Operations & Compliance Director

Amentum - Lansing, MI

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Lansing, MI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Operations & Compliance Director at Amentum will oversee a team responsible for providing programmatic support, ensuring operational and contractual compliance throughout the program's lifecycle. This role involves leadership in managing contracts, communications, finance, and HR teams, while also serving as a liaison between project teams and HQ functional support. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, experience in government contracting, and a commitment to achieving programmatic results and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and contractual compliance leadership through the entire life of the program, from start-up through close-out.
• Develop procedures to increase performance by implementing sound quality management processes and enforce SOPs related to programmatic activities.
• Review and develop operational best practices and support oversight of overall business operations and contract reporting requirements.
• Ensure necessary resources are provided to meet program requirements, directing and controlling procurements in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
• Monitor program's progress against contract and organizational goals, ensuring they are consistently met.
• Provide coaching, training, mentorship, and leadership to the contracts, communications, monitoring and evaluation, and finance and HR teams.
• Resolve staffing and resourcing challenges through creative and cost-effective approaches within budget.
• Provide financial, operational, and contractual direction to ensure on-time delivery of the contract scope of work and seek opportunities for continual improvement.
• Support development of program deliverables and perform high-level reviews and quality control for timely reporting.
• Oversee and ensure quality control of all financial management functions, including budget preparation, cost monitoring, and financial reporting.
• Lead contractual compliance assurance efforts and implement systems for risk mitigation.
• Lead contractual negotiations in coordination with HQ contracts, legal, and contracts team, ensuring delivery of all contractually required deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with Federal and international contractual and export regulations and advise Project Director on solutions to contractual matters.
• Ensure strategic alignment of project activities with those of the customer and organization.
• Develop and conduct customer engagement strategies, including participation in meetings and industry events.
• Support strategic supplier relationship development and refinement of statements of work, deliverables, schedules, and supplier terms.
• Participate in strategic planning, annual reporting, monitoring and evaluation reporting, and quality-related reporting as directed by the Project Director.
• Perform other duties and special projects as required.

Requirements

• At least thirteen (13) years of professional experience in a management role performing similar duties.
• Experience working on programs with monitoring and evaluation and quality standards requirements.
• High level understanding of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and agency supplements.
• Ability and willingness to travel to austere environments as needed (approximately 10%).
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in international development, business, global health, or related field.
• Proficiency in written and oral English language.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with USAID and/or in the global health arena preferred.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Flexible work environment
• Remote work options