Senior Program Analyst – CCN NG Technology Implementation

📋 Description

• Oversee coordination efforts across multiple workstreams for CCN NG and VFMP technology implementation projects, managing interdependencies between VA business and IT teams to ensure alignment of schedules and timely achievement of program milestones.

• Assist in Agile development cadence activities, including Program Increment (PI) planning, sprint ceremonies, backlog refinement, and optimization of JIRA-based workflows to sustain visibility and momentum across technical workstreams.

• Track and manage program timelines, identifying and escalating scheduling risks, developing mitigation strategies, and maintaining integrated master schedules that accurately represent real-time status across all active workstreams.

• Facilitate coordination and communication among stakeholders across VA program offices, IT organizations, and external EDI partners, preparing briefings, status reports, meeting minutes, and executive summaries to keep leadership updated on program health.

• Evaluate healthcare systems integration requirements and EDI workflows to pinpoint gaps, inefficiencies, or risks related to technical readiness, and formulate data-driven recommendations that align with CCN NG modernization goals.

• Maintain program governance documentation, including risk registers, action item logs, decision logs, and artifact repositories, in compliance with VA and federal contracting standards, ensuring the program records are always audit-ready.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in project coordination or program analysis.

• At least 3 years of direct support for federal healthcare programs at the enterprise level.

• A Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field is required; a Master's degree or PMP certification is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience in supporting VA, VHA, or other federal agency program offices on large-scale modernization, systems integration, or technical readiness initiatives within the past year.

• Capability to obtain and maintain a VA Position of Public Trust clearance (minimum Background Investigation); active eligibility for VA network access is preferred.

• Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work for any U.S. federal government contractor without sponsorship, in accordance with federal contracting requirements.

• Proven expertise with Agile tools and frameworks (JIRA, SAFe, or equivalent).

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Flexible working arrangements

• Professional development