Aptive is seeking a Senior Program Strategist to support the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Electronic Health Record
Modernization (EHRM) effort. In this position, you will be responsible for strategic
management and connectivity of several large task areas with responsibilities including
developing delivery strategies with program leadership, overseeing execution of these
strategies, evaluating metrics and performance of implemented strategies, and ensuring
cross-functional capabilities are aligned to strategic milestones. In this role you will
provide EHRM with coordinated and innovative solutions to strategic project, architectural,
and program management activities.

This position requires strong customer and team interaction skills, proactivity, strategic
thinking, and a demonstrated ability to work with various, senior level stakeholders across
multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.

• Partner with senior stakeholders to refine, communicate, and execute strategic plan
• Define data and analytics reporting needs, working with informatics and leadership
to understand current toolsets and providing recommendations for future
enhancements
• Create and manage strategic project plans, including milestones, major
deliverables and future state recommendations
• Provide strategic leadership to program team and communicate appropriate and
timely updates to all stakeholders
• Support clients and teams to implement strategic vision, flow and map and achieve
project objectives
• Identify, create and maintain relationships with stakeholders
• Co-ordinate with various functions (in-house, suppliers & external consultant) to
ensure ideas are implemented as per plan
• Monitor and refine strategic plan and execution and effectively report progress or
required approach changes

• 10+ years of experience with federal government program and project
management

Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical/health care experience
• PMP or similar certification
• Experience supporting large healthcare or government agencies or
organizations with providing strategic vision and structure to large, multidisciplinary
programs with various workstreams/projects
• Experience developing and implementing strategic missions and visions with
consideration of risks, staffing/resources, financials, schedules, and stakeholder
management
• Ability to productively collaborate with a wide range of personality types while
meeting assignment demands
• Experience developing and implementing processes for deliverable quality control
• Confidence and poise to work closely with and provide strategic recommendations
to senior executives
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Master’s degree in business, healthcare administration, or related field
• Understanding of VA contracting processes

Aptive is a management consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia. With more than 500 employees across the U.S., we primarily support the federal government – more than a dozen agencies like Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Defense, Library of Commerce, Customs and Border Protection and the National Science Foundation. Our work focuses on applying creativity, technology and human-centered services to improve performance, bridge divides and elevate the lives of millions of people who count on government. services every day. 

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.