Director Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management

Full Job Description

• Provides executive leadership for planning, directing, evaluating, negotiating, and resolving all matters involving acquisitions, logistics management, and contracts and grants financial advisory services on behalf of the entire NIH community.
• Directs the development and implementation of policies that contribute to an environment conducive to the conduct and support of a highly productive biomedical research organization.
• Participates with the NIH Senior Leadership and their staff in acquisitions policy and program formulation while maintaining effective relationships with DHHS, government oversight entities, and acquisition communities.
• Implements plans consistent with the interests of the NIH and understands and keeps abreast of local and national policies and trends that affect OALM’s areas of responsibility and the NIH at large.
• Directs OALM’s staff of approximately 256 FTEs and 247 contractors with an annual budget of approximately $115 million.
• Establishes and enters into agreements or commitments that affect NIH management involving NIH acquisition, contracts and grant financial advisory services, and logistics management policy or operations.
• Provides executive leadership on a national scale through the interpretation, development, negotiation, and implementation of NIH business management policies and procedures with research administrators and business officials of grantee and contractor organizations.
• Addresses unresolved acquisition, financial advisory, and/or logistics problems of concern across NIH and DHHS.
• Provides executive leadership and direction for NIH's $8.3 billion annual acquisition program, to include providing expert advice and leadership to NIH senior management in top-level policy determinations and overall planning.
• Provides executive leadership and direction for all business management policies and procedures pertaining to a total of nearly $2.5 billion in research and development (R and
  
  D) contracts.
• Provides executive leadership for all business management policies and procedures pertaining to a total of over $5.4 billion non-R and D contracts.
• Provides executive leadership and direction to the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). The NITAAC program awards multi-agency and multiple-award IT contracts.
• Provides overall direction and guidance to NIH simplified acquisition operations, which include purchase cards and Blanket Purchase Agreements valued at approximately $411 million annually.
• Provides broad management and oversight of NIH’s $25 million logistics operations including policy and management direction for NIH personal property, transportation, and supply/warehouse operations.
• Provides functional management and oversight to the NIH Purchase Card (P-Card) Program, with over 1,100 cardholders.
• Participates, directs, and/or oversees the President's Management Agenda and OMB acquisition and logistics initiatives.
• Directs all activities of the OALM to achieve the mission and goals.
• Creates a work environment dedicated to customer service that fosters a high standard of excellence.

• Position is subject to a background investigation.
• This position requires completion of a public financial disclosure report.

The OD, Office of Management, NIH seeks candidates who have a commitment to excellence and the energy, enthusiasm, and innovative thinking necessary to lead a dynamic and diverse organization. All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive-level management capability. Applicants must meet the requirements for the 1102 series as defined by the U.S.…