Aptive is seeking a Project Manager to lead and coordinate large, multi-element healthcare audit engagements performed under the Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book). You will oversee the full project life cycle—from kickoff through close-out—ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and compliance objectives are met while managing project risk and stakeholder expectations.

• Develop project charter, work breakdown structure, and integrated master schedule.
• Define resource plan, budget baseline, quality controls, and risk register.
• Establish governance framework aligned with GAGAS independence and quality-management requirements.
• Direct multidisciplinary audit teams (auditors, clinicians, statisticians, data scientists).
• Track earned value metrics, critical path, and contract deliverables; manage scope change.
• Facilitate weekly status reviews, manage vendor/partner relationships, and resolve impediments.
• Enforce engagement-level quality-control processes, including work-paper reviews and milestone gating.
• Verify adherence to GAGAS fieldwork & reporting standards; interface with internal/external peer reviewers.
• Serve as primary point of contact for contracting officer, VA/VHA leadership, and internal executives.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks affecting schedule, cost, or audit conclusions.
• Prepare executive briefings, issue/risk logs, corrective-action plans, and lessons-learned artifacts.
• Obtain formal acceptance of deliverables, reconcile budget, and archive project documentation.
• Lead post-engagement reviews; capture improvement opportunities for future task orders.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• At least 5 years of end-to-end project management experience on complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• 3 years directing large-scale healthcare audits under GAGAS, delivering final reports on time and within budget.
• Project-management frameworks (PMBOK®, Agile hybrid, or equivalent).
• Budget forecasting, contract cost control, and earned-value analysis.
• Risk, schedule, and stakeholder management tools (MS Project, Primavera, Jira, or similar).
• Familiarity with VA/VHA environments, clinical operations, and audit quality requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.

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: 2012
Employees: 300+ nationwide

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.