[Hiring] Director, Emergency Preparedness @ICF

Role Description

ICF's Disaster Management Division seeks a Director, Emergency Preparedness to lead high-impact emergency management programs, strengthen client readiness, and help communities prepare for and navigate complex disasters. This Remote U.S. role combines technical preparedness leadership, portfolio delivery, client partnership, and business growth, with nationwide travel up to 50%.

The Director will lead all-hazards planning, continuity, training and exercises, capability assessment, stakeholder coordination, and emergency operations support. The role also oversees multiple clients and teams, advances delivery quality and financial performance, and serves as a subject matter expert for strategic pursuits and proposals.

This is an opportunity for an experienced emergency management leader to shape resilient programs, guide multidisciplinary teams, and build trusted relationships with public-sector clients nationwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Homeland Security, Public Health, Environmental Science, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of combined emergency management and FEMA-related experience, including 3+ years in a leadership or client-facing capacity.
• 3+ years of direct experience managing multiple clients, projects, Project Managers, or multidisciplinary teams.
• 3+ years of direct experience developing, updating, implementing, or validating Emergency Operations Plans, continuity plans, annexes, procedures, or emergency management programs.
• 3+ years of direct experience in emergency planning, preparedness, Emergency Operations Center activations, incident management, training, or exercises.
• 3+ years of experience managing project or program budgets, schedules, staffing, contracts, client relationships, and delivery risks.
• Willing and able to travel, both flight and vehicle, with anticipated travel up to 50%.
• Must have a valid current U.S. driver’s license and can successfully pass a Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check.

Requirements

• Lead the development and maintenance of all-hazards Emergency Operations Plans, Emergency Support Function and hazard-specific annexes, continuity plans, crisis communications plans, EOC procedures, SOPs, field guides, and job aids.
• Ensure plans align with federal, state, and local requirements and recognized guidance, including FEMA CPG 101, NIMS, and ICS.
• Conduct hazard, vulnerability, risk, and capability assessments, and coordinate planning across public, private, nonprofit, and community partners.
• Lead integrated, multi-year preparedness, training, and HSEEP-aligned exercise programs, including seminars, workshops, drills, tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises.
• Oversee exercise design, conduct, and evaluation, including objectives, scenarios, plans, manuals, MSELs, evaluation guides, briefings, and supporting materials.
• Facilitate hotwashes and after-action meetings; deliver After-Action Reports and Improvement Plans; and track corrective actions through completion.
• Own portfolio performance across delivery quality, staffing, utilization, schedules, contracts, budgets, compliance, client satisfaction, and risk.
• Oversee on-call and task-order engagements, manage Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams, and establish clear standards, controls, reporting, and accountability.
• Identify and address delivery, compliance, staffing, financial, and client-retention risks while maintaining applicable FEMA, grant, contract, quality, and audit requirements.
• Serve in a leadership or advisory role during EOC activations and incident response operations.
• Apply ICS and NIMS to support situational awareness, resource management, action planning, documentation, executive briefings, and interagency coordination.
• Provide timely recommendations to executive leadership on preparedness, response, continuity, and recovery priorities.
• Grow the portfolio through existing-client expansion, add-on task orders, recompetes, and target-market pursuits.
• Build senior relationships with emergency management agencies, Public Assistance grant recipients, and preparedness and resilience stakeholders.
• Gather market and competitive intelligence and collaborate with portfolio, service line, capture, and technical leaders to advance growth objectives.
• Lead or oversee proposal development and submission for assigned pursuits and support go/no-go decisions as required.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, solution architect, reviewer, and technical contributor on major emergency management and preparedness pursuits.
• Partner with capture and growth teams on win strategy, competitive positioning, staffing, proof points, pricing inputs, compliance, and proposal quality.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $158,819.00 - $269,993.00 based on full-time employment.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and retirement plans.
• Flexible work environment with remote opportunities.

Company Description

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer.