Job Description

Scrum Master

Aptive is seeking a Lean Agile Scrum Master to support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ORIS effort, in direct support of Enterprise Health Records Management initiatives. In this position, you will be responsible for providing Lean Agile program and project management support for both the overall program effort and individual, distinct, high visibility, high priority VHA projects, residing within the EIWMP Team. You will coordinate day-to-day program activities, curate ongoing program activities to ensure program plans are up to date and capture evolving client needs, facilitate meetings with senior level stakeholders, and ensure the project team is delivering tasks on schedule and at the required level of quality prescribed by the VHA client.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide strong customer interaction skills, including ability to work with various senior level stakeholders across multiple tasks.
• Proactive with demonstrated success managing multiple, concurrent tasks in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
• Manage project teams to create delivery schedules, ensure adherence to program / project delivery targets, curate program and project plans, generate status reports, facilitate program planning and status update sessions, and provide administrative and programmatic support where required.
• Design and implement lean, responsive processes to support program planning and resource management within the Jira application, guided by Lean Agile principles.
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Track team capacity and support rapid reallocation during surge events
• Coordinate dependencies across triage, workflow, training, and change-management workstreams
• Support PI Planning and Inspect & Adapt workshops to align prioritization to government needs
• Help protect team focus while meeting rapid-response demands

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of relevant experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification
• Experience facilitating Agile teams in a delivery environment

Desired Qualifications

• SAFe, Lean Portfolio, or Agile experience (SSM or equivalent)
• Prior work on VA or healthcare IT programs, particularly Feder EHR or Oracle/Cerner
• Strong servant-leadership and impediment-removal skills

About Aptive

About Aptive. Aptive partners with federal agencies to achieve their missions through improved performance, streamlined operations and enhanced service delivery. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, we support more than a dozen agencies including Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Defense, Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation. We specialize in applying technology, creativity and human-centered services to optimize mission delivery and improve experiences for millions of people who count on government services every day. Founded: 2012. Employees: 300+ nationwide.

EEO Statement

Aptive is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, parental status, veteran status, age, disability, or any other protected class. Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are highly encouraged to apply. About Aptive: Aptive partners with federal agencies to achieve their missions through improved performance, streamlined operations and enhanced service delivery. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, we support more than a dozen agencies including Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Defense, Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation. We specialize in applying technology, creativity and human-centered services to optimize mission delivery and improve experiences for millions of people who count on government services every day. Founded: 2012. Employees: 300+ nationwide.