Vice President of Defense Programs - TS​/SCI Security Clearance

Position: Vice President of Defense Programs - TS/SCI with Security Clearance
Vice President of Defense Programs

Location:

Washington, DC (Hybrid)
Type:
Fulltime | Executive Leadership
Clearance: TS/SCI preferred Were supporting a fast growing dual-use defense company working across maritime, aviation, and expeditionary operations. This role owns the full journey from mission gap funded program fielded capability scaled production. You'll lead defense growth end-to-end: shaping requirements, navigating PPBE, winning programs, and standing up initial operational capability with real operators in the field. This is a builders role for someone who thrives in high trust, high impact environments.

What You'll Own
* Defense growth from first contact through operational deployment
* Translation of mission needs into funded, executable programs
* Executive relationships across Services, COCOMs, PEOs, primes, and policy stakeholders
* Capture strategy, proposals, negotiations, and revenue accountability
* Alignment of product direction with real maritime and aviation missions Ideal Background
* 10-20+ years across operations, acquisition, capture/BD, or program leadership
* Proven success taking 0 to 1 efforts into funded, operational programs
* Deep fluency in DoD resourcing, acquisition, and PPBE
* Trusted relationships across Services and program offices
* Ability to translate technical systems into mission relevant outcomes
* High autonomy, builder leader with strong execution bias

Preferred Experience
* INDOPACOM exposure
* Maritime, expeditionary, distributed logistics missions
* Navy / USMC / Air Force operational context
* Scaling programs from first award into multiyear production or services Travel: ~25%
Environment:
Growth stage, high ownership, mission driven