Director of Tampa Operations and SOCOM

Location: Tampa, Florida, USA; must reside in or relocate to the Tampa area

Salary: $180,000–$220,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops products, engineering services, and integrated solutions for government, defense, and other customer missions.

What you will do

• Establish, lead, and grow hirify.global operations and a regional customer engagement center in Tampa.
• Build senior relationships with USSOCOM, DHS, other government organizations, operational users, acquisition professionals, and industry partners.
• Develop growth strategies, qualify opportunities, manage the pipeline, and support capture, proposals, pricing, demonstrations, and contract transitions.
• Develop defense-industry partnerships, teaming arrangements, subcontracting relationships, reseller opportunities, and co-developed solutions.
• Oversee contracts, task orders, funding, deliverables, schedules, staffing, risks, financial performance, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead tactical demonstrations, exercises, evaluations, field events, deployments, after-action reviews, and Tampa-based multidisciplinary teams.

Requirements

• Former U.S. Government civilian with at least 20 years of relevant experience in acquisition, program management, technical organizations, operations, or related mission areas.
• Significant experience leading multidisciplinary technical, acquisition, program, or operational teams.
• Expert knowledge of U.S. Government organizations, acquisition processes, budgeting, appropriations, funding execution, and approvals.
• Experience working with senior government leaders, contracting organizations, program offices, operational users, and industry partners.
• Strong knowledge of contract execution, task orders, funding modifications, deliverables, schedules, risk management, and contractor performance.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, briefing, and executive engagement skills.

Nice to have

• Direct experience supporting USSOCOM, Special Operations Forces, or related program and acquisition organizations.
• Relationships within the Tampa defense and national security community.
• Experience with command-and-control systems, tactical software, mission systems, edge computing, tactical communications, or data integration.
• Experience with demonstrations, operational evaluations, exercises, fielding activities, capture management, proposals, pricing, or government-industry teaming.
• PMP certification, Defense Acquisition Workforce credentials, relevant degree, or familiarity with CRM, ERP, project management, and financial management systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a professional, accountable, customer-focused work environment.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Up to 15 paid vacation days and 11 paid holidays per year.
• Tuition reimbursement.