Program Manager, Specialty Care

🕒 July 8

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Aptive Resources

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2012

🎖️ Defense

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Defense • Logistics • Marketing

Aptive Resources is a management consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, specializing in providing innovative solutions to federal government agencies, particularly in veteran and civilian health sectors. With a strong focus on performance optimization, human capital, and data analytics, Aptive aims to improve the quality and accessibility of health care services for veterans and the general public. The company utilizes technology and human-centered services to bridge divides and enhance public service delivery for multiple agencies, including Veterans Affairs, Defense, and others.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary Task Order Manager responsible for the full lifecycle of program and project management activities, including planning, initiating, executing, monitoring, and closing out deliverables in support of the VHA Specialty Care Program Office. • Assist VA leadership in executing targeted program goals by developing and maintaining detailed project plans, integrated master schedules, risk registers, and performance dashboards aligned with VHA strategic priorities. • Facilitate coordination across interdisciplinary teams, federal stakeholders, and contractor personnel to ensure program milestones are met on time, within scope, and in compliance with federal contracting and VA policy requirements. • Develop, review, and deliver programmatic artifacts including status reports, briefings, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and executive-level presentations for VHA Specialty Care leadership and program sponsors. • Identify program risks, issues, and dependencies; lead root cause analyses; and recommend and implement corrective action plans to ensure continuity and performance of specialty care program operations. • Support change management, stakeholder engagement, and communications planning efforts to drive adoption of program initiatives across the integrated VHA health care system, including coordination with VA Central Office, VISNs, and facility-level stakeholders.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in healthcare program and project management, including planning, initiating, managing, executing, and closing out programs within an integrated health care system. • Master's Degree required in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, Program Management, or a closely related field. • Minimum of 6 years of experience supporting a large corporation or federal government agency, with demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder programs in a government or federal healthcare contracting environment. • Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Position of Public Trust (MBI or higher) and comply with all VA IT security, privacy, and access requirements, including completion of required VA onboarding and training. • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship; U.S. citizenship may be required to meet federal security and VA access standards. • Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), or equivalent certification of similar rigor, is required and must be maintained in good standing throughout the duration of the task order. • Prior direct experience supporting Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Office, or a Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN)-level program office in a federal contracting capacity. • Familiarity with VHA Specialty Care service lines, VHA Directives, and VA clinical program governance structures. • Experience with VA-specific project management and reporting tools such as the VA Project Management Accountability System (PMAS) or similar federal portfolio management platforms. • Knowledge of federal acquisition regulations (FAR) and task order management within a cost-reimbursable or T&M contracting vehicle. • Experience applying Agile, Lean, or other iterative program management methodologies within a federal health IT or clinical operations environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer • Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are highly encouraged to apply