Program Analyst, Jr

Aptive•Remote,

About The Position

Artemis Arc seeks a Program Analyst – Jr to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Clinical Informatics (OCI) on the Operational Informatics Pipeline (OIP) contract. You will support planning, tracking, and reporting for OCI interoperability programs, keeping schedules, metrics, risks, and deliverables organized so delivery teams can stay focused on the work. The role supports the Interoperability specialty area, including the Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE), the Joint Longitudinal Viewer (JLV), and clinical terminology. You will work within Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile Release Trains alongside interoperability specialists, terminologists, and VA Business Owners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 3 years of professional experience.
Experience supporting program planning, analysis, or evaluation for health care or other programs.
Experience tracking schedules, metrics, or risks and preparing status reports.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
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

Degree in public health, health care administration, business, or a related field.
Experience supporting VA or another federal health care program.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, or SharePoint.
Experience with scheduling tools, such as Microsoft Project or Smartsheet.
Experience building dashboards in Power BI or Excel.
Experience on SAFe or Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

Support program planning, including Planning Interval (PI) Planning preparation, schedules, and roadmap updates.
Maintain integrated schedules and track deliverables against call order due dates.
Collect program metrics and prepare biweekly sprint reports and status updates in Jira.
Maintain risk, issue, and dependency logs, and follow up with owners on open items.
Support analyses and evaluations of program effectiveness, including data collection and summaries of findings.
Support recurring health data exchange reports and inputs to Congressional and Elizabeth Dole Act reporting.
Maintain the program artifact repository and an artifact index listing deliverables by type, owner, and location.
Plan and coordinate meetings, working sessions, and events; capture notes, decisions, and action items.
Track staff onboarding, required training, and system access.
Participate in agile ceremonies and keep Jira data accurate and current.