Project Manager

Aptive is seeking a Senior Analyst to serve as a Project Manager supporting a Veterans Health Administration client team. The role focuses on project planning and execution, stakeholder engagement, executive briefings, strategic recommendations, meeting facilitation, and administrative and programmatic support across multiple concurrent projects.

Responsibilities:

• Support project planning, schedule management, risk identification and mitigation, leadership reporting, and project execution activities
• Develop a wide range of project management artifacts, including presentations, operating procedures, workflows, correspondence, etc
• Manage multiple concurrent tasks, coordinate project meetings and working sessions, and draft and distribute project communications
• Assist in defining and documenting business rules, decision flows, and responsibilities
• Schedule, lead, and attend meetings with senior clients on a regular basis
• Monitor the status of deliverables through completion, ensuring on-time delivery and ongoing reporting of status, risks, and timelines
• Collaborate with the team and stakeholders to collect input, data, and approvals of work products

Requirements:

• strong customer interaction skills
• a demonstrated ability to work with senior-level stakeholders across multiple projects
• The successful candidate will be proactive, with demonstrated success in developing executive-level briefings and strategy materials while managing multiple concurrent tasks in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment
• The candidate must also have ability to work and communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant project management experience. May substitute 4 years, if candidate is a licensed healthcare professional (RN, MD, DO, DDS)
• Bachelor's degree
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, and SharePoint/Teams
• Experience supporting large federal agencies
• 2 years of experience in electronic health record solutions and decisional projects
• Advanced degree
• Healthcare license or practical hospital-based clinical experience utilizing an electronic health record
• Experience with executive-level stakeholders and Veterans Health Administration
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills; attention to detail
• Experience providing data-driven strategic recommendations for large federal agencies
• Ability to track projects end-to-end with clear and transparent communication of status
• Proficiency in organizing and communicating information in plain language
• Strong time management, creativity, and problem-solving skills
• Understands how to collaborate on a team and take initiative as an individual
• Ability to get up to speed quickly on complex issues; desire to work in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
• Capable self-starter with a drive to get all types of work done and high attention to detail
• Ability to gather, analyze, and present data in easy-to-understand formats
• Ability to align clients' business objectives with value-based outcomes
• Ability to distill complex ideas, patterns, and processes into cohesive professional artifacts
• Project management certification (PMP) or Post-graduate certificate in project management
• Scaled Agilest certification (SA) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM)