Vice President - Transformation

Wounded Warrior Project, Inc; United States; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid schedule

Medical/dental/vision for dependents

Competitive pay and incentives

Mission-driven, collaborative culture

Job summary

Wounded Warrior Project, Inc. is seeking a Vice President of Transformation to drive strategic leadership across Transformation and Suicide Prevention functions, aligning organizational priorities with innovative care models for veterans and their families.

You will shape the future of veteran mental health and scale high-impact programs with cross-functional collaboration. The role requires executive leadership, strong strategic thinking, and the ability to partner with external institutions to

Qualifications

• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal and listening skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for Transformation and Suicide Prevention functions.
• Lead efforts to shape the future of veteran mental health and healthcare delivery.
• Develop and execute suicide prevention roadmap and initiatives.
• Oversee the WWP Clinical Advisory Council on Advanced Therapies.

Job description

Great benefits. Competitive pay. We know these are some of the things people look for in a job.

If you're the kind of person who believes that honoring and empowering our nation's veterans is more than just a cause - that it's a calling - then we're ready to meet you.

When you join Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), you're committing to making a difference. We make a commitment to you, too - helping you to find that spark, ignite your passion to serve, and embark on a career with meaning and purpose.

At WWP™, we recognize our mission cannot be accomplished without our talented teammates, which is why we're proud to offer benefits such as:

• A flexible hybrid work schedule (three days in the office, two days' work from home)
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for both teammates AND family members
• Competitive pay and performance incentives
• A fun, mission-focused, and collaborative team environment

A mission that matters is just the beginning, so if you're ready to get started, we're ready for you.

The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Vice President of Transformation is responsible for the continuous evolution of transformational initiatives across the organization. Situated within the Complex Care portfolio and reporting to the Senior Vice President of Complex Care, this role provides executive leadership for WWP's Transformation and Suicide Prevention functions. Through these teams, the Vice President helps shape the future of veteran mental and brain health by advancing innovative solutions, driving enterprise priorities, and strengthening outcomes for warriors and their families. The Vice President serves as the catalyst between WWP's vision for the future and the operational systems that deliver impact today. In partnership with leaders across the organization, this role identifies emerging opportunities, develops and tests new approaches, and executes enterprise priorities, including WWP's suicide prevention roadmap, to strengthen organizational impact and advance the mission.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide strategic leadership and oversight for WWP's Transformation and Suicide Prevention functions, establishing priorities that advance organizational objectives and long-term impact.

Lead efforts to understand and shape the future of veteran mental health, brain health, healthcare delivery, and human performance, translating emerging opportunities into innovative solutions and organizational capabilities that advance WWP's vision and improve outcomes for warriors and their families.

Develop and execute WWP's suicide prevention roadmap, leading strategic initiatives, partnerships, learning activities, and investments aimed at reducing suicide risk and improving well-being among warriors and their families.

Provide executive oversight of the WWP Clinical Advisory Council on Advanced Therapies, ensuring external expertise informs organizational strategy, innovation priorities, and future care models.

Establish and maintain partnerships with academic institutions, healthcare systems, think tanks, and external collaborators to advance research, innovation, and evidence generation that supports WWP's mission.

Establish and lead a disciplined innovation-to-scale model that enables WWP to identify, test, evaluate, and expand high-impact programs, partnerships, technologies, and care models.

Establish governance, decision criteria, and responsible innovation guardrails to evaluate emerging therapies, partnerships, pilots, and transformation initiatives through clinical, ethical, legal, operational, reputational, and warrior-safety considerations.

Drive cross-functional alignment with leaders across the Complex Care portfolio and broader organization to translate emerging knowledge, research findings, and innovative concepts into sustainable operational improvements and scalable solutions.

Lead and develop high-performing, mission-focused teams while fostering a culture of curiosity, innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.

Attend and actively participate in required training and/or meetings, including but not limited to New Teammate Orientation, WWP Cares, ASIST Suicide Prevention training, Leadership training, culture/team based training, or departmental huddles.

Other related duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and listening skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, ask critical questions, obtain pertinent information, interpret and explain complex information, anticipate areas of concern, and provide well-supported responses to leadership.

Exceptional relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish effective working relationships, demonstrate a customer-centric philosophy, and cultivate this mindset across the team.

Proficiency in using data to communicate complex information to varied audiences, tell a clear story, and drive action.

Advanced analytical skills, with t