Director of Emergency Management

• 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 Emergency Management leads the development, implementation, and expansion of emergency management, preparedness, resilience, and disaster recovery services across the United States, strengthening relationships with government agencies, utilities, healthcare organizations, and critical infrastructure partners while growing the company's emergency management and disaster services portfolio.

This role provides leadership and mentorship to emergency management program personnel.

• Lead the development and delivery of emergency management programs supporting preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, and long-term resilience.
• Provide subject matter expertise to government agencies, utilities, and critical infrastructure organizations on emergency management planning, operational readiness, and disaster response.
• Develop and evaluate Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs), Continuity of Operations Plans (COOPs), hazard mitigation plans, and other emergency management frameworks.
• Support the development, modernization, and operational readiness of Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs).
• Integrate FEMA Community Lifelines, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and Incident Command System (ICS) principles into client programs.
• Establish and maintain relationships with federal, state, and local emergency management agencies, public safety leadership, and elected and appointed government officials.
• Represent the company in professional emergency management associations, industry conferences, government working groups, and public-sector engagements.
• Build partnerships with healthcare systems, utilities, infrastructure operators, and community organizations.
• Monitor emerging emergency management policies, federal guidance, grant programs, and government procurement opportunities.
• Design, coordinate, and deliver emergency management training and exercise programs, including tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises using Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) principles.
• Conduct capability assessments, gap analyses, after-action reviews, and improvement planning.
• Support company disaster response leadership during major incidents such as hurricanes, severe storms, flooding, and public health emergencies, coordinating with internal teams responsible for debris management, emergency logistics, temporary infrastructure, base camps, resource staging, and recovery.
• Assist clients with incident management structures, EOC operations, emergency communications, resource requests, and interagency coordination during emergency activations.
• Identify, develop, and pursue emergency management consulting and professional services opportunities nationwide, including responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Qualifications (RFQs), and government solicitations.
• Develop scopes of work, technical approaches, staffing plans, and service delivery strategies.
• Collaborate with affiliated XKIG companies to identify cross-selling opportunities and integrated infrastructure resilience solutions.
• Build programs, establish operating procedures, and develop scalable service delivery capabilities that support revenue growth and successful project execution.
• 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.

Travel is required, including travel throughout the United States.

• Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Administration, Public Safety, or a closely related discipline/equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in emergency management, public safety, fire/EMS, emergency communications, or related fields.
• Significant leadership experience in emergency management program…