Public Health Data and Reporting Manager

• Design, implement, and maintain centralized data collection, management, and reporting systems to support awardee-level and portfolio-wide reporting requirements.
• Develop and manage standardized reporting templates, tracking tools, data submission processes, data dictionaries, and reporting protocols.
• Maintain integrated data tracking systems that capture required performance measures, milestones, reporting elements, and awardee information.
• Establish and implement data quality assurance procedures, monitoring completeness, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness across award recipients.
• Coordinate secure collection, storage, access, management, and transmission of program data in accordance with applicable data governance, privacy, and security requirements.
• Collaborate with IT and systems personnel to define functional requirements, configure reporting workflows, troubleshoot data systems, and support improvements to reporting infrastructure.

• Compile, aggregate, analyze, and prepare programmatic data and reporting submissions in accordance with state agency and applicable federal requirements.
• Lead development of quarterly progress reports, annual program reports, and other required performance reporting deliverables.
• Develop performance dashboards, data summaries, KPI tracking tools, and progress-monitoring reports.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify performance trends, implementation progress, reporting gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate reporting timelines and submission schedules to ensure compliance with state agency and federal requirements.
• Monitor and synthesize progress against project goals, milestones, and performance measures.
• Translate performance findings into actionable insights and recommendations to inform project management, technical assistance priorities, and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with the Communications team to develop accessible, audience-appropriate data visualizations, performance summaries, reporting and other communication products.
• Contribute data analysis, performance findings, and visualizations to presentations, executive briefings, stakeholder updates, and program success stories.
• Coordinate with Technical Assistance, Compliance, Finance, and state agency staff to collect required reporting information.
• Support risk-based program monitoring by identifying reporting anomalies, trends, or potential risk indicators for review and follow-up by the appropriate project teams.
• Participate in regular coordination meetings with the state agency and internal project leadership, providing reporting updates, identifying challenges, and recommending solutions.

• Supervise and support data and reporting staff.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, documentation, and training materials to promote consistent data collection and reporting practices.
• Provide guidance and technical support to project staff and award recipients on data submission requirements, reporting tools, and data quality expectations, in coordination with the Technical Assistance team.
• Lead continuous improvement of reporting systems, data workflows, quality assurance processes, and performance monitoring practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of project objectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, biostatistics, data science, public policy, program evaluation, health administration, social sciences, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in performance management, data management, program evaluation, grants reporting, or related functions, including at least five years of direct experience in data analysis, performance monitoring, or program evaluation.
• Advanced proficiency in data management, quality assurance, analysis, and interpretation of large, complex datasets for public health programs.
• Experience designing and managing data collection systems, reporting workflows, performance indicators, and quality assurance processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing technical documentation, data dictionaries, analytical reports, executive briefings, and stakeholder-facing reporting products.
• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations for diverse audiences.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, including experience managing multiple reporting deadlines, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrated initiative, sound judgment, and adaptability in managing competing priorities and evolving reporting requirements under tight deadlines.
•  Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, government partners, and stakeholders at varying organizational levels.
• Travels as needed to represent the designated project and the CDC Foundation (up to 20 percent annually). 

• Experience supporting state or federal public health programs, particularly large-scale, grant-funded initiatives involving multiple award recipients.
• Experience with CMS, HRSA, CDC, or other federal performance monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Experience with grants management or subrecipient monitoring, including performance reporting and risk-based oversight.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Salesforce, Smartsheet, Airtable, Qualtrics, or similar data collection and reporting platforms.
• Experience translating technical information into executive-level reports, performance narratives, visualizations, and recommendations.
• Familiarity with accessibility requirements (Section 508) and plain language standards.
• Experience developing data governance standards, reporting protocols, or data quality assurance frameworks.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.

About the CDC Foundation

The CDC Foundation is an independent nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners to support the public health system, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in preventing and responding to threats to health. In this role, we are focused on one priority: building catalytic, flexible and impactful partnerships—with corporations, philanthropies, individuals and organizations—to help improve the health and lives of people in all communities, everywhere. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information