving, solution development, and strategic planning in collaboration with other business areas and IT
- Ensure compliance with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities
Mandatory Skills
- Healthcare experience required, with Medicare Advantage trend analysis experience
- Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, statistics, economics, analytics, or computer science (4 years of relevant experience may substitute; Master's preferred)
- 4+ years of healthcare, analytics, IT, or management consulting experience
- Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Experience building predictive models
- Strong knowledge of SQL, SAS, R, Python, Tableau, or similar query/analytic/visualization tools
- Basic knowledge of the U.S. healthcare delivery system in a payer or provider setting
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Strong knowledge of outcome research design and controlled study design
- Advanced knowledge of SAS, including Enterprise Miner
- Strong understanding of provider payment methodologies, population health management, and risk adjustment
- Strong understanding of clinical groupers, including episode and risk groupers (DRG, APC, ETG, MEG, DxCG, HCC)
- Strong understanding of quality metrics (HEDIS, AHRQ)
- Knowledge of commercial risk optimization and MA risk optimization
Job Title: Sr. Healthcare Informatics Analyst (Medicare Advantage)
Location: 100% Remote (candidate must reside in an approved state: AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MS, MO, NH, NE, NC, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, WI)
Company Overview
Glint Tech Solutions is a women-owned, global IT staffing and recruiting firm serving enterprise clients across the USA and Canada.
Project Description
A leading healthcare payer client is seeking a Senior Healthcare Informatics Analyst who will independently provide analytics to understand and improve how healthcare is valued, utilized, and provided. This role develops analytic attributes related to patient-level health utilization/outcomes, provider performance measures, risk-adjusted revenue optimization, medical cost management, and patient/provider engagement behavior, collaborating with business areas and IT to lead problem solving, solution development, and strategic planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Independently provide analytics to understand and improve how healthcare is valued, utilized, and provided
- Develop analytic attributes pertaining to patient-level health utilization/outcomes, provider performance measures, and risk-adjusted revenue optimization
- Support medical cost management and analysis of patient/provider engagement behavior attributes
- Lead problem solving, solution development, and strategic planning in collaboration with other business areas and IT
- Ensure compliance with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities
Mandatory Skills
- Healthcare experience required, with Medicare Advantage trend analysis experience
- Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, statistics, economics, analytics, or computer science (4 years of relevant experience may substitute; Master's preferred)
- 4+ years of healthcare, analytics, IT, or management consulting experience
- Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Experience building predictive models
- Strong knowledge of SQL, SAS, R, Python, Tableau, or similar query/analytic/visualization tools
- Basic knowledge of the U.S. healthcare delivery system in a payer or provider setting
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Strong knowledge of outcome research design and controlled study design
- Advanced knowledge of SAS, including Enterprise Miner
- Strong understanding of provider payment methodologies, population health management, and risk adjustment
- Strong understanding of clinical groupers, including episode and risk groupers (DRG, APC, ETG, MEG, DxCG, HCC)
- Strong understanding of quality metrics (HEDIS, AHRQ)
- Knowledge of commercial risk optimization and MA risk optimization
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Healthcare Project Manager
Verify your CIP code covers this role
Healthcare Project Manager positions sit under multiple SOC codes depending on the employer. Cross-reference your degree's CIP code against the STEM-designated degree list on USCIS to confirm your specific program qualifies before you apply.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Your STEM OPT extension is void if your employer isn't enrolled in E-Verify. Ask the recruiter for the E-Verify company ID or look up the employer directly through the E-Verify employer search tool before signing anything.
Build an I-983 training plan around PM frameworks
Your I-983 must show a direct connection between your STEM degree and the role's training goals. Frame learning objectives around EHR implementation, clinical workflow optimization, or healthcare data governance to satisfy your DSO's review.
Target health systems with active H-1B filing history
Employers who have filed H-1B visa LCAs through DOL for project management or informatics roles have already cleared the specialty occupation threshold. Use Migrate Mate to filter for those employers and prioritize them in your search.
Negotiate your offer letter before the I-983 is submitted
Your job title, duties, and reporting structure in the offer letter must align with the I-983. Get the final offer in writing before your DSO submits the training plan, or you may need to restart the approval process.
Check prevailing wage before evaluating compensation
Healthcare Project Manager wages vary significantly by metro area and industry segment. Run the OFLC Wage Search using SOC code 11-9111 to see the prevailing wage for your target location before comparing offers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Healthcare Project Manager role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not just the job title. If your degree is in health informatics, biomedical engineering, industrial engineering, or another STEM-designated program, and the role requires applying that technical knowledge, the extension is likely available. Your DSO confirms eligibility by matching your CIP code to the STEM-designated degree list maintained by USCIS.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a Healthcare Project Manager position?
The I-983 must describe how the job provides practical training directly related to your STEM degree. For a Healthcare Project Manager role, that means documenting goals around health data systems, clinical process improvement, or technology implementation rather than generic management tasks. Your employer signs it, your DSO approves it, and it must be updated every six months.
Does my employer need to be enrolled in E-Verify for my STEM OPT extension to be valid?
Yes. E-Verify enrollment is a federal requirement for any employer who wants to hire a STEM OPT student on the 24-month extension. If your employer isn't enrolled at the time you start, your extension authorization doesn't apply. Always confirm the employer's E-Verify status before your start date, not after.
How does cap-gap work if I'm a Healthcare Project Manager on STEM OPT and get selected in the H-1B lottery?
If your STEM OPT expires before October 1 and your H-1B petition is filed before that expiration, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30. You can keep working in your Healthcare Project Manager role during that gap without any break in status, as long as the H-1B petition remains pending or approved.
How do I find Healthcare Project Manager employers who are set up to hire STEM OPT students?
Search on Migrate Mate, which filters Healthcare Project Manager listings by employers with verified E-Verify enrollment and active DOL filing history. That narrows your list to employers who already understand STEM OPT requirements, which reduces the back-and-forth about authorization and speeds up the offer process.