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Director of Operations

Steampunk

McLean, VAJob$180–250K/yrPosted 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$180–250K/yr
Location
McLean, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Public Trust clearance

Job overview

Steampunk seeks an experienced Director of Operations to lead operational delivery across a sector and guide current and future operations. The role leads program, project, and technical leaders delivering IT services, hires leadership for client delivery teams, and supports, trains, and mentors program and project managers. The position requires extensive federal IT services leadership experience across multiple agencies or components and the ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Business BuildingLeadershipLeadership MethodologyCross-Functional CollaborationContract ProposalsService Delivery ImprovementTrainingMentorshipP&L ManagementFederal IT Services

Qualifications

10+ Years Program or Operations Director/VP ExperienceU.S. Government Security Clearance Eligibility

Full job description

Overview

Design. Disrupt. Repeat.

Be an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence. Steampunk is looking for an experienced Director of Operations with an appetite for taking on new challenges.

Why Steampunk?

Our people are the very core of what we do; their expertise and hunger for new and exciting challenges fuel our relentless pursuit of mission success. As part of our team of “Punks,” you’ll test the status quo, explore new boundaries, and set the bar high for how government clients expect to engage with contractors.

Contributions

  • Be responsible and accountable for all the operational delivery across the sector

  • Provide operational support, leadership, and guidance in the current and future operations of the sector

  • Lead a growing team of program, project, and technical leaders in providing best in class IT services

  • Identify and hire the absolute best leadership we can find for our client delivery teams

  • Support, train, and mentor program and project managers for success in the performance of their work

Qualifications

  • An entrepreneurial desire to build a business

  • An informed opinion on what leadership is (and is not)

  • A leadership philosophy/methodology

  • Experience collaborating with sales, business development, recruiting, contracts, and finance in the pursuit of new contracts/proposals

  • Experience collaborating with program managers, project managers, and clients to improve the delivery of services and create “client delight”

  • Experience in training and mentorship of project and program managers in the performance of their duties

  • Experience being responsible and accountable for the P&L of your area of responsibility

  • 10+ years of Program and/or Operations Director/VP experience leading federal IT services work across multiple agencies/components

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $180,000 to $250,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date (11/3/2026 12:25 PM)

Job ID 8372

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

How this job compares

Set against the 509 open Operations Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$180–250K/yr
  • US median$145–180K/yr330 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $215K, is 35% above the US median midpoint ($159K) — in the middle half of Operations Director salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 15 open Operations Director jobs in Virginia and 509 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Operations Director postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (348 postings).
Education
148 of the 509 open Operations Director jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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