IBCS Regional Lead
SAIC · Huntsville
SAIC is seeking an experienced IBCS Regional Lead to direct operational execution and mission support across a geographically dispersed group of Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) sites. The Regional Lead serves as the primary operational leadership point for the assigned region, translating program priorities into coordinated site-level action while maintaining readiness, customer confidence, and continuity of support.
This full-time position is fully on-site at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The Regional Lead reports to the Operations Manager, supervises multiple site leads, and requires up to 50% travel to CONUS and OCONUS customer locations.
The successful candidate will lead distributed field-support personnel, synchronize competing requirements, and integrate field operations with technical, logistics, training, property, security, travel, and program-management functions. This position requires a leader who can make sound day-to-day decisions within delegated authority, communicate difficult information clearly, and promptly elevate contractual, funding, scope, safety, security, or other material risks to the appropriate authority.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Direct day-to-day operational execution across multiple IBCS sites within the assigned region.
Supervise multiple site leads and provide performance management, leave management, staffing, employee development, expectations, and accountability.
Translate program priorities into regional operating plans, site tasking, staffing coverage, schedules, and measurable outcomes.
Maintain visibility of personnel, system, equipment, training, fielding, maintenance, and customer-support readiness across the region.
Lead, coach, and develop geographically dispersed site leads and field-support personnel while sustaining accountability despite limited face-to-face contact.
Serve as a trusted customer-facing representative to supported Army organizations, site leadership, senior stakeholders, and the IBCS program office.
Deliver timely and candid status, including limitations, schedule impacts, recovery plans, and decisions required from leadership or the customer.
Prioritize competing fielding, test, training, maintenance, travel, and surge-support requirements; allocate or recommend resources within delegated authority and communicate tradeoffs to affected stakeholders.
Integrate regional activity with systems integration, field service, logistics, training, property, security, deployment, travel, program control, and other program functions.
Identify operational and program risks early, assign and track mitigation actions, and escalate matters involving scope, funding, contractual direction, safety, security, or customer commitments.
Establish and maintain an accurate reporting rhythm for readiness, staffing, schedule, risks, actions, and customer concerns.
Maintain operational continuity during deployments, leave, staffing gaps, urgent customer requirements, and changes in mission tempo.
Support process improvement, lessons learned, cross-training, succession coverage, and standardization across regional sites while accounting for legitimate site-specific requirements.
- Travel to supported sites and customer locations as mission needs require
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