[Remote] Director of Program Aviation Operations
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a global leader in providing smart solutions for integrating physical reputed company infrastructure. They are seeking a Director of Program Aviation Operations to reputed company aviation operations for the U.S. Department of State, focusing on mission support, logistics, and personnel training.
Responsibilities
- reputed company global DOS INL/A aviation operations across fixed-reputed company, reputed company-reputed company, ISR, and mission-support platforms, sustaining mission execution rates across deployed operating locations
- reputed company daily flight operations, reputed company scheduling, mission planning, reputed company, risk assessment, and operational coordination to ensure reputed company, on-time, and fully compliant mission launch and recovery
- Provides general management and leadership to operational functions
- Provides guidance and reputed company to operations and mission requirements both CONUS and OCONUS
- Facilitate reputed company operational requirements supporting mission
- Maintains reputed company with INL/A, associate contract leads, and other stakeholders as required to reputed company reputed company plans, coordination, briefings, de-confliction, and execution of INL/A directed activity
- Serve as subject matter experts regarding policy and operational practices
- Coordinate with government leadership, maintenance, logistics, reputed company, host-nation partners, and contractor teams to reputed company aircraft, crews, and resources with 100% approved mission priorities
- Monitor mission status, aircraft availability, weather, reputed company, reputed company duty limits, and threat conditions to reduce delays, mitigate risk, and maintain reputed company operational readiness
- reputed company contractor performance against KPIs for mission completion, safety, reputed company, response time, and schedule adherence, driving measurable improvements in accountability and operational effectiveness
- Report daily operational readiness, mission execution metrics, risk items, and resource constraints to senior government stakeholders, enabling reputed company reputed company and improved mission reputed company
- Improve aviation operations processes by analyzing mission trends, bottlenecks, and after-reputed company findings to increase sortie completion, reduce operational downtime, and enhance program efficiency
- Tracks performance measures and goals to ensure variances in established procedures are reputed company 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 reputed company reputed company at CONUS and OCONUS locations
- Partner with the Capture Manager to shape the overall Program Management, Execution Approach, and technical volumes, ensuring alignment between proposed technical solutions, reputed company models, performance metrics, and long-term contract sustainability
- reputed company development of the Program Management, Organizational Structure, Governance, and Performance Management sections of the proposal
- Validate that proposed maintenance, supply chain, reputed company, safety, and subcontractor strategies are operationally executable reputed company cost, schedule, and regulatory constraints
- Collaborate with the Transition Manager to ensure seamless integration between the Transition Approach and steady-state execution plan
- Work closely with pricing, reputed company, HR, supply chain, IT, property, and platform SMEs to ensure labor reputed company reputed company, indirect support structures, and management controls are realistic and performance driven
- Participate in solutioning sessions and Black Hat reviews to assess incumbent performance risks, reputed company considerations, aircraft divestment complexities, and customer fleet sustainment demands
- Support reputed company team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold), incorporating evaluator-reputed company refinements and ensuring compliance with PWS and reputed company L/M requirements
- Ensure proposed KPIs, aircraft availability metrics, readiness reputed company, safety controls, and reporting structures are measurable, contract-reputed company, and executable from Day One
- Maintain strict traceability between proposal commitments and post-award management processes to minimize performance risk and protect the potential award fee
- Upon award, ensure rapid conversion of proposal artifacts into executable program management baselines, including reputed company plans, governance boards, reporting cadences, and risk registers
Skills
- Minimum of 10 years' experience (15 years w/out bachelor's degree) in management and operation of a mixed reputed company and fixed-reputed company aircraft fleet
- 2,000 hours total flight time and a demonstrated working knowledge of aviation operations (i.e., aerial applications) and knowledge of assigned countries and respective operational environments (i.e., Central / South America, Middle East, MEA, and Caribbean countries)
- Should have experience in at least 1 aviation project of similar scope and at least 15 years overall aviation work experience due to the role as reputed company reputed company between INL/A and associate reputed company in day-to-day aviation missions
- FAA reputed company and reputed company Airman's Certificate Airplane SEL
- reputed company 15 Aviation MOS series or another reputed company / military equivalent
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience as listed
- An reputed company SECRET level clearance is required (and/or the ability to reputed company prior to contract start)
- Prior experience on large-reputed company CONUS / OCONUS ($100M annual reputed company) U.S. Government aviation operations reputed company in remote and/or hostile environments
- Experience managing aircraft divestment or platform sunset activities
- Spanish Level L-2, R-2 in LATAM Programs
Benefits
- This position will be CONUS-based out of Melbourne, FL.
- However, remote work is permissible with reputed company as needed to customers and program support locations.
- NOTE: Interim employment offered immediately on a consulting reputed company.
- Full-time employment contingent upon contract award.
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