Project Manager - CBOC Consultant

Aptive

26d

About The Position

The SME / Project Manager Lead serves as the senior Key Personnel responsible for leading clinic stand-up, transition-in, and operational activation for VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) programs. This individual provides hands-on leadership to plan, coordinate, and execute all activities required to bring clinic from contract award to full operational capability, while ensuring compliance with VA standards, accreditation requirements, and contract performance measures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, Organizational Leadership, or related field preferred.
Ten (10) or more years of experience in healthcare operations and program or project management.
Demonstrated experience leading clinic stand-up, transition-in, or mobilization for ambulatory care, primary care, or CBOC-like healthcare environments.
Proven ability to deliver operational healthcare facilities from award to go-live under aggressive timelines.
Experience with staffing onboarding, credentialing, privileging, and workforce ramp-up in regulated healthcare settings.
Strong working knowledge of VA healthcare operations, primary care delivery models, and accreditation standards (e.g., Joint Commission).
Experience managing multi-million-dollar healthcare operations or contracts.
Executive-level communication skills with experience briefing government stakeholders during transition and readiness phases.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience serving as Program Manager, Deputy PM, or Operations Lead for VA CBOC or similar federal healthcare clinic stand-ups.
Experience supporting multiple simultaneous clinic activations or geographically dispersed sites.
Background in medical logistics, facility operations, emergency management, or military healthcare systems.
Lean, Agile, or structured transition management experience applied to healthcare mobilization.

Responsibilities

Serve as overall stand-up and transition-in lead, accountable for achieving full clinic operational readiness within required timelines.
Lead development and execution of transition-in and mobilization plans, including detailed work breakdown structures, integrated master schedules, and readiness milestones.
Coordinate clinic activation activities, including staffing onboarding, credentialing and privileging, space readiness, equipment procurement, and IT connectivity.
Provide subject matter expertise in primary care and CBOC operations, ensuring proper implementation of PACT staffing models, patient flow, and care team workflows at go-live.
Direct cross-functional stand-up teams (clinical, HR, recruiting, facilities, logistics, IT, and compliance) to ensure synchronized execution.
Ensure clinic readiness for VA inspections, Joint Commission surveys, and regulatory reviews, addressing pre-opening requirements and mitigating deficiencies.
Act as the primary interface with VA leadership during transition-in, readiness reviews, and early operations, providing clear status reporting and issue resolution.
Oversee early-phase operations stabilization, including ramp-up of patient volumes, staffing adjustments, and performance monitoring.
Establish governance and control mechanisms, including risk and issue tracking, readiness checklists, SOPs, and performance dashboards.
Identify and proactively mitigate stand-up risks, including staffing delays, facility constraints, equipment readiness, and regulatory compliance gaps.