Indo-Pacific Host-Nation Engagement Lead

VERSAR; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Versar Global Solutions seeks a Host-Nation Engagement & Integration Director to enable mission-critical planning and coordination across the USINDOPACOM AOR from its Honolulu base. You will translate operational requirements into field coordination plans and work with DoD stakeholders to ensure timely project execution.

The role emphasizes traveling to austere locations, managing real estate, permitting, and host-nation engagement, with a focus on speed, agility, and cost efficiency in complex

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of progressive experience supporting DoD, joint service, expeditionary engineering, infrastructure, logistics, real estate, permitting, planning, or field coordination efforts.
• Proven experience coordinating mission support activities in the Pacific region or other complex, geopolitically sensitive operating environments.
• Experience supporting risk identification and mitigation related to access, permitting, host-nation coordination, real estate, logistics, environmental considerations, and mission-critical infrastructure delivery.
• Excellent problem-solving, judgment, and decision-support skills in dynamic field environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Host-Nation Engagement & Integration Director supporting planning, coordination, and execution of mission-critical activities across the USINDOPACOM AOR.
• Assist program managers and customer teams in preparing for, adapting to, and mitigating geopolitical, logistical, permitting, and host-nation coordination challenges.
• Support advanced planning efforts, including site access, land-use considerations, real estate coordination, permitting pathways, and stakeholder engagement.
• Coordinate with DoD stakeholders, joint service representatives, uniformed engineering units, contractors, government authorities, and host-nation partners to support timely project execution.
• Identify risks, constraints, and decision points affecting timelines, cost, access, or approvals; propose mitigation strategies.
• Capture field insights and lessons learned to inform improved planning processes and digital workflows.
• Travel to logistically constrained and austere locations in the Pacific region to support coordination for critical infrastructure projects.
• Maintain accurate documentation including trackers, assumptions, inputs, permit status, access requirements, and progress updates.

Skills

DoD coordination

Pacific region experience

risk mitigation

stakeholder engagement

communication

planning and field coordination

team collaboration

data/documentation

travel readiness

policy compliance

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Project

Job description

Versar Global Solutions seeks a Host-Nation Engagement & Integration Director to enable mission-critical planning and coordination across the USINDOPACOM AOR from its Honolulu base. You will translate operational requirements into field coordination plans and work with DoD stakeholders to ensure timely project execution.

The role emphasizes traveling to austere locations, managing real estate, permitting, and host-nation engagement, with a focus on speed, agility, and cost efficiency in complex