Senior Growth and Operations Director; ASTRA

Senior Growth and Operations Director (ASTRA)

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Growth and Operations Director (ASTRA) to join the corporate team focused on opportunities to support the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)! In this role, you will lead a business unit of direct and hybrid corporate capabilities supporting Apogee’s advisory and technical assistance delivery on NASIC’s $866M, 8-year ASTRA multi-award contract.

You will simultaneously direct Apogee’s business development, capture, and pipeline/transition management for all ASTRA task orders. This is a high-impact role that requires advanced leadership, organizational, operational, and BD skills in the delivery of high-end advisory services to NASIC and other Federal Government customers.

This is a full-time position located at the Beavercreek, Ohio, corporate office, with up to 50% telework flexibility.

• Lead full life-cycle capture management activities, including ASTRA pipeline development, grooming, assessment, pursuit, partnering, capture, and bid.
• Develop and manage the Apogee Team and orchestrate partner companies to execute ASTRA capture plan(s).
• Engage NASIC customers to understand challenges, influence requirements, and develop potential solutions.
• Serve as opportunity owner for ASTRA task order proposals, including leading strategy sessions, pursuit/bid briefs, kickoff briefs, identifying necessary support resources, providing inputs for content as necessary, and securing approval from Apogee leadership.
• Oversee development of proposal packages to tell a compliant, compelling story that effectively articulates win themes to maximize Apogee performance on ASTRA.
• Build, transition, and direct high-performing, highly engaged teams of Apogee and subcontractor personnel delivering advanced advisory services to NASIC at both Government and contractor sites.
• Plan, organize, and manage comprehensive program resources—schedules, staffing, and budgets—to successfully execute portfolio and task order objectives.
• Manage, monitor, and meet task order and portfolio performance goals; execute portfolio profit and loss responsibilities.
• Conduct task order and portfolio risk assessments and alert Apogee leadership and Government officials to potential issues and resource limitations and recommend/implement mitigation and resolutions.
• Proactively interface with Apogee corporate teams, task order leads, employees, subcontractors, customers, and contracting authorities to ensure effective and compliant service delivery.
• Orchestrate Apogee’s Project Control, Contract Management, Human Resources, and Infrastructure/Security teams to execute high-quality service delivery to NASIC customers.
• Lead and support hiring management and staff retention initiatives across multiple task orders.
• Collaborate with Human Resources to lead program managers and task order leads in resolving employee relations issues to generate positive outcomes for the employee, NASIC, and Apogee.
• Supervise, provide mentorship, and lead career development initiatives for ASTRA portfolio staff, including program managers and task order leads.

Minimum Experience: Twelve (12) or more years of experience supporting the delivery of professional and technical services to Department of War (DoW), Intelligence Community (IC), and/or other Government agencies.

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen.

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top-Secret level clearance with SCI eligibility.

Education: Master’s Degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) (highly preferred).

Additional

Experience:

• Expert in building and leading high-performing cross-functional teams, including prime and subcontractor partners, to deliver advanced advisory services while sustaining high engagement, retention, and performance.
• Strong customer engagement and stakeholder-influencing skills, with the ability to understand mission challenges, shape requirements, present solutions, and maintain trusted relationships with Government leaders and contracting authorities.
• Proven leadership in full life-cycle capture management…