Aretum · 10 hours ago
Program Manager - Contingent (VA)
Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. The Program Manager will lead delivery for the VA's enterprise-wide Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy initiative, managing complex federal programs and driving outcomes across large technical and cross-functional teams.
ConsultingInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary Aretum representative to VA leadership, COR, program offices, clinicians, and technical teams
Oversee all phases of the program: pilot, enterprise rollout, full capability deployment, and option periods
Coordinate across Aretum and subcontractors to ensure unified delivery
Lead efforts related to AWS cloud architecture, ATO compliance, and secure hosting — aligning with experience performing cloud modernization and architecture reviews
Oversee architecture review processes, ensuring solutions comply with VA enterprise standards and cloud governance frameworks
Manage multi-million-dollar program operations including schedule, resourcing, risk, budget oversight, KPI tracking, and contract deliverables
Apply mature program management practices consistent with managing $50M+ programs and multi-disciplinary teams
Lead integration activities between Polypharmacy software, VA systems, cloud environments, and data platforms
Direct testing, validation, performance improvement, and pilot success criteria defined in the QASP
Drive organizational change strategies aligning with VA clinical operations, Veteran-facing experiences, and enterprise engineering teams
Facilitate communications, training coordination, and adoption activities
Define staffing needs; develop role descriptions; oversee interviews and onboarding
Lead matrixed teams including cloud engineers, security SMEs, analysts, architects, and clinical-technical staff
Qualification
Required
10+ years in federal program management, including direct experience with VA or other large federal health agencies
Demonstrated success managing enterprise cloud migrations, architecture reviews, or infrastructure modernization projects
Experience coordinating across multiple federal stakeholders, primes, subcontractors, and technical domains
Familiarity with AWS / Azure cloud architectures, Well-Architected Framework, FedRAMP, VA Enterprise cloud hosting, and ATO processes
Strong background leading cross-functional teams and driving outcomes in environments with high visibility and mission impact
Hands-on experience with troubleshooting, major incident resolution, and performance optimization in large enterprise systems
Public Trust Eligibility Required
Preferred
Experience supporting clinical decision support, medication safety, or polypharmacy programs
Prior leadership supporting Veteran-facing enterprise applications, especially involving back-end system integration at scale
PMP, ITIL, or Cloud Architect certifications
Benefits
Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
Retirement Plan (401k)
Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
Paid Time Off
Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
Short Term & Long-Term Disability
Training & Development
Company
Aretum
ARETUM is a government contracting company specializing in technology-enabled mission support services for the Department of Defense.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
Washington Technology
2025-12-13
Venture Capital
2025-12-13
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