Program Executive Director

Overview

This position description is subject to change at any time as needed to meet the requirements of the program or company.

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $4.5B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

V2X invites applications for the position of Program Executive Director for the U.S. Department of State (DoS) Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement / Office of Aviation (INL/A) Worldwide Aviation Support Services (WASS) program. This program focuses on providing aviation support for the eradication and interdiction of illicit drugs, training of contractor and host nation personnel, movement of personnel and equipment, reconnaissance, personnel recovery (PR), medical evacuation, security of personnel and equipment, and ferrying of aircraft.

Fixed Wing (FW), Rotary Wing (RW) and Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) platforms supported both CONUS and OCONUS:

• F/W: DHC-8; C-208; B-1900
• R/W: HH-60L; HH60; UH-1 ST; UH-1 HII;
• SUAS:
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This permanent full-time position will be CONUS-based out of Melbourne, FL. However, remote work is permissible with visits as needed to customers and program support locations.

Contract Period of Performance: 10 Years

NOTE:

Interim employment offered immediately on a consulting basis. Full‑time employment contingent upon contract award.

Key

Job Responsibilities:

• Direct enterprise‑level DOS INL/A aviation operations and maintenance programs across deployed locations, sustaining contractually required mission readiness, aircraft availability, and operational execution rates.
• Lead integrated flight operations, maintenance, logistics, safety, quality, and contractor performance functions to ensure safe, compliant, and uninterrupted mission support.
• Oversee daily readiness reviews, maintenance priorities, mission schedules, risk items, staffing, and supply constraints to drive timely corrective actions and measurable performance improvement.
• Manage program resources, budgets, manpower, aircraft utilization, and sustainment requirements to meet cost, schedule, safety, readiness, and mission‑support objectives.
• Enforce DOS, INL/A, FAA, OEM, host‑nation, safety, security, and contractual compliance, supporting zero major safety violations and successful audits, inspections, and program reviews.
• Advise senior government leadership on fleet health, mission execution, contractor performance, operational risks, and strategic priorities, enabling data‑driven decisions and improved mission outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement across aviation operations and maintenance by analyzing KPIs, trend data, and after‑action findings to increase mission completion, reduce downtime, improve fleet reliability, and strengthen contractor accountability.
• Tracks performance measures and goals to ensure variances in established procedures are clearly identified and corrective actions defined to ensure the services provided to the customer are of the highest standards and continually enhance the overall mission of the Department of State Air Wing at CONUS and OCONUS locations.
• Pre‑Award and Proposal Development Support:
• Partner with the Capture Manager to shape the overall Program Management, Execution Approach, and technical volumes, ensuring alignment between proposed technical solutions, staffing models, performance metrics and long‑term contract sustainability.
• Lead development of the Program Management, Organizational Structure, Governance, and Performance Management sections of the proposal.
• Validate that proposed maintenance, supply chain, quality, safety, and subcontractor strategies are operationally executable within cost, schedule, and regulatory constraints.
• Collaborate with the Transition Manager to ensure seamless integration between the Transition Approach and steady‑state…