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Position Summary
The Deputy Program Director for Business Operations & Support provides strategic leadership and enterprise oversight of all programmatic business functions. Reporting to the Amentum Program Director, this role integrates and directs contracts, finance, human capital, quality, safety, logistics, security, IT, media/compliance, training, change management, and governance to enable operations led by the Facilities Administrator. The incumbent ensures financial integrity, contractual performance, risk mitigation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence in a high-visibility, high-scrutiny environment.
Key Responsibilities
Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for all programmatic business functions, synchronizing them to support detention operations and the Facilities Manager.
Establish and mature program governance frameworks, operating rhythms, decision-support processes, and the Continuous Improvement Program. Drive incorporation of industry best practices, lessons learned, risk assessments, and findings from government inspections, audits, compliance reviews, and internal quality assurance activities.
Ensure rigorous compliance with the contract, FAR, DFARS, NDS 2026 (and successors), applicable regulations, and Amentum policies. Provide senior oversight of contractual requirements and deliverables. Serve as senior liaison with the Contracting Officer’s Representative, contracting officials, and government leadership.
Champion rigorous financial analysis, forecasting, budget adjustment support, and expenditure monitoring. Oversee the identification and mitigation of funding and budget risks; deliver data-driven insights and recommendations to program leadership and government stakeholders.
Partner with the Program Director on complex operational, contractual, staffing, logistics, and financial challenges. Oversee governance of daily taskers, action trackers, and cross-functional coordination to ensure timely, compliant execution of procurements, service requests, and government-directed actions.
Translate strategic priorities into coordinated action while protecting proprietary information and supporting transition, change, or surge initiatives.
Provide senior leadership continuity; support crisis, incident, or contingency response as required. Contribute to workforce development, succession planning, and high-performance culture across business functions.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Accounting, Finance, Program Management, Economics, or a closely related field; two (2) years of experience in related field may be substituted for each year of the four (4) years of college.
High level experience with FAR, HSAR, and contracting requirements, along with core government program management principles Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in government contracting, financial management, program controls, or related disciplines, with substantial leadership of large-scale or complex federal programs.
Minimum of 7–8 years of senior leadership experience directing cross-functional business, support, or program operations functions, preferably at the Director level or equivalent.
Exceptional analytical, strategic, problem-solving, and executive communication skills; proven ability to engage effectively with senior government and contractor leadership.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and enterprise financial/reporting tools.
U.S. Citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S.…