Executive Vice President of Emergency Response & Preparedness

Jordan Sitter Associates•Austin, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Based in San Antonio, Texas, the Executive Vice President of Emergency Response & Preparedness is a senior operational leader for a fully funded, mission-driven nonprofit emergency management organization. The role runs the operational efforts of the response enterprise, serves as second-in-command to the President, and is part of succession planning for the top job. It is a high-profile, high-tempo position intended for a mid-career leader and is explicitly not a 40-hour role for someone winding down a career. When disasters occur, the organization deploys medical teams, shelters, mobile command, and a reservist force of roughly 1,000 professionals, with capacity to scale beyond that for major events. The organization focuses on serving communities without needing to pursue contracts to maintain operations. The successful candidate will assume day-to-day operational decision-making, lead activations and deployments, strengthen organizational and reservist readiness, and build confidence among the board, partners, and customers as a credible successor to the President.

Requirements

Ten or more years of progressive leadership, including at least seven years at the senior or executive level, in fire service, emergency management, public safety, healthcare preparedness, or a related field.
Proven command of emergency operations, significant incidents, or large-scale deployments in a life-safety environment.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing budgets, personnel, and organizational performance.
Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, public administration, business, homeland security, public safety, or a related field.
ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, IS-700, and IS-800 certifications.
Emergency Medical Responder certification or higher at hire, or within one year.
Availability outside normal hours during emergencies.
Ability to travel with limited notice and work in field and EOC environments.

Nice To Haves

Fire service leadership is strongly preferred.
Master’s degree preferred.
CEM certification.
FEMA Professional Development and Advanced Professional Series.
MEP.
Continuity of operations training.
PMP or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Serve as second-in-command and principal advisor to the President, and lead the organization in the President’s absence.
Direct activations, deployments, and planned events, serving as incident commander or in executive coordination roles and as the face of operations to customers.
Lead preparedness and planning, including emergency operations, continuity, and contingency plans, exercises, and after-action improvement.
Oversee logistics and resource readiness across fleet, facilities, equipment, communications, and supplies.
Build a qualified, credentialed, and deployable reservist cadre using systematic readiness data and modern tools.
Set goals, budgets, and performance measures for four functional leaders and their teams, and develop the next generation of operational leaders.
Represent the organization with government agencies, healthcare and nonprofit partners, and community leaders.
Maintain organizational and operational readiness, including equipment uptime and plan currency.
Ensure effective execution of emergency operations and deployments.
Improve reservist qualification, credentialing, and deployment readiness.
Integrate operations, planning, logistics, and cadre functions.
Steward financial, personnel, and operational resources responsibly and ensure compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.