Aptive is seeking support the Mission Daybreak 2.0 contract to support VA’s Office of Suicide Prevention (OSP) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Innovation Ecosystem. The program builds on VA’s innovation and human-centered design frameworks to rapidly test, evaluate, and scale solutions that reduce Veteran suicide. Aptive’s team will manage a portfolio of innovation projects, coordinate governance and reporting, deliver evaluation and research insights, plan stakeholder and engagement events, and support the development of scalable training and communications products.

This Project Manager role will directly oversee assigned innovation projects as they progress through VA’s S0–S7 innovation gates, ensuring projects are designed, tested, scaled, and launched in alignment with portfolio standards. The PM is accountable for guiding project teams through decision points, delivering required evidence packages, and keeping timelines and deliverables on track.

In addition to lifecycle management, this PM provides specialized leadership in discovery, prototyping, and usability testing, ensuring human-centered design insights are integrated into decision briefs.

This role manages timelines, collaborates with designers and researchers, and ensures evidence from usability testing translates into actionable portfolio decision briefs. The PM ensures projects adhere to VA’s HCD, RE-AIM, and QUERI frameworks and coordinates with analysts and evaluation specialists to integrate findings into decision points.

• BA/BS degree.
• 4 years of experience in project management.
• PMP certification (or equivalent).
• Experience managing large-scale programs with multiple projects.
• Experience in healthcare organizations preferred.

• Strong human-centered design (HCD) background.
• Familiarity with usability testing and product development.
• Experience with VA’s QUERI and RE-AIM frameworks.
• Ability to manage multiple innovation pilots simultaneously.

The Office of Suicide Prevention leads VA’s national strategy to reduce Veteran suicide through prevention, intervention, and postvention efforts. The VHA Innovation Ecosystem partners with OSP to accelerate promising ideas from pilot to practice across the VA healthcare system. Together, these offices foster collaboration with Veterans, clinicians, and innovators to identify effective solutions, strengthen system readiness, and improve outcomes for Veterans and their families.

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.