VP of Operations
- Salary
- $160K–$175K
- Hiring from
- United States
- Work type
- Hybrid
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Salary Range: $160,000.00 To $175,000.00 Annually
About Horizon Strategies
Horizon Strategies is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business delivering strategic planning and advisory services, advanced coaching and leader development, and operational support to federal, defense, and military organizations. The company supports U.S. and allied clients in the United States and overseas through a workforce of approximately 180 full-time and 400 part-time professionals.
Position Summary
The Vice President, Operations is the company's senior leader for contract execution and operational integration. Reporting to the President, the VP translates awarded work into high-quality, timely, compliant, and profitable performance across the portfolio. The role directs program leaders, synchronizes corporate support functions, sustains executive visibility of performance and risk, and strengthens customer confidence and future growth.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Portfolio execution. Lead performance across active prime contracts and subcontracts; align delivery with customer requirements, contract obligations, corporate priorities, schedule, scope, quality, and financial objectives.
- Program leadership. Direct and develop Program Managers, site leads, and operations staff; establish standards, operating rhythms, reporting, action tracking, and accountability for results.
- Operational integration. Maintain portfolio-wide situational awareness and synchronize operations with Accounting, Contracts, Recruiting, Administration, IT, Security, and other support functions.
- Contract startup and transition. Lead new-award mobilization and transition activities, including staffing, incumbent capture, onboarding, credentialing, facility access, and operational stand-up, with continuity of customer support. Integrate new PMs as a key element to contract transition.
- Staffing and workforce readiness. Coordinate recruiting, interviewing, hiring, bench management, workforce engagement, vacancy mitigation, onboarding, and surge support for full-time and part-time requirements. While primarily an HR responsibility, the VP ensures that the coordination occurs between PMs and HR.
- Customer and partner relationships. Serve as the senior operational counterpart to government customers and prime contractors; provide status updates, executive summaries, issue resolution, and after-action reporting.
- Financial stewardship. Manage contract profitability, labor utilization, vacancy risk, and resource allocation in partnership with Accounting; protect fee and the company's cost structure. Coordinate with the VP Finance and Contracts Administrator in this function.
- Compliance and quality. Ensure execution complies with contract terms, security requirements, applicable policies, and the company's ISO 9001 quality management system.
- Growth support. Partner with Business Development on staffing plans, technical approaches, past performance, and transition strategies; identify follow-on and expansion opportunities within current work.
- Executive leadership. Contribute to corporate strategy, policy, process improvement, special initiatives, and executive decisions; provide clear recommendations and decision support to the President/CEO.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, management, public administration, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
- At least 12 years of progressively responsible operations, program management, or executive leadership experience in defense services or government contracting.
- Demonstrated success leading multiple government contracts, Program Managers, distributed teams, and cross-functional support activities; subcontract performance under large prime contractors preferred.
- Direct experience with Army or joint training, exercises, operational planning, leader development, or headquarters support.
- Experience leading contract transitions, staffing, recruiting, onboarding, workforce readiness, operational reporting, and customer engagement.
- Strong understanding of federal contracting operations, financial performance, quality management, security, and compliance.
- Executive-level communication, judgment, problem-solving, and decision-support skills.
- Ability to recruit, lead, and retain senior, highly experienced professionals and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and common business systems.
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility preferred.
- Willingness and ability to travel within CONUS and OCONUS.
Core Competencies
- Operational leadership and disciplined execution
- Government contract and program management
- Cross-functional integration and staff synchronization
- Financial stewardship and risk management
- Executive communication and customer relationship management
- Workforce planning, recruiting, and talent leadership
- Quality, compliance, and continuous improvement
- Growth mindset and business-development support
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
- Hybrid work schedule is performed in corporate, home-office, and client environments.
- Flexible hours and periodic travel may be required to support deadlines, transitions, executive reporting, and surge requirements.
