Program Manager, Informatics

• Provide technical program leadership for the contractor team across all six workstreams




• Align AI inventory, risk management, oversight, strategy, and field operations delivery to a single operating model




• Develop the AI center of excellence operational playbook, including staffing model and standard operating procedures




• Document and recommend distributed VHA AI innovation and governance processes




• Develop and recommend the operational structure and support model for field partnership pilots, including five field-based pilot AI project development teams




• Lead support to VHA business units in creating and updating AI innovation and governance strategies across at least five business units




• Develop AI entrepreneur and adopter playbooks covering internal development pathways and vendor evaluation




• Design and lead qualitative and quantitative assessment of pilot outcomes and program implementation




• Manage the program to cost, schedule, and performance, and identify and mitigate risks




• Serve as the contractor’s senior escalation point to government leadership on delivery status, resourcing, and risk




• Develop programming for the VHA AI Assessment Subcommittee, field AI committees, and other centralized governance entities, including trainings and summits




• Support administrative operations, planning, and content development for monthly meetings across at least two AI oversight committees and one workgroup

Requirements

• 15 years minimum of program management experience across diverse IT projects, both large and small




• Preferred: ten or more years in healthcare and five or more leading artificial intelligence, data science, or emerging-technology programs




• Experience with diverse IT projects, including AI-related, both large and small




• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects




• Well versed in the full systems development life cycle, enterprise-wide network engineering, strategic information planning, business process reengineering, and structure and management practices




• Able to identify and mitigate risks to the program and to manage to cost, schedule, and performance




• Experience with and demonstrated understanding of SAFe’s Lean Agile principles and practices




• Master’s degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Data Science, Informatics, Business, or a related field




• PMP certification or equivalent, SAFe Agilist or SAFe Program Consultant certification, and Prosci change management certification preferred




• Must be able to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated Tier 1 / National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI) background investigation




• Must complete VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior training (TMS #10176) prior to system access and annually thereafter




• Must be authorized to work in the United States




• All work must be performed within a jurisdiction subject to the law of the United States or its territories




• Demonstrated success standing up an AI center of excellence, innovation pipeline, or comparable operating model inside a large organization




• VHA, VISN, or comparable large integrated health system program experience




• Experience managing a portfolio of field-based pilots and converting pilot results into scaling decisions




• Strong qualitative and quantitative program evaluation capability




• Change management experience in a large, distributed, and unionized workforce environment




• Executive presence and ability to brief senior government leadership on technical program status and risk




• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills




• Knowledge of military and Veteran populations

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive program management expertise with a focus on AI innovation and governance within healthcare settings. Capable of leading diverse IT projects, managing risks, and developing operational frameworks for AI initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Program Management Experience




• AI Innovation Leadership




• SAFe Lean Agile Practices




• Change Management Expertise




• Healthcare Systems Knowledge

Hard Skills

• AI Project Development




• Systems Development Life Cycle




• Business Process Reengineering




• Quantitative Program Evaluation




• Risk Management




• Portfolio Management




• Operational Playbook Development




• Governance Process Documentation




• Field Partnership Pilot Management




• Strategic Information Planning

Soft Skills

• Outstanding Written Communication




• Outstanding Verbal Communication




• Executive Presence

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP Certification




• SAFe Agilist Certification




• SAFe Program Consultant Certification




• Prosci Change Management Certification

Industry Keywords

• VHA




• VISN




• Integrated Health System




• Military and Veteran Populations




• AI Center of Excellence