The posting
About Skylight
Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.
We’re at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world.
If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we’d love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists.
The work we do matters.
About the job
Since launching several years ago, our team has grown rapidly. We find ourselves in an exciting position to further deepen our partnerships within the government contracting space, to continue to attract and retain amazing teammates, and to scale our capacity to make an even bigger difference in the world.
Currently, our company is organized into three main groups: Executive Office (sets and operationalizes the strategic direction of the company), Federal Health & Civilian (focused on federal health and civilian missions), and Defense & Security (focused on defense, national security, and public safety missions).
As Skylight’s Vice President (VP) of Growth, you’ll report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and be responsible for driving sustainable, high-impact growth across the company. A critical aspect of your role will be to fully leverage Skylight’s unique portfolio of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract vehicles. These vehicles permit any federal agency customer to issue direct (or non-competitive) Phase III contract awards to Skylight for any of our services — without any dollar, time, size standard, or workshare restrictions.
Additionally, you’ll champion the use of advanced AI/automation to streamline and modernize end-to-end growth operations. While you don’t need to be a deep AI expert, you must demonstrate openness, willingness, and aptitude for integrating these emerging tools and practices into our growth strategies.
What you’ll do
- Strategize, design, and build a scalable growth model that leverages Skylight’s portfolio of SBIR/STTR contract vehicles and enables us to thrive in a variety of competitive environments (e.g., small business set-asides)
- Formulate and execute cyclical growth strategies (e.g., 6 months, 12 months, 24 months) in alignment with the company’s strategic direction, values, core competencies, financial targets, and customer/market opportunities (both new and organic)
- Lead and coordinate all growth-related activities and teams across the company, including business development, sales pipeline management, account management, capture management, and bids & proposals
- Partner with business unit executives to strategize and help execute any key initiatives or areas that are identified for both new and organic growth
- Guide the firm on all aspects of pursuing and winning target contract opportunities, including the appropriate resources, vehicles, and teaming arrangements
- Collaborate closely with Skylight’s marketing and communications functions to ensure outreach and growth activities are fully aligned and synchronized
- Play a hands-on role, as necessary, in a variety of growth activities, including bids & proposals
- Identify opportunities to integrate AI/automation into growth workflows (e.g., pipeline analytics, proposal creation) to enhance efficiency and scalability
- Continually improve Skylight’s growth infrastructure and practices, including tools, processes, and training
What we're looking for
Minimum qualifications
- Broad executive-level growth experience, including business development, capture management, teaming agreements, proposal management, pricing models, and contract financials
- Demonstrated experience managing and achieving growth (both new and organic) in the government professional services space, particularly at the federal level
- Ability to coordinate growth-related activities and teams cohesively and collaboratively within a matrixed environment
- Ability to establish order, calm, and accountability in the growth practice
- Ability to establish and maintain trusted relationships both internally (e.g., executives, client delivery leads) and externally (e.g., customers, vendor partners)
- Deep understanding of government procurement regulations, processes, and contract types, particularly at the federal level
- Experience collaborating with other business functions such as finance and marketing
- A fundamental understanding of our core competencies, such as user experience design, product management, and software engineering
- Outstanding organizational skills, including attention to detail
- Relentless commitment to excellence and quality in everything we do
- Superb written and oral communication skills
- Willingness and aptitude to adopt AI/automation tools into growth operations (no deep AI expertise required, but must show enthusiasm and adaptability)
- Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
- Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
- A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
- Ability to travel for work from time to time
Nice-to-have qualifications
- Prior experience winning contracts using the SBIR/STTR procurement authorities
- Prior experience working in the civic tech space
- Experience working in a remote-team environment
Don’t meet every qualification but think you can do the job? We’d still love to hear from you. If you’re excited about the role, apply. We consider candidates with a range of backgrounds and experiences.
Other requirements
- All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. Some federal contracts require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.
- You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.
- As a government contractor, you may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance.
- You may be required to complete a company background check successfully.
- Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.
Position type
This is a full-time, exempt position.
Location
This is a fully remote position.
Care package
Salary
The salary range for this position is between $170,000 and $240,000.
Benefits
Your well-being is important to us, so we focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
- Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
- Business development / sales bonuses
- Referral bonuses
- Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
- An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good
Interview tips
- Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
- Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.
- If you’d like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at [email protected].
We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you’re authorized to work in the U.S.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.
