About the role
Job Summary
Senior Agilist - Health Informatics
Aptive is seeking a Senior Agilist to provide experienced SAFe, Lean-Agile, and enterprise Agile implementation support for VA health informatics teams under the IHT 2.0 Field Informatics Service Health Practice program.
This role will advise and coach teams within the IHP Agile Release Train, support Agile artifact development, strengthen Agile cadence and governance, and help teams deliver clinical informatics solutions that reduce burden, improve workflow efficiency, and support high-quality care across the VA enterprise.
The ideal candidate is a certified SAFe Practice Consultant with demonstrated experience leading Agile and SAFe implementations in medium-to-large organizations and the ability to translate Lean-Agile principles into practical team behaviors, artifacts, metrics, and outcomes.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide senior-level Agile and SAFe coaching, consultation, and implementation support across interdisciplinary VA health informatics teams.
- Support adoption and consistent execution of SAFe and Lean-Agile practices, including PI planning support, team ceremonies, ART-level coordination, dependency management, and continuous improvement.
- Guide development and refinement of lean business cases, feature canvases, feature specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, MVP definitions, and non-functional requirements.
- Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, analysts, clinical informaticists, SMEs, and other team members on Agile roles, responsibilities, artifacts, and ceremonies.
- Help teams define, track, and communicate value delivery, performance metrics, sprint outcomes, risks, impediments, and retrospective actions.
- Facilitate collaboration across VA stakeholders, product management, release train leadership, Agile teams, clinical SMEs, and technical resources.
- Support use of JIRA, JIRA Align, dashboards, and reporting tools to improve transparency, prioritization, and delivery predictability.
- Recommend Agile process improvements that support operational excellence, high-performing teams, and sustainable organizational change.Minimum Qualifications