Vice President of Business Management

Overview:
The ITility VP of Business Management is a senior executive responsible for optimizing business performance, managing key initiatives, and acting as a strategic advisor to top leadership. This dynamic, high-profile role involves ensuring that ITility’s operations align with its overall strategic objectives and financial goals. The ideal candidate has experience within the Government Contracting industry, preferably having worked their way up to an executive role. This position will report directly to the President and CEO of ITility. This position is hybrid with 2-3 days per week at ITility HQ located in Chantilly, VA.

ITility is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business with a passion to equip our nation’s Intelligence Community, armed forces and first responders with the very best to empower their missions. From the virtual battlefield to boots on the ground, our people, processes, and performance drive our ability to help our clients protect what matters, now and for generations to come.

At ITility, we help our customers command the future by thinking beyond perceived limits to create new, unexpected ways to protect and defend our nation. We inspire and empower people to create significant solutions that secure what matters to our customers and communities, here and around the globe.

We Value:
• The Drive to Perform Beyond Perceived Limits.
• The Desire to Find Significance in All We Do.
• The Passion and Compassion That Powers Both.

Responsibilities:
• Oversee corporate operations including Finance, Contracts, People Operations (HR), Talent Acquisition, Security, and Quality.
• Strategic Planning and Execution: Developing and implementing new business strategies and initiatives and ensuring departments align with the company's long-term vision.
o Contribute to the development and execution of annual business plan.
o Work directly with CEO to align corporate operations with executive business plan.
o Streamline or implement structures and roles that boost speed and efficiency while supporting rapidly shifting business demands.
• Operational Oversight: Managing day-to-day operations across various departments to ensure efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
• Financial Management: Overseeing budgets, analyzing financial performance, identifying cost-reduction opportunities, and ensuring optimal capital utilization.
• Risk Management: Identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks, including legal, regulatory, and capacity issues.
o Strong working knowledge of industry regulations and legal guidelines.
• Relationship Management: Building and maintaining strong, trusted relationships with key stakeholders, clients, partners, and internal teams.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Leading and mentoring cross-functional teams, fostering a positive company culture, and ensuring employee development and accountability.
o Hire and retain top talent.
o Build and develop your teams.
• Decision Making: Making important decisions that directly impact the company and contribute to procedural and policy development. Implement operational processes improvements where necessary.
• Market Analysis: Staying informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and market shifts to develop ideas for new products, services, and business models.

Skills & Abilities: A successful Vice President of Business Management possesses a blend of strategic, leadership, and operational skills.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• High financial acumen, including budgeting and forecasting expertise.
• Proven leadership and the ability to motivate and manage diverse teams.
• Project management and operational excellence expertise.
• Adaptability and emotional intelligence to navigate dynamic business environments and complex relationships.

Required Qualifications:
• A bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or a related field is a minimum requirement.
• Minimum of 15 years of management experience with at least 7 years of government contracting experience.
• Masterful organizational, communication, and leadership skills, backed by previous professional success.
• Excellent knowledge of government contracting financial processes.
• Experience in developing budgets and business plans.
• Experience overseeing human resources operations.
• Experience coordinating and managing ISO 9001 Audits

Preferred Qualifications:
• MBA or advanced degree
• Active Accounting or Financial certifications (i.e., CPA, CA, CMA, CPAC, FP&A, FRM, CIMA, or CGFM).
• Active Secret or Top-Secret Clearance
• Experience coordinating and managing ISO 27001 Audits

Physical Requirements:
• Work is typically performed in an office setting.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear, and see.
• Must have the ability to lift 15-25 pounds.

ITility is an Equal Opportunity Employer
ITility is committed to providing a work environment that is non-discriminatory, harassment free, fair, ethical and inclusive.

ITility is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and complies with all applicable laws which prohibit discrimination and harassment in the workplace. ITility strictly prohibits discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law in all terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including without limitation, recruiting, hiring, assignment, compensation, promotion, discipline and termination. This policy covers conduct occurring at ITility’s offices, client sites, and other locations where ITility is providing services, and to all work-related activities.