Program Manager

LTS; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LTS is seeking a Program Manager to support the VA Health Portfolio. The position involves IT program and project management, financial oversight, and ensuring deliverables meet VA standards. You will interface with VA staff and other stakeholders to drive successful outcomes.

The role requires strong Agile/SAFe experience, cloud knowledge (Azure, AWS), and the ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse teams while maintaining governance alignment and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with substantial work experience.
• 15+ years of relevant experience may be substituted for education.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of a fast-paced project and manage schedules, milestones, deliverables, and budget per VA standards.
• Provide guidance on technical solutions and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Prepare for and conduct meetings, presentations, and briefings across the product lifecycle.
• Manage complex issues involving architecture, design, schedule, technology, and change management.

Skills

Agile development

Product Line Management

Security policies

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cloud environments

SAFe methodologies

Analytical skills

Technical integration

Quick learning

Education

Bachelor's degree

15+ years of relative experience

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

Location: United States - Remote
Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Salary Range: 110K - 120K

LTS is seeking a Program Manager to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Portfolio.

The Health PMO support contract provides IT program management, project management, technical management, financial management, functional planning, and documentation analysis in support of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) Enterprise Program Management Division (EPMD) Health Portfolio

The VA Health Portfolio is focused on development and execution of quality IT projects that address the needs of Veterans and health care providers through management of health care information and sustainment of production software to keep the mission going.

What you'll do:

• Oversee and be responsible for all aspects of a fast-pacing project serving as direct interface with the client, managing project schedules, milestones, deliverables and budget in accordance with Federal, VA standards and guidelines.
• Ensure quality customer service, provide guidance on technical solutions, and maintain a good working relationship with all customer staff, in support of the program.
• Prepare for and conduct meetings, presentations and briefings related to all phases of the product lifecycle, while ensuring program goals of the VA and TISTA are met.
• Manage complex project-related issues and the implementation of solutions that involve the architecture and design, schedule, technology, methodology, tools, human centered design, components and change management including client walk-throughs, user acceptance testing and required documentation.
• Provide applications business and systems analysis, support long and short-range plans for product selection, requirements analysis, systems development, maintenance and operations following the systems lifecycle including production releases.
• Participating in PI Planning activities to ensure product and business owner requirements are met
• Serve as liaison to business and technical stakeholders to ensure success of the project.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong technical and business understanding of agile development
• Experience with Product Line Management, preferred
• Good understanding of security related policies, procedures, regulations.
• Sense of urgency is necessary to meet goals, objectives and deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and human relations skills
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical personnel
• Ability to work with people of varied technical backgrounds and management levels
• Solid technical integration skills
• Proven analytical skills
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret business requirements, system documentation, and technical procedures
• Understanding of cloud environments (MS Azure, AWS) and experience with migration of systems to the cloud
• Ability to quickly learn new tools supporting project management applying agile and SAFe methodologies
• Awareness of VA approved governance model, IT Infrastructure frameworks, Technical Reference Model, operating environments, infrastructure and application performance monitoring toolsets, and Government compliance regulations (NIST,FISMA, 508, and similar IT, OMB and congressional mandates)

Education:

• Bachelor's and 15 years of relative experience
• Ten (10) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education

What's In It for You?

• The Opportunity to support high-visibility federal missions
• A culture that values innovation, growth, and collaboration
• Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies
• Comprehensive benefits for you and your family
• A career path that rewards ambition and performance