Director Strategic Operations Jobs in Reston, VA

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What You Will Do:

• Provide leadership within Guidehouse's Ginnie Mae housing finance portfolio, ensuring delivery quality, operational discipline, and client satisfaction.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client leadership on housing finance policy, mortgage markets, servicing operations, capital markets, and risk management.

• Lead complex advisory engagements spanning policy analysis, financial modeling, operational assessment, and stakeholder coordination.

• Translate statutory, regulatory, and supervisory requirements into practical, compliant operating and analytical solutions.

• Drive business development and growth, including identifying client needs, shaping follow-on work, leading capture strategy, and supporting proposal development.

• Partner with capture, proposal, and solution leaders to develop win strategies and ensure compliant, compelling proposal submissions.

• Produce and review executive-ready deliverables, briefings, and analyses for senior leadership, boards, and oversight bodies.

• Lead, mentor, and scale multidisciplinary consulting teams, establishing strong quality assurance, audit-ready documentation, and on-time delivery.

What You Will Need:

• 10+ years of consulting experience advising financial services institutions and/or federal housing agencies.

• Experience supporting federal policy and program implementation, translating regulatory requirements into compliant solutions.

• Proven ability to lead high-visibility advisory engagements with strong delivery governance and quality control.

• Ability to communicate complex analysis to executive audiences, including senior leadership, boards, and oversight bodies.

• Demonstrated success in business development, including capture strategy and proposal development.

• Strong people leadership skills, including mentoring and managing multidisciplinary teams.

• Reputation for professional judgment, credibility, and discretion in highly regulated and scrutinized environments.

What Would Be Nice to Have:

• Expertise in housing finance and mortgage markets, including government-backed lending programs and mortgage servicing operations; and/or strong knowledge of capital markets and mortgage-backed securities (MBS), including investor reporting, portfolio performance, credit risk transfer, and macroeconomic impacts.

• Experience supporting Ginnie Mae; or comparable experience with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA/HUD, mortgage servicers, or housing finance regulators.

• Experience supporting large federal programs, including contract compliance, financial management, and account operations.

• Experience presenting to regulators, inspectors general, boards, or other oversight bodies.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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