Host-Nation Engagement & Integration Director

Full Time Salary 40 Hrs Professional Remote, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Who We Are:

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Versar Global Solutions provides full mission lifecycle solutions for challenges faced by our government and commercial Customers in the natural, built, and digital environments. With team members around the world and a rich legacy spanning more than 50 years, Versar Global Solutions delivers a broad array of planning, analysis and risk management solutions, project and program management, operations and maintenance services, and information technology applications for environmental management and remediation projects, mission critical facilities and installations, and in support of readiness and contingency operations.

Who You Are:

Versar is seeking a full-time Host-Nation Engagement & Integration Director in the Digital Innovations operating unit to support mission-critical planning, coordination, and execution activities across the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR). Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Digital Innovations, the successful candidate will help Versar and its customers prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate geopolitical, logistical, permitting, and host-nation coordination challenges that can affect the speed, agility, and effectiveness of mission execution across the Indo-Pacific region.

The ideal candidate will bring practical experience working across Department of Defense echelons and joint service mission environments, with an understanding of Pacific Deterrence Initiative priorities, theater posture requirements, expeditionary engineering needs, and the operational realities of working with host nations. This role will support advanced planning, real estate and land-use coordination, permitting, stakeholder engagement, and field-level problem solving to reduce friction and improve readiness for projects in logistically constrained and politically complex environments.

The Host-Nation Engagement & Integration Director will work closely with Program Managers, customer representatives, uniformed engineering units, host-nation stakeholders, and internal technical teams to translate operational requirements into actionable field coordination plans. The successful candidate will be energized by the opportunity to develop new processes, leverage digital solutions, and improve the speed, agility, and cost efficiency of planning and execution efforts across the USINDOPACOM AOR.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the Host-Nation Engagement & Integration Director supporting the planning, coordination, and execution of mission-critical activities across the USINDOPACOM AOR.
• Assist Program Managers and customer teams in preparing for, adapting to, and mitigating geopolitical, logistical, permitting, and host-nation coordination challenges that affect project delivery.
• Support advanced planning efforts, including site access, land-use considerations, real estate coordination, permitting pathways, local stakeholder engagement, and field-level readiness activities.
• Coordinate with DoD stakeholders, joint service representatives, uniformed engineering units, contractors, government authorities, and host-nation partners to support timely project execution.
• Identify risks, constraints, and decision points that may affect mission timelines, cost, access, approvals, or operational agility, and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Capture field insights and lessons learned to inform improved planning processes, digital workflows, and repeatable approaches for future USINDOPACOM efforts.
• Travel to logistically constrained and austere locations in the Pacific region to support coordination for mission-critical infrastructure, expeditionary engineering, and related readiness efforts.
• Maintain accurate documentation, including coordination trackers, planning assumptions, stakeholder inputs, permit status, access requirements, progress updates, and risk mitigation actions.

What You’ll Bring:

• At least 10 years of progressive experience supporting DoD, joint service, expeditionary engineering, infrastructure, logistics, real estate, permitting, planning, or field coordination efforts.
• Proven experience coordinating mission support activities in the Pacific region or other complex, geopolitically sensitive operating environments.
• Experience supporting risk identification and mitigation related to access, permitting, host-nation…