Senior Procurement Project Manager – Team Lead

seeking a Senior Procurement Project Manager – Team Lead to support complex technology and professional services procurements across multiple large public-sector clients.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role responsible for leading procurement project teams while also directly contributing to the development and execution of complex procurement initiatives. The individual will provide structure and direction to assigned resources, establish and manage procurement plans and schedules, coordinate activities across business and technical stakeholders, and personally assist with procurement development and execution as needed to keep initiatives moving.

This is not an oversight-only position. The successful candidate must be comfortable leading the team while also working alongside the team to develop solicitation materials, coordinate evaluations, facilitate procurement activities, resolve issues, and complete deliverables.

The role will potentially support procurements across multiple contracting vehicles and approaches, possibly including Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS), Requests for Offer (RFOs), Technology Solution Services (TSS), RFPs/RFQs, and other public-sector technology procurement methods.

The ideal candidate has significant experience with complex technology and IT professional services procurements—not simply general purchasing or commodity acquisition—and combines deep public-sector procurement and contracting knowledge with strong project leadership and hands-on execution skills.

• Lead and work alongside procurement and contract resources supporting multiple concurrent technology procurement initiatives.
• Execute established procurement strategies and plans while providing experienced input and recommendations regarding contracting vehicles, procurement approaches, sequencing, schedules, risks, and implementation considerations.
• Lead complex technology and professional services procurements from planning and requirements development through solicitation, evaluation, negotiation, vendor selection, contract execution, and transition to delivery.
• Develop and coordinate procurement packages that may include DBITS statements of work, RFOs, TSS requests, RFPs/RFQs, scopes of work, requirements, evaluation criteria, schedules, attachments, and supporting procurement documentation.
• Develop and manage procurement project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, assignments, priorities, review cycles, approvals, and critical-path activities.
• Coordinate business, technical, procurement, legal, finance, management, and other stakeholders required to successfully complete procurement activities.
• Plan and coordinate vendor-facing activities including pre-proposal conferences, questions and answers, addenda, clarifications, negotiations, and other activities required through vendor selection and award.
• Plan and coordinate vendor presentations and demonstrations during evaluation periods, including schedules, participants, evaluation requirements, documentation, vendor communications, scoring activities, and follow-up.
• Develop and administer structured evaluation processes, scoring methodologies, evaluation tools, evaluator instructions, documentation, and evaluation-team activities.
• Navigate applicable public-sector procurement review, approval, posting, governance, and compliance requirements and proactively identify dependencies or barriers that could affect procurement schedules.
• Personally develop, review, edit, and complete procurement deliverables as needed while also reviewing team work for quality, completeness, consistency, and readiness.
• Identify and help resolve procurement risks, issues, dependencies, bottlenecks, and schedule constraints; elevate matters requiring management direction when appropriate.
• Provide concise status, recommendations, risks, dependencies, and decision information to program and senior leadership.
• Help establish and improve repeatable procurement processes, templates, tracking mechanisms, and lessons learned across client engagements.

• 8+ years of progressive experience leading and executing complex procurement,…