Senior Program Manager

Job Title : Program Manager

The Program Manager will serve as the lead for organizing, directing, and managing all aspects of contract operational support functions for the program, overseeing multiple complex and interrelated project tasks within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Healthcare Technology Management (HTM). The Program Manager will be responsible for managing teams of contractor personnel to deliver technical and soft skills training to the VHA HTM community, ensuring alignment with VHA's mission to provide safe, innovative, and reliable medical technology for Veterans. The role requires close collaboration with Government officials and customer leadership to ensure timely completion of tasks and training, preventing delays or work stoppages.

Primary Responsibilities

• Organize, direct, and manage all contract operational support functions, including the development and delivery of training programs for VHA HTM staff.
• Establish and maintain technical and financial reports to track project progress and communicate milestones, needs, and outcomes to management and customers.
• Organize and assign responsibilities to contractor personnel, ensuring successful completion of all assigned tasks and training activities.
• Collaborate with Government officials, representatives, and customer leadership to ensure alignment with program goals and prevent delays in task execution.
• Oversee the development and delivery of relevant technical and soft skills training for the VHA HTM community, utilizing in-house staff, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), Government-off-the-shelf (GOTS), or tailored solutions.
• Facilitate the planning, initiation, management, execution, and closeout of programs supporting VHA's Integrated Health Care System.
• Provide strategic direction and proactive solutions to support VHA's mission of delivering exemplary, patient- and employee-centric services.
• Conduct regular program reviews to ensure alignment with VHA HTM goals and objectives.
• Develop and deliver training materials and sessions to educate HTM staff on relevant skills and technologies.
• Identify and mitigate risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints in collaboration with project stakeholders.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable VA rules, regulations, and operational requirements.
• Facilitate executive-level virtual meetings, prepare meeting agendas, capture meeting minutes, and track outcomes and action items.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Technical / Business Tools Experience

Desired Qualifications

About Aptive

Aptive partners with federal agencies to achieve their missions through improved performance, streamlined operations and enhanced service delivery. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, we support more than a dozen agencies including Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Defense, Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation.

We specialize in applying technology, creativity and human-centered services to optimize mission delivery and improve experiences for millions of people who count on government services every day.

Founded : 2012Employees : 300+ nationwide

EEO Statement

Aptive is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, parental status, veteran status, age, disability, or any other protected class.

Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are highly encouraged to apply.