Program Manager – Interoperability

Aptive

23h

About The Position

Aptive Resources LLC is seeking a highly experienced Program Manager, Interoperability to support the Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Office of Health Informatics (OHI) and Office of Clinical Informatics (OCI). This individual will manage interoperability-focused informatics efforts supporting external health information exchange, eHealth Exchange operations, eNotifications/ADT capabilities, VA–DoD data exchange, and standards-based interoperability initiatives. The Program Manager is accountable for cost, schedule, performance, and delivery quality for interoperability features executed within a SAFe® Agile Release Train (ART) operating on two-week iterations and quarterly planning intervals, with all work tracked and reported in Jira and Jira Align.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Health Informatics, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience managing healthcare IT or interoperability programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing health information exchange (HIE) or standards-based interoperability initiatives.
• Experience delivering work in SAFe® or Agile environments using Jira/Jira Align.
• Demonstrated understanding of VA healthcare technology development and sustainment programs (e.g. ServiceNow, Federal EHR) and VA IT and data platforms (e.g. Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), VistA/CPRS)
• Familiarity with eHealth Exchange, VHIE, JLV, or interagency data-sharing initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting VA, DoD, or other federal health interoperability programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end program management for interoperability call orders and features aligned to management operational informatics pipeline and clinical operational informatics pipeline requirements.
• Lead delivery of eHealth Exchange program and product management, including partner onboarding, membership access, analytics, policy coordination, and performance monitoring.
• Oversee implementation and sustainment of ADT/eNotifications capabilities and adoption support for VA medical centers.
• Manage interoperability activities supporting VA/DoD shared health records, CHDR evaluation, JLV enablement, and interagency exchange use cases.
• Ensure interoperability solutions align with HL7®, FHIR®, CDA®, SNOMED CT®, LOINC®, and other national interoperability standards as applicable.
• Coordinate with Integration and Clinical Informatics Solutions teams to ensure interoperability features integrate with enterprise data pipelines, dashboards, and clinical workflows.
• Maintain program risk registers, dependency logs, and mitigation plans; report progress using program required flow efficiency, capacity allocation, value delivered, and next-iteration planning
• Ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria and VA security, privacy, and data governance requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager