Director – Emergency Management Recovery

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Responsibilities • Lead delivery of Recovery programs and projects, ensuring technical quality, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction across the service line. • Establish and maintain delivery standards, SOPs, and quality control processes for FEMA PA, IA, HMGP, 404/406 Mitigation, HUD CDBG-DR and other work supported through federal grants. • Set portfolio-level performance metrics (utilization, margin, client retention, deliverable quality) and provide accountability to executive leadership. • Oversee project staffing, surge capacity, and deployment planning across active and pending projects. • Serve as the senior escalation point for project issues, client concerns, and technical disputes. • Serve as a senior subject matter expert on federal recovery programs, with strong knowledge of and practical experience with the FEMA Public Assistance Program. • Provide technical guidance on HMGP project development, to include BCA, and Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) compliance. • Advise on CDBG-DR program requirements. • Stay current on Stafford Act amendments, FEMA policy updates, and state-level recovery program changes. • Review complex, high-risk or high-visibility deliverables prior to client submission. • Directly supervise senior project leaders (Deputy Directors, Managing Consultants, Senior Consultants) within the Recovery division. • Develop staffing plans, career paths, and credentialing programs for portfolio personnel. • Mentor consultants on FEMA program technical skills, client engagement, and deliverable quality. • Conduct performance management, including goal setting, regular feedback, and performance reviews for direct reports. • Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. • Serve as the senior client-facing leader for Recovery engagements, including state recovery offices, local applicants/subrecipients, and FEMA regional/other federal staff. • Lead recurring client status meetings and executive briefings on major engagements. • Build and maintain relationships with state emergency management agencies, FEMA regional offices, and applicant communities. • Represent the Recovery practice in industry forums, professional associations (e.g., NEMA, IAEM), and conferences. • Contribute subject matter expertise to capture planning, proposal development, and oral presentations for Recovery pursuits. • Provide technical win themes, past performance content, and staffing plans for proposals. • Maintain client relationships in a way that supports organic growth and follow-on work. • Identify emerging client needs and policy changes that may inform BD strategy, and surface them to the BD team. • Participate in go/no-go decisions for Recovery pursuits as a technical reviewer. • Ensure portfolio engagements comply with applicable federal regulations (2 CFR 200, Stafford Act, Program Policy Guides, etc.) and state-specific requirements. • Oversee documentation standards sufficient to withstand FEMA, OIG, and Single Audit review. • Identify, escalate, and mitigate technical, financial, and reputational risks across the portfolio. • Coordinate with corporate Contracts, Finance, and Legal on contract compliance and modifications. • Perform other duties as assigned.

Years of directly relevant experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis, in addition to the minimum experience requirements below. • 7+ years of progressive experience in disaster recovery consulting, FEMA grant management, or state/local recovery program administration. • 5+ years of leadership experience, including direct supervision of project teams. • Demonstrated experience leading FEMA Public Assistance engagements at the state, subrecipient, or applicant level.

Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Public Policy, or a closely related field.