Operations & Compliance Director

Amentum - Baton Rouge, LA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Baton Rouge, LA

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 and objectives, 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 to ensure timely reporting.
• Oversee and ensure quality control of all financial management functions, including budget preparation, cost monitoring, and program financial reporting.
• Lead contractual compliance assurance efforts, implementing systems and best practices 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 the organization.
• Develop and conduct customer engagement strategy, including participating in meetings and attending industry events.
• Support strategic supplier relationship development and maturation, applying expertise in developing statements of work and supplier terms.
• Participate in strategic planning, annual reporting, monitoring and evaluation reporting, and other planning activities 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.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, detail-oriented, flexible, and possess strong organizational and time management skills.
• Proficient in financial and operational management, personnel management, and contractual management skills.
• Strong communication and business writing skills with experience drafting professional messages.

Nice-to-haves

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