IT Procurement & Project Manager

Job Duties

• Lead and manage IT procurement activities, including new procurements and contract renewals, ensuring adherence to organizational policies, timelines, and budget requirements.
• Cook up with procurement, legal, and governance stakeholders to address contractual, compliance, and risk-related considerations.
• Maintain tracking of contract renewals, procurement events, policy exceptions, and key contract milestones to ensure timely execution.
• Represent the IT organization during procurement planning meetings to gather business requirements and align procurement strategies with stakeholder needs.
• Serve as the primary liaison between program staff and procurement stakeholders, facilitating communication and resolving procurement-related issues.
• Develop and support solicitation documents, including Requests for Quotes (RFQs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and related procurement documentation.
• Provide guidance on solicitation language to ensure clear requirements and accurate vendor responses.
• Cook up with business units, technical teams, and financial stakeholders to gather requirements and complete procurement packages.
• Perform quality reviews of solicitation documents prior to submission for procurement processing.
• Lead vendor implementation projects for commercial and off-the-shelf technology solutions from project initiation through deployment.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and communication plans.
• Cook up with internal teams, vendors, and technical stakeholders to manage project risks, resolve issues, and maintain project progress.
• Monitor project scope, schedule, budget, and contractual commitments, escalating issues to leadership as appropriate.
• Prepare and deliver regular project status reports and project documentation to support governance and informed decision-making.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for contract-related questions and technical compliance matters.
• Perform contract compliance reviews to ensure vendor performance aligns with contractual obligations and technical requirements.
• Escalate complex contract or technical issues to appropriate leadership for resolution.
• Maintain organized documentation of contract deliverables, amendments, performance metrics, and issue logs to support contract oversight and audit readiness.

Job Requirements

• 2+ years of project management experience.
• 2+ years of business analysis experience.
• 1+ year of experience developing Requests for Quotes (RFx) or similar solicitation documents.
• 1+ year of experience developing Statements of Work (SOWs).
• 1+ year of procurement experience.