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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.