Director of Business Transformation

Afognak

$185K — $225K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Chesapeake, VA
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in a Government Contracting (GovCon) environment
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Expertise in FAR, DFARS, CAS, DCAA, and CMMC regulations
  • 8+ years leading enterprise business or digital transformation initiatives
  • Proven record of ERP implementations and complex systems integration
  • Extensive experience with Deltek Costpoint, Microsoft Dynamics, and other specified systems
  • Strong background in accounting and compliance for government contractors

Responsibilities

  • Partner with leadership to set business transformation strategy
  • Develop and maintain a multi-year transformation roadmap
  • Identify opportunities to enhance operational effectiveness and compliance
  • Lead standardization of business processes across operations
  • Establish governance and reporting processes for transformation
  • Lead enterprise system integration and optimization initiatives
  • Create executive dashboards to track performance metrics

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Disability protection and life insurance
  • Prescription coverage and voluntary benefits
  • Paid leave and 401(k) retirement plan
  • Compliance with SCA, DBA, and CBA requirements
Full Job Description
Taxable Entity

AFOGNAK NATIVE CORP

Job Title

Director of Business Transformation

Location

AL Huntsville Corporate - Huntsville, AL 35806 US
VA Remote - Remote, VA 23320 US (Primary)

Category

Business Program Management and Administration

Job Type

Full-time

Typical Pay/Range

$185,000 to $225,000 Annually

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

Up to 25%

Security Clearance Required

None

POSITION OVERVIEW AND PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS):

Afognak Native Corporation has an opportunity for a Director of Business Transformation. The Director of Business Transformation serves as the enterprise leader responsible for driving strategic business transformation initiatives across the organization. Reporting directly to the Chief Administrative Officer, this position partners with executive leadership to improve operational performance, modernize business processes, and implement technology solutions that support growth, compliance, scalability, and operational excellence.

This leader will develop and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap focused on optimizing end-to-end business processes, implementing enterprise technologies, and enhancing organizational capabilities. The Director will lead cross-functional initiatives spanning Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Contracts, Procurement, Program Operations, and Shared Services while ensuring compliance with government contracting regulations.

The successful candidate is an accomplished government contracting executive with extensive experience leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, implementing complex business systems, and driving organizational change within highly regulated environments.

Essential Responsibilities:

Enterprise Transformation Strategy
  • Partner with the Chief Administrative Officer to establish and execute the organization's enterprise business transformation strategy.
  • Develop and maintain a multi-year transformation roadmap aligned with corporate strategic objectives.
  • Identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness, reduce costs, enhance customer service, and strengthen compliance.
  • Lead enterprise initiatives that standardize business processes across federal and commercial operations.
  • Establish transformation governance, project prioritization methodologies, and executive reporting processes.
  • Present transformation progress, business cases, risks, and performance metrics to executive leadership.

Business Process Excellence
  • Provide executive leadership for enterprise process transformation including:
    • Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
    • Contract-to-Cash (C2C)
    • Hire-to-Retire (H2R)
    • Record-to-Report (R2R)
    • Budgeting and Forecasting
    • Project Accounting
    • Human Capital Management
    • Payroll
    • Contracts Administration
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Shared Services

Responsibilities include:
  • Business process redesign
  • Process standardization
  • Workflow automation
  • Internal control improvements
  • Policy development
  • Operational efficiency initiatives
  • Continuous improvement programs

Enterprise Systems & Digital Transformation
  • Lead enterprise system implementations, upgrades, integrations, and optimization initiatives across the business.
  • Demonstrated experience leading successful implementations and integrations of:
    • Deltek Costpoint ERP
    • Microsoft Dynamics
    • Hyland OnBase
    • ADP
    • Workday
    • Microsoft Power BI
    • IBM Cognos
    • Unanet

Responsibilities include:
  • Business requirements definition
  • Solution design
  • Vendor management
  • System integration
  • Data governance
  • Organizational readiness
  • User adoption
  • Post-implementation optimization
  • Partner closely with IT leadership to ensure technology investments align with business priorities and deliver measurable operational value.

Government Contracting Compliance:
  • Provide strategic oversight to ensure business transformation initiatives comply with applicable government contracting regulations including:
  • Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
  • Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
  • Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
  • DCAA requirements
  • DCMA Business System expectations
  • Ensure business processes support audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and contractual obligations while improving operational efficiency.

Executive Partnership
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the Chief Administrative Officer by:
    • Evaluating strategic business initiatives
    • Developing business cases and ROI analyses
    • Advising on organizational design and process improvements
    • Identifying operational risks and mitigation strategies
    • Supporting mergers, acquisitions, and organizational integration activities, as applicable
    • Driving enterprise-wide change management efforts

Data Analytics & Executive Reporting
  • Develop executive dashboards and performance metrics utilizing:
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • IBM Cognos
  • Enterprise reporting platforms
  • Provide actionable insights into:
    • Operational performance
    • Financial performance
    • Transformation progress
    • Process efficiency
    • Compliance metrics
    • Organizational KPIs

Leadership
  • Lead cross-functional transformation teams across multiple business functions.
  • Manage business analysts, project managers, consultants, and implementation partners.
  • Build collaborative relationships with Finance, IT, HR, Contracts, Procurement, Program Management, and Operations leaders.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Payrange: $185,000 to $225,000 Annually

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience within a Government Contracting (GovCon) environment.
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Demonstrated expertise interpreting and applying FAR, DFARS, CAS, DCAA, and CMMC requirements within operational and technology environments.
  • Minimum of 8 years leading enterprise business transformation, process improvement, or digital transformation initiatives.
  • Proven success leading multiple enterprise ERP implementations and complex system integrations.
  • Extensive experience implementing and optimizing:
    • Deltek Costpoint
    • Microsoft Dynamics
    • Hyland OnBase
    • ADP
    • Workday
    • Microsoft Power BI
    • IBM Cognos
    • Unanet
  • Demonstrated leadership of Procure-to-Pay, Contract-to-Cash, and Hire-to-Retire transformation initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of government contractor accounting, procurement, project accounting, communication, strategic planning, facilitation, and change management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
  • Experience with robotic process automation (RPA), workflow automation, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation technologies.
  • Experience supporting DCAA and DCMA audits.
  • Experience leading enterprise shared services transformations.


The pay range information provided is a general guideline. The pay rate offered will be determined based on the candidate's experience and qualifications, as well as geographic locations, market data, and other business considerations, as permitted by law.

Our full range of benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability protection, life insurance, prescription coverage, voluntary benefits, paid leave, and 401(k) retirement. Positions covered by the McNamara O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), or a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), or Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will comply with the statute or CBA requirements as well as other client-customer contract requirements (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). For more information, please visit our Company's Career page.

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