Clinical Informatics Integrator

Artemis Arc•Remote,

About The Position

Aptive is seeking a Project Manager, Informatics to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Clinical Informatics (OCI) on the Operational Informatics Pipeline (OIP) contract. In this role, you will be responsible for managing informatics projects from the initial planning stages through to final delivery. This includes meticulously tracking project costs, schedules, and overall performance, while ensuring that potential risks are clearly identified to enable OCI to make informed and timely decisions. The position supports both the Interoperability and Clinical Informatics Solutions specialty areas, encompassing critical functions such as health information exchange, Electronic Health Record (EHR) issue management, clinical content standardization, and the Federal EHR transition. You will collaborate within Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile Release Trains, working closely with OCI Product Management, VA Business Owners, and other OIP contractor teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 10 years of professional experience, including managing information technology related projects.
Well versed in life cycle and project management methodologies.
Experience tracking cost, schedule, and performance progress.
Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate project risks.
Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of, SAFe Lean-Agile principles and practices.
Ability to obtain and maintain a VA background investigation at the level assigned to the position; must reside and work in the United States with U.S. work authorization.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
SAFe certification, such as SAFe Agilist, Release Train Engineer (RTE), or Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM).
Experience managing health IT, EHR, or clinical informatics projects.
Experience with health information exchange or interoperability projects.
Experience supporting VA or another federal health care program.
Experience with Jira, Jira Align, or Microsoft Project.
Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Plan and manage informatics projects across their full life cycle, including scope, schedule, resources, and deliverables.
Track cost, schedule, and performance progress against plans and call order requirements, and report variances.
Manage call order deliverables, due dates, reviews, and submissions to the VA Program Manager, COR, and Contracting Officer.
Identify, document, and mitigate project risks and issues, and maintain risk registers using the ROAM method.
Apply SAFe Lean-Agile principles; support Planning Interval (PI) Planning, program boards, ART Sync, system demos, and Inspect and Adapt.
Track dependencies across teams, Agile Release Trains, and the Interoperability, Clinical Informatics Solutions, and Integration contractor teams.
Coordinate staffing, onboarding, and system access for project teams, including staff roster updates after each PI Planning.
Prepare biweekly sprint reports in Jira and Jira Align covering completed stories, PI objective progress, risks, impediments, and dependencies.
Support estimates of the level of effort and labor categories needed for Features selected in PI Planning.
Coordinate with OCI Product Management, VA Business Owners, and technical teams to keep priorities and delivery aligned.
Confirm project work meets acceptance criteria, VA privacy and security requirements, and artifact management standards.