Federal Operations Director

TL;DR

Federal Operations Director: Owns the design, build-out, and scaling of internal operational programs that enable the company’s fast-growing federal/defense business with an accent on creating repeatable, compliant, and scalable operational processes. Focus on building federal-compliant processes and serving as the operational bridge between commercial best practices and federal/DoD mandates.

Location: Must be a U.S. Citizen

Company

hirify.global is introducing the new era of data storage for the growing AI market.

What you will do

• Design, document, and roll out company-wide Federal Operations programs, processes, playbooks, and tools.
• Partner closely with the VP of Federal, CTO, and Federal Compliance Officer to align operations with sales strategy, technical roadmaps, and regulatory requirements.
• Build and scale federal-compliant processes for CMMC 2.0 / NIST 800-171 compliance program.
• Secure hardware configuration management and delivery.
• Establish and own the company’s Federal Operations Handbook and continuous improvement cycle.
• Track and improve key federal metrics: on-time delivery, CPARS scores, audit findings, etc.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required
• 10+ years of federal/defense operations, program management, or technical program leadership experience at a hardware + software company.
• Proven track record of building and scaling federal-compliant operational.
• Experience creating repeatable processes for mixed hardware/software deliveries into DoD and Federal customers.
• Exceptional ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical playbooks and tools that engineering and operations teams actually use.
• Strong cross-functional collaborator—comfortable partnering daily with Sales, Engineering, Compliance, and Finance leaders.

Nice to have

• Former federal/DoD program management or contracts experience.
• Prior role standing up CMMC or FedRAMP compliance programs.
• Previous P&L or operational budgeting responsibility.
• Experience in creating and implementing complex planning models.