Vice President of Program Excellence Job Merrifield Virginia USA,Management

Everforth ECS is seeking a Vice President , Program Excellence to work at our headquarters in Fairfax, VA .

The Vice President of Program Excellence is the enterprise executive responsible for strengthening program execution, delivery governance, and operational performance across Everforth ECS. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role establishes and continuously improves the enterprise framework for program and contract management, leads the Program Health Review process, and provides executive visibility into delivery performance, financial health, customer outcomes, operational risk, and portfolio health.

The Vice President serves as a strategic advisor to the COO and Business Unit leadership, partnering with Account Portfolio Leaders and corporate functions to identify systemic performance issues, intervene on high-risk programs, strengthen program leadership, and improve execution across the enterprise.

This role builds and leads the Program Excellence function as an enterprise center of excellence. The Vice President establishes practical, scalable standards; equips program leaders with the tools and insights needed to execute successfully; and holds the organization accountable for measurable improvement.

The successful leader will make program execution a competitive advantage by improving customer confidence, financial performance, delivery predictability, transition execution, recompete readiness, and the company’s ability to expand within strategic accounts.

Primary Responsibilities

Enterprise Program Governance: Own the Program Health Review framework, enterprise program standards, governance processes, and corporate contract review cadence. Establish common methodologies for assessing program financial health, delivery performance, customer health, risk, compliance, recompete readiness, and growth potential.
Executive Performance Leadership: Advise the COO, Business Unit Leaders, and executive leadership on portfolio performance, systemic delivery risks, emerging trends, and actions required to protect customer relationships, financial outcomes, and strategic growth.
Proactive Enterprise

Risk Management:

Identify systemic delivery risks, recurring delivery issues, staffing constraints, and opportunities for operational improvement. Lead or sponsor corrective and preventive actions, ensure executive accountability, and verify that improvements produce sustained results.
High-Risk Program Intervention: Lead independent assessments and executive deep dives for programs experiencing significant delivery, financial, customer, contractual, or organizational challenges. Engage program teams, customers, subcontractors, and corporate leaders to identify root causes and develop actionable recovery plans.
Program Leadership and Organizational Capability: Build a high-performing team of program management and operational excellence professionals who advise, mentor, and challenge program leaders throughout the contract lifecycle.
Management Capability Development: Develop playbooks, communities of practice, and enterprise program management standards. Establish training, onboarding, coaching, and leadership-development programs that improve the effectiveness of Program Managers and delivery teams at scale.
PgM and PM Maturity: Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve delivery predictability, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes across Business Units. Ensure standards are appropriately scaled based on program size, complexity, lifecycle stage, and risk.
Financial and Operational Performance: Partner with Finance and Business Unit leadership to improve forecasting accuracy, margin performance, cost management, resource planning, and the early identification of…