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Director, VP of Forward Deployed Engineering – TS/SCI
Xcelerate SolutionsXcelerate Solutions seeks Director/VP of Forward Deployed Engineering to lead senior tech teams. Responsible for managing federal programs, relationships, and technical execution.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesTypeScript
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead the Forward Deployed Team.
- Hire, develop, and retain senior team leads.
- Set the technical bar and run architecture review.
- Own staffing across accounts.
- Own senior customer relationships.
- Be the executive point of contact for senior DoD/DoW (PEOs, Service CIOs/CDOs, CDAO leadership, Combatant Command J6/J8) and civilian agency leadership (CIO, CTO, CDO, mission directorate heads).
- Brief senior stakeholders.
- Brief flag/general officers, SES executives, congressional staff, and PEOs credibly — both on what we do technically and on what we will deliver, when.
- Drive program execution and capture.
- Partner with growth/BD to shape and capture programs.
- Convert pilots into programs of record across OTAs, MTAs, the software acquisition pathway, IDIQs, BPAs, and prime/sub structures.
- Own ATO / cATO strategy at the company level.
- Decide which IL boundaries we invest in (IL5 → IL6 → IC ICD 503), what we accredit ourselves vs. inherit, and how we sequence.
- Sponsor high-side deployments.
- Ensure the team has the cleared people, hardware, and contracts to operate inside Advana, SIPR, JWICS, and air-gapped enclaves.
- Bring the field back to product.
- Sit on the product leadership table.
- Translate field learnings into the roadmap and decide what becomes product vs. solution.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Technical depth, not just management.
- CS or related background; has personally shipped software earlier in career and can argue architecture trade-offs in real time.
- 10+ years delivering software into DoD/DoW and/or civilian federal agencies.
- Personally on the hook for ATOs and milestones.
- Existing senior-level rolodex across GO/FO, SES, PEO, and senior staff in DoD/DoW and/or major civilian agencies.
- Track record of taking capabilities from pilot to a sustained, funded program in active mission use.
- Personal fluency operating in IL5/IL6, SIPR, and JWICS environments.
- End-to-end cATO experience.
- Familiarity with Advana / CDAO required.
- Built and run technical delivery teams of 10+.
- Hired senior engineers from federal-focused vendors, FFRDCs, software factories, and primes.
- Active TS/SCI required at offer.
- SCI with current poly is a plus.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth.
- Great Place to Work certified company with a 4.6 star and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating.
- Provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software deliveryarchitecture reviewATO managementcATO experienceprogram executionsoftware acquisition pathwayIL5IL6technical depthsoftware development
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementteam developmentrelationship managementbriefingstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcollaborationdecision-making
Certifications
Active TS/SCISCI with current poly