Director of Disaster Response - Norfolk, VA

• Pay or shift range: $140,000 USD to $150,000 USD

  This is an estimated pay range for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

• Travel Required :
  Yes

The Director of Disaster Response will build and expand Canopy's national disaster response platform, positioning the company as a premier provider of emergency infrastructure services. This role spans emergency management, government contracting, business development, logistics, and field operations while developing the people, partnerships, systems, and processes needed to prepare in advance, secure work, and mobilize quickly.

• This role has no direct reports.

• Build and continuously improve Canopy's national disaster response platform.
• Develop operational plans, mobilization procedures, response protocols, resource matrices, checklists, and internal workflows.
• Establish scalable systems capable of supporting multiple simultaneous disaster response operations.
• Maintain organizational readiness for hurricanes, severe weather, flooding, wildfires, winter storms, infrastructure failures, and other emergency events.
• Develop pre-event planning and activation procedures for Canopy leadership and operational teams.
• Conduct post-event reviews and continuously improve Canopy's response capabilities.
• Identify and monitor federal, state, local, utility, and other public‑sector procurement opportunities.
• Support Canopy responses to RFPs, RFQs, emergency solicitations, task orders, and rapid procurement requests.
• Maintain visibility into existing and potential emergency contract vehicles.
• Coordinate with Canopy leadership, estimating, operations, finance, legal, and strategic partners during proposal development.
• Assist with proposal strategy, pricing coordination, capability statements, technical responses, and required documentation.
• Maintain awareness of registrations, licenses, certifications, insurance requirements, and other compliance requirements associated with disaster response contracting.
• Develop and maintain mobilization plans for Canopy disaster response missions.
• Coordinate personnel, subcontractors, equipment, transportation, staging locations, lodging, communications, temporary facilities, and other mission‑critical resources.
• Maintain situational awareness during developing weather and emergency events.
• Assist executive leadership with activation decisions and operational briefings.
• Support field command and coordination during major deployments.
• Travel and deploy on short notice when required.
• Detail‑oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Setting priorities and defining actions, time, and resources needed to achieve predefined goals.
• Being persistent and showing perseverance in achieving concrete and tangible results out of personal responsibility.
• Understands and processes complex information and exercises sound judgment, considering the situation, the issues, the key players, and the levels of authority involved.

• Regular travel with significant travel during disaster events.

• 10+ years of experience leading emergency management, disaster response, government contracting, debris management, heavy civil construction project management, emergency logistics, infrastructure, utility operations, transportation, or public‑sector procurement.
• Direct experience working in disaster‑affected areas.

• Experience supporting large‑scale mobilizations is highly valued.
• Experience supporting FEMA‑related operations, state emergency management agencies, municipalities, utilities, or…