[Remote] Technical Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LTS is seeking an experienced high-caliber Technical Project Manager to lead day to day execution of a major AI-powered modernization initiative within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health portfolio. This role will oversee the planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of complex AI-powered modernization efforts supporting mission-critical healthcare systems and enterprise transformation initiatives across the VA environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage AI IT modernization projects supporting VA healthcare and enterprise transformation initiatives, ensuring delivery teams leverage AI platform outputs to accelerate analysis, documentation, and development
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including AI/ML engineers, prompt engineers, legacy system specialists, development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, integration, and operations personnel across concurrent workstreams
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, schedules, resource allocations, risks, and deliverables across both an AI platform team and a modernization delivery team operating on overlapping timelines
• Facilitate Agile sprint execution across multiple concurrent scrum teams, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring AI-generated analysis is embedded in backlog development and acceptance criteria
• Track project progress, milestones, dependencies, sprint velocity, and budget considerations to ensure successful execution and on-time delivery of program proof points
• Support modernization efforts involving legacy VistA/MUMPS-based systems and enterprise healthcare applications
• Provide informed oversight of AI platform activities including legacy code ingestion, dependency mapping, workflow generation, and business rules extraction, ensuring platform outputs directly accelerate modernization delivery
• Operate within VA’s Veterans-focused Integration Process (VIP) framework, aligning sprint delivery, artifact production, and approval sequencing to VIP phase gates throughout the program lifecycle
• Collaborate with government leadership and program stakeholders to align project execution with mission objectives and strategic priorities
• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks including those specific to AI-assisted delivery such as model output reliability, dependency mapping gaps, and data lineage requirements in federal environments
• Ensure compliance with VA, federal, and organizational governance, reporting, and documentation requirements, including DevSecOps standards, CI/CD pipeline governance, and VA development approval processes
• Facilitate status meetings, executive briefings, sprint reviews, and stakeholder communications, translating complex technical and AI delivery progress into mission-impact language for VA leadership
• Support change management, process improvement, and operational transition activities, ensuring modernization outcomes are positioned for sustained VA adoption beyond the pilot period
• Develop and maintain project documentation including program plans, schedules, risk registers, meeting minutes, action trackers, executive reports, and VA governance artifacts required at each phase gate
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on delivery excellence, AI output quality, team collaboration, and establishing reusable modernization patterns for future program application
• Coordinate ATO and FedRAMP planning activities from program inception, tracking SSP progress, ISSO engagement, security control mapping, and evidence collection so that accreditation is not a late-stage blocker
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for day-to-day VA program office interactions, coordinating upward with executive leadership for strategic and client relationship matters
• Serve as the senior VistA technical authority, providing strategic direction and governance across solution design, implementation, and product development
• Lead SMEs, validate technical approaches and deliverables, and ensure the integrity, quality, and alignment of all outputs with customer objectives

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Engineering, or related discipline
• 10+ years of technical project or program management experience supporting enterprise IT or healthcare modernization initiatives, with at least 3 years leading AI, ML, or intelligent automation delivery programs
• Demonstrated experience managing complex federal government IT programs, preferably within the VA or a major federal health agency with direct exposure to federal IT governance frameworks. Consideration will be given to experience within healthcare environments
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum practices, and hybrid project delivery models
• Fluency with AI/ML project lifecycles, model development, model development, prompt engineering pipelines, LLM-based applications, and AI platform integration into agile delivery workflows
• Fluency with VA VistA architecture, clinical and administrative workflows, MUMPS/FileMan-based development, system integration patterns, and VistA modernization efforts within agile delivery environments
• Experience supporting VA healthcare systems, VistA, CPRS, or VA Electronic Health Record modernization initiatives
• Familiarity with MUMPS-based healthcare systems and legacy modernization programs
• Experience managing technical teams supporting software development, infrastructure, integration, or cloud modernization initiatives
• Strong Agile/Scrum delivery background with experience managing concurrent scrum teams in federal environments. Coupled with Experience with DevSecOps in federal environments: CI/CD pipeline governance, branching strategies, automated security scanning, and alignment to VA or DoD DevSecOps standards
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience managing project schedules, risks, dependencies, and reporting activities
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and executive-level stakeholders
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms
• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Public Trust clearance
• Experience supporting large-scale digital transformation or enterprise modernization efforts
• Knowledge of federal healthcare interoperability standards including HL7 and FHIR
• Experience working within DevSecOps and cloud modernization environments
• Working knowledge of VA's VIP (Veterans-focused Integration Process) framework and ability to align sprint delivery, artifact production, and approval sequencing to VIP phase gates
• Direct experience navigating VA or federal ATO processes including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53 control frameworks, SSP development, and ISSO coordination. Or familiarity with federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks including NIST and FedRamp
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or other project management certifications preferred
• Prior experience supporting healthcare IT operations or clinical systems environments preferred

Benefits

• Committed to offering eligible employees comprehensive benefits that will provide them with options intended to meet their needs and the needs of their family.

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