Digital Health (Initiative 6) Lead, NCRHTP

About the role

• Agency
• Division
• Job Classification Title
• TJ Business Systems Analyst III (S)
• Position Number
• Grade
• NC21

Description of Work

The Digital Health Initiative 6 Lead serves as the statewide program manager responsible for designing, coordinating, and implementing digital health transformation activities for the North Carolina Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).

This position provides senior-level leadership across DHHS divisions and partner organizations to advance data-sharing, AI readiness, digital literacy, broadband access, and health information exchange capacity for rural providers and communities. This role leads initiative strategy, manages program timelines and deliverables, oversees partners and sub-recipients, and ensures alignment with DHHS and CMS requirements.

The Initiative 6 Lead builds and sustains relationships with rural medical providers, community stakeholders, TA Centers, Cooperative Extension, NC 211, digital literacy hubs, and statewide digital health partners. The position also coordinates financial and compliance activities, ensuring all digital health investments meet federal and state standards.

The Lead is responsible for monitoring performance metrics, synthesizing data for leadership, and developing materials to communicate progress to DHHS, CMS, and rural health stakeholders.

This position serves as DHHS' central point of contact for Initiative 6, facilitating strong cross-division communication, advancing program innovation, and supporting the statewide transition toward integrated, modernized rural digital health systems. This is a 100% federally funded, time--limited role for the duration of RHTP budget periods.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

• Repost - Previous Applicants Do Not Need To Reapply In Order To Be Considered For This Vacancy.
• Salary Grade Range: $70,627.00 - $137,724.00

Recruitment Range: $79,627.00 - $137,724.00

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement.

The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)/ Management Preferences are not required. Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

• Demonstrated experience implementing digital health solutions in rural or resource-limited settings, including work with health information systems, HIE, EMR/EHR optimization, broadband expansion, or digital literacy initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate multi-stakeholder technical assistance efforts, including management of partners, sub-recipients, and subject-matter experts to deliver cohesive statewide program implementation.
• Advanced project management skill for complex, multi-year initiatives, including tracking milestones, managing deliverables, identifying risks, and ensuring adherence to federal (CMS) program requirements.
• Strong competency in data-driven decision making, including interpreting performance metrics, synthesizing data for leadership, and integrating evaluation insights into continuous program improvement cycles.
• Exceptional ability to build and sustain collaborative relationships with rural health providers, community organizations, technical partners, and DHHS divisions to support unified statewide implementation.

The Posting Will Close At 11:59 P.M. The Night Before The End Date

The Position Is Time-Limited

This Position Is 100% Federally Funded

This Role Is Eligible To Be Hybrid And Requires Onsite Reporting Located Within Raleigh, NC

About the Rural Health Transformation Program

NC Rural Health Transformation Program is a statewide program led by NCDHHS to transform rural health care delivery, improve health outcomes, and ensure sustainable access to care for nearly 3 million rural North Carolinians. The program is funded over five years by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The main goals of the program are to

• Catalyze innovative health care models for rural communities by changing the way providers work together to care for patients in rural NC.
• Transform the rural care experience, building community-based clinical, behavioral, and social supports close to home.
• Create a sustainable rural health delivery system through underlying systems changes in rural workforce pipelines and care team models, and rural provider financial models.

Compensation and Benefits

The State of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits. Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis). Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave. In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees. Visit website for State Benefits

Supplemental Contact Information

DHHS uses the Merit-Based Recruitment and Selection Plan to fill positions subject to the State Human Resources Act with the most qualified individuals. Hiring salary will be based on relevant qualifications, internal equity, and budgetary considerations pertinent to the advertised position.

In accordance with the Governor's Executive Order 303, our agency supports second-chance employment for individuals who were previously incarcerated or justice-involved. We invite all potential applicants to apply for positions for which they may be qualified.

Application Process

Be sure to complete the application in its entirety. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing this application.

• Information should be provided in the appropriate areas, to include the following: Education, including high school and all degrees obtained, Work Experience, and Certificates & Licenses. It is critical to our screening and salary determination process that applications contain comprehensive candidate information.
• Answers to Supplemental Questions are not a substitute for providing all relevant information within the body of your application. To receive credit for the supplemental questions, you must provide supporting information within the "Work Experience" section of the application to support your answers.
• If multiple applications are submitted to an individual posting, only the most recent application received prior to the closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM the night BEFORE the closing date.
• Applicants may be subject to a criminal background check. All candidates selected for positions considered "Positions of Trust" will be subject to a criminal background check.
• Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account. Upon the closing date, applications are "Under Review" and will be screened by Human Resources for qualified applicants. The hiring process may take several weeks.
• Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. Transcripts and degree evaluations may be uploaded with your application. The State of North Carolina/Office of State Human Resources uses the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) as a referral resource for applicants who need to have their credentials certified as equivalent.

Degree/College Credit Verification

Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. Transcripts, degree evaluations and cover letters may be uploaded with your application.

Veterans' and National Guard Preference

• Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference must attach a DD-214 Member-4 Form (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to their applications.
• Applicants seeking National Guard Preference must attach an NGB 23A (RPAS), along with the state application, if they are a current member of the NC National Guard in good standing.
• Applicants who are former members of either the NC Army National Guard or the NC Air National Guard, with honorable discharge and six years of creditable service, must attach a copy of the DD 256 or NGB 22, along with the state application.

Contact Information

If there are any questions about this posting, please contact Talent Acquisition at. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing this application.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience."
• If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both.
• See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

• Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution in a discipline related to the area of assignment with five years of programmatic experience related to the area of assignment
• OR
• An equivalent combination of training and experience