Vice President of Operations

  • Full-time

Company Description

Encompass (IT) Security Services is a full services technology service provider located in Bowie, MD. Our services range from enterprise planning and implementation to Cyber Security. Our clients include federal, state and local governments, non-profits and other corporate entities.

Encompass offers very competitive compensation packages which includes:

  • Medical 
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Life
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 401K - 4% match with immediate vesting
  • Direct Deposit
  • Educational/Training/Certification Reimbursement
  • Professional Membership Fee Reimbursement

Job Description

The Vice President of Operations (VPO) is a member of our executive team. They handle the day-to-day administration and operation of our business. The Vice President of Operations has overall supervisory responsibility for all of the entity's operations.

The VPO position is tasked with providing leadership, management, and vision to ensure that the business has effective people, operational controls, and administrative and reporting procedures in place. The VPO must help effectively grow the company and ensure its financial strength and operating efficiency.

The VPO shall accomplish some or all of the following tasks or objectives:

Business operations for production, marketing and sales, and research and development. The VPO's job is to be internally focused.

Qualifications

To be considered for the VPO position, the right candidate needs the correct combination of education and significant experience.

  • Education: The minimum educational requirement is a bachelor’s degree in business or a related subject, but we prefer to hire someone with an MBA.
  • Experience: Must possess extensive experience within the government contracting arena. Must possess at least 15 years of business management experience, with at least five of those years spent in a senior management role.
  • Education requirement can be satisfied with additional experience. 

VPO Skills & Competencies

In addition to the educational and experience requirements, We are looking for VPO candidates who also have the following soft skills:

  • Leadership:  Must have excellent leadership skills, business acumen and ability to effectively manage, lead and supervise a multidisciplinary team
  • Strategy:  Must excel at strategic thinking, be open to new perspectives and better ways to do things; and be creative, a visionary, and manage innovation well
  • Completion-oriented: Must be results-driven
  • Understands finance:  Must have a track record of successful financial management
  • Decision-making skills: Must have superior decision-making skills
  • Delegation: Must have the ability to delegate effectively
  • Communication: Must possess executive-level communication and influencing skills with the ability to resolve issues, build consensus among groups of diverse internal/external stakeholders, and have proven skill in negotiating and mediating conflict

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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