Deputy Strategic Growth Director

Job Description

Job Description

The Deputy Strategic Growth Director serves as the operational counterpart to the Strategic Growth Director, ensuring day-to-day execution of strategic initiatives, project oversight, administrative coordination, customer engagement, and regional operations. The Deputy is fully capable of assuming the Director's responsibilities when required and serves as the continuity leader for the Tampa regional office. This position works across business development, operations, project management, and customer success to ensure commitments are executed efficiently while maintaining SSU's culture of servant leadership, accountability, and excellence.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support execution of all strategic growth initiatives and regional operations.
• Coordinate daytoday project execution, schedules, risks, budgets, and deliverables.
• Provide administrative oversight including reporting, meeting coordination, actionitem tracking, and documentation.
• Serve as deputy to the Strategic Growth Director and assume leadership during absences.
• Maintain relationships with customers, partners, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Support proposal development, capture activities, and contract transition.
• Travel as required to customer sites, project locations, and conferences.
• Coordinate across operations, construction, logistics, finance, and executive leadership.
• Mentor project teams while leading by example at every organizational level.
• Support establishment and growth of SSU's Tampa regional presence.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 815 years progressively responsible leadership in defense, government, construction, engineering, or related industries.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Resides in or willing to relocate to the Tampa Bay region.
• Willing to travel up to 40% as required.
• Strong organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated servant leadership; equally comfortable leading executive meetings or supporting handson operational tasks.
Benefits include:
• 401K Matching
• PTO and Holiday
• Full Medical Insurance
• Referral Bonus Program

If you are seeking a highly rewarding and challenging position that allows you to make a positive impact, we encourage you to apply or submit your resume/CV to View email address on us.fitly.work.

SSU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.