Careers

The Echo Group is growing.

With its home office in Conway, New Hampshire, and more than 29 years of success in developing clinical, financial, and administrative applications, Echo provides the behavioral healthcare industry’s finest software applications. Echo is one of the best employers in Mt. Washington Valley and we’re growing. We hire the best and brightest people we can find.

Echo and its staff are creative, energetic and entrepreneurial. We desire smart, focused, fun, dynamic team players and independent thinkers. We are looking for people with one or any of the following traits and experience:

Project management, software implementation, software sales, understanding of the behavioral health industry, customer relationships, training, systems analysis, or a DBA with SQL knowledge.

Come join us and work where you play here in Conway, NH, part of the beautiful Mount Washington Valley, known for its skiing, hiking, road and mountain biking, trail running, boating, golfing and other recreational opportunities.

Branch offices are located in Oakland, CA, ranked among the best cities in the U.S. in which to live and do business; in Lewiston, Maine, an energized city undergoing a major resurgence in its economy, the arts, and technology; and Powell, Ohio, just outside of Columbus, Ohio’s largest city and home to the Ohio State University.

If you are interested in joining the Echo team, please send your resume, position you are interested in, and salary requirements to us by Email.

Current Job Openings

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Java Developer (Conway, NH)
Chief Financial Officer (Conway, NH)
Implementation Specialist (Powell, OH)
Project Manager (Oakland, CA)
Internship Opportunities

Conway, NH

Java Developer

The Echo Group in beautiful Conway, NH seeks a talented Java Developer. With over 75 employees nationwide and growing, we are the second largest behavioral healthcare software provider in the country. If you are looking for a career in a fast-paced, dynamic development environment, working with Java web technologies to create our next generation of electronic medical record products, then this job is for you.

The ideal candidate will have experience developing multi-tier web applications in Java using OO techniques against an MSSQL back end. Experience with Delphi and/or Cold Fusion would be a plus, but not required. We are looking for someone to strengthen the Java skills of our team. The ideal candidate will be well-organized, motivated, and willing to teach and learn.

Desired Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related discipline is required, or equivalent work experience and technical training
Java experience managing application design, software development, maintenance and delivery
Experience in a team environment as a programmer
Experience with Web architecture and Web design and development tools and languages, e.g. Netbeans, JSP, JDBC, Java Servlets, SQL, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Ant, SVN, Ajax, Eclipse, Wicket, GWT, Spring, Hibernate
Superior organizational and time management skills

Please submit resume and salary requirements to employment@echoman.com.
Salary DOE. Echo is a fun place to work with an outstanding benefits package including generous leave, 11 holidays, medical, dental, life, 401k, casual dress and more!

Chief Financial Officer

The Chief Financial Officer will oversee all aspects of the financial operations, financing, human resources and infrastructure. The CFO will help establish overall strategy for the company with particular responsibility for maintaining the accountability system associated with corporate goals and objectives.

Primary Responsibilities:

Participate on the senior management team
Maintain financial reporting system in accordance with GAAP, with sufficient frequency and detail to support management decision-making
Develop and manage the budget and cash-flow monitoring systems
Manage the audit process and the relationship with Echo’s accounting firm
Develop tax mitigation strategies and ensure compliance in all tax related matters
Participate with the management team in establishment of contracting templates
Maintain relationship with legal counsel
Manage all banking relationships
Maximize cash management return, including short-term investments and A/P and A/R flows
Oversee billable time reporting, billing, and accountability
Manage internal reporting system, including management team reporting
Manage facilities and related infrastructure, including leases, furniture, fixtures, etc.
Oversee all aspects of the human resources function
Oversee Echo’s contracting process and compliance with contractual obligations.

Powell, OH

Implementation Specialist

The job of Implementation Specialist involves organizing and managing product schedules for customers, and facilitating and coordinating the team of individuals who are responsible for the effective and timely implementation of the Echo product lines and third-party related applications. The position currently includes no direct reports, but for some senior individuals may include supervisory responsibilities.

Tasks include:

Supervision of project plans for each assigned implementation
Research and understand the business needs of the customers
Collaboration with individuals involved in the submissions, conversions, support, training and consulting teams
Development of implementation tools and components that will facilitate rapid implementation of Echo products
Collaboration with Account Managers and Business Analysts to facilitate successful design of services packages for customers
Training customers and/or Echo employees in our applications
Deliver training and implementation services at customer sites
Create results based on customer needs
Other tasks required by the Manager of Implementation or other senior management staff.

Responsibilities include:

Active involvement with customers contracted for professional services
Thorough knowledge of the Echo product line for which the specialist is responsible (e.g., CDT/RM, XAKTsoft, Sharecare, and/or 3rd party associated applications)
On-site training of customers as needed
On-site and off-site implementation management
Data entry, data window configuration, screen design, report design and other implementation tasks
Travel of up to 3 weeks per month, depending on demand and need. (Weekend travel may be required)
Produce and maintain billable hours per defined requirements
Manage contract obligations, staying within the budgeted time/money while delivering a high quality product.

Skills required:

Thorough understanding of clinical and billing functions within a Behavioral Health Agency
Excellent communication skills
Strong Windows-based and Web-based computer skills
Strong product management skills
Time and money management skills
Ability to use MS Excel, Project and Word and/or equivalent applications
Strong team-building skills
Good social skills
Ability to create cross-functional working teams without having direct management responsibility for those team members
Project Management experience required

IT Skills required:

General knowledge of information technology, including networks, PC’s and server hardware/software
Basic understanding of SQL Server

Oakland, CA

Project Manager

Summary: The job of Project Manager involves organizing and managing product implementation schedules for customers, and facilitating and coordinating the team of individuals who are responsible for the effective and timely implementation of Echo software. The position currently includes no direct reports, but for some senior individuals may include supervisory responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have excellent oral and written communications, interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities include:

Responsible for management of the entire project lifecycle from project definition/scope through implementation.
Deploy project management methodologies and tools such as MS Project.
Identify, coordinate, and manage resources and key stakeholders for Project.
Establish and communicate at all levels with Project stakeholders.
Gain thorough knowledge of the Echo product line.
Manage all aspects of implementation, not limited to design, configuration, conversion, training and support. Development of implementation tools and components that will facilitate rapid implementation of Echo products.
Collaboration with sales staff during the development of proposals.
Other related tasks as may be required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required:

Strong project management skills
Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint.
Strong team-building skills
Ability to create cross-functional working teams without having direct management responsibility for those team members.
Strong communication and presentation skills
Strong knowledge of system implementation methodologies and best practices
Ability to lead teams through all phases of system implementations
Ability to interact with client and senior management
Must be able to travel throughout California

IT Skills required:

General knowledge of information technology, including networks, PC’s and server hardware/software.

Basic understanding of SQL Server

Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree or a combination of education and related experience. Master’s Degree in Business, Computer Science or related field preferred is a plus
Knowledge of behavioral health is essential, with a minimum of 5 years experience in the field.
Understanding of behavioral health clinical practices
PMP certification is a plus.
Experience working with government entities a plus.

Internship Opportunities

Nothing looks better on a resume than hands on experience working in the field of your choice. The Echo Group is proud to offer numerous internship opportunities both during the winter and summer terms. Brief descriptions on internship opportunities are as follows:

Software Engineering
Come work with our software development department in developing new functionality and software customizations. Responsibilities could include such areas as custom screen design, Crystal XI report development, Database configuration, etc. Learn how to work with various programming languages and tools including Java, Java Script, J2EE, Eclipse, HTML, Delphi and Cold Fusion. Learn about the intricacies of Microsoft SQL server and how to run queries, write complex scripts, and how to run traces between an application and the I/O with the associated databases.

Information Technology

Be able to put IT training to use. Learn how to build and maintain servers in both Windows and Linux environments. Learn how to implement virtualized software environments, work in an Active Directory configuration, review firewall settings, remote user access, etc. Work with other network experts as they maintain a sophisticated network environment. Observe how they monitor the system, address hardware failures, address network security and a host of other common day networking challenges.