Sr. Vice President, Business Unit (Remote)

GovCIO is seeking an accomplished Senior Vice President (SVP) to lead a major business unit supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs-primarily VBA and NCA. The SVP is responsible for business-unit leadership, delivery excellence, client relationships, people leadership, growth strategy, and full P&L ownership.

This leader reports to the VETS Sector President and operates with an enterprise mindset-advancing outcomes for Veterans, VA, GovCIO, and our people.

This position will be fully remote with occasional travel to VA sites, GovCIO offices, or partner locations as needed.

Responsibilities

Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Own executive accountability for performance across all programs, including quality, schedule, cost, staffing, contractual compliance, security, risk, and client satisfaction.
• Establish predictable operating rhythms to surface program health, risks, financial performance, dependencies, and decisions early.
• Ensure commitments are baselined, clearly defined, and supported by proper funding, staffing, requirements, and client alignment.
• Identify risks early and intervene before issues escalate.
• Lead recovery of challenged programs until stabilized.
• Foster integrity, transparency, discipline, and alignment with client expectations.

Client Leadership

• Build trusted relationships with senior VA executives, program leaders, contracting officials, and mission stakeholders.
• Develop deep understanding of client priorities, mission needs, and organizational dynamics.
• Communicate openly, directly, and constructively when expectations, scope, funding, or schedule require alignment.
• Position GovCIO as a reliable mission partner.
• Coordinate client engagement across GovCIO to present one aligned company.
• Protect trust by avoiding overcommitment and addressing issues transparently.

Growth & Market Position

• Lead strategy to retain existing work, grow current scope, and win new opportunities.
• Maintain a qualified pipeline aligned to VA priorities, GovCIO capabilities, long-term goals, and financial targets.
• Identify opportunities to expand impact by connecting capabilities and insights across business units.
• Partner with growth, capture, finance, solutioning, contracts, and operations throughout the BD lifecycle.
• Provide executive leadership for recompetes, captures, proposals, orals, and client shaping.
• Ensure growth goals are measurable, realistic, and supported by clear owners and plans.

Financial & P&L Leadership

• Own revenue, gross profit, contribution, and investment strategy for the business unit.
• Deliver accurate forecasts with clear assumptions, risks, and corrective actions.
• Manage staffing, utilization, pricing, subcontractors, indirect spend, delivery margin, and cost controls.
• Maintain program-level and portfolio-level financial insight.
• Ensure financial choices never compromise contract integrity, delivery quality, or GovCIO's reputation.

Executive & Organizational Leadership

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable vice presidents and senior program leaders.
• Establish clear roles, decision rights, expectations, and accountability.
• Empower leaders while maintaining appropriate executive oversight.
• Build leadership depth, continuity, and succession plans.
• Attract and retain leaders who demonstrate integrity, collaboration, and people-focused leadership.

Enterprise Collaboration & One-GovCIO Leadership

• Operate as an enterprise leader first, business-unit leader second.
• Prioritize mission outcomes and GovCIO's overall success.
• Share capabilities, talent, insights, lessons learned, and resources across business units.
• Build integrated approaches to VA priorities spanning multiple administrations and portfolios.
• Challenge silos and resolve cross-unit issues constructively.
• Support enterprise needs beyond the business unit.
• Ensure internal structure never becomes a client burden.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of senior leadership experience managing large federal programs or portfolios, ideally VA-related.
• Proven executive client engagement with senior government leaders.
• Demonstrated success in multi-program delivery with full P&L ownership.
• Experience driving growth, leading captures, and shaping client strategy.
• Strong financial acumen (programs and portfolios >$100M).
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to collaborate across complex organizations and lead with an enterprise mindset.

Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct VA experience with VBA, NCA, VHA, OEI, or VA enterprise programs.
• Experience leading business units within federal contracting organizations.
• Background in federal modernization, digital transformation, or mission-critical delivery.

Posted Salary Range

USD $350,000.00 - USD $365,000.00 /Yr.