# Director Operations - Defense

Description The Director Operations - Defense oversees and leads operational execution, customer experience, compliance, and process efficiency for ICAT’s Defense Contracting business subvertical. This role collaborates closely with the subvertical commercial lead and vertical leadership team to identify and drive strategic growth initiatives. The Director serves as the operational leader for defense-related logistics activities executed by a Control Tower team, ensuring mission-critical freight moves are executed efficiently and profitably while supporting long-term customer growth through vertical-specific solutions. The Director of Operations, Defense serves as ICAT’s senior operational authority within the defense vertical, aligning execution strategy with customer requirements, compliance standards, financial performance, and long-term growth objectives. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Operational Strategy & Execution Leadership Lead the team managing daily operational activities supporting ICAT’s defense contracting and government logistics business vertical Oversee execution of domestic and international defense-related shipments across all transportation modes Develop

- **Id**: 4144419
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/icat-logistics-director-operations-defense>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Elkridge, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T18:37:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T13:04:06Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9797
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Logistics, Courier Services

## Company

- **Id**: 3854180
- **Name**: Icat Logistics
- **Domain**: icatlogistics.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/icat-logistics>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Paylocity

## Salary

- **Min**: 146816
- **Max**: 172725
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 172725

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Management years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T06:31:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 172725
- **Is top pay**: yes

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