Vice President of Defense & Security

The role

You will own the success of the defense and security business, including profit and loss, strategic growth, and client outcomes. You will manage a portfolio including U.S. Department of Defense components and security-mission agencies.

What you will do

• Own and expand Skylight’s portfolio of work with defense and security customers
• Research and interpret key market drivers
• Translate market insights and customer feedback into service offerings
• Build strategic relationships with government stakeholders and vendor partners
• Lead and oversee bid and proposal processes
• Transform client objectives into customized engagement strategies
• Assemble and manage multi-disciplinary teams
• Provide oversight into the status and health of client engagements
• Facilitate open retrospectives with clients and teams
• Oversee core operational functions including human resource management

Required qualifications

• Experience in defense, homeland security, or justice mission environments
• Ability to manage a multi-million-dollar profit and loss business
• Ability to sustain and grow a professional services business
• Strong understanding of how a professional services and government contracting business works
• Startup mentality
• Excellent general management and leadership skills
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Excellent people management skills
• Experience building and managing high-performing teams
• Relentless commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Collaborative, supportive leadership style
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Prior experience working in the civic tech space
• Experience working in a remote-team environment

Benefits

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of salary with no vesting period
• Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Company performance and growth bonuses
• Referral bonuses
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases

Before you apply

• All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories
• Some federal contracts require U.S. citizenship
• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship
• May be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance
• May be required to complete a company background check successfully

About the company

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.