Senior Project Manager Government Operations Recovery Initiative; GovOps), Office of City Administrator

• Full-time
• Job Code and
  
  Title:
  
  1825-Principal Administrative Analyst II
• Fill Type:
  Permanent Exempt

Permanent Exempt (PEX):
Full Time position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive civil service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointment officer. The anticipated duration of this project position is thirty-six (36) months and will not result in an eligible list or permanent civil service hiring.

Specific information regarding this recruitment process are listed below:

Resumé and cover letter are required at the time of application.

About the Office of the City Administrator

The Office of the City Administrator includes 20+ agencies and over 1,000 dedicated staff who provide essential services to San Francisco residents and businesses and improve the administration of government.

Our Mission

The City Administrator’s Office is strongly committed to ensuring efficient and effective government services, increasing the City’s safety and resiliency, strengthening the local economy, supporting equity and inclusion, and optimizing the City’s capital planning and infrastructure.

Our Vision

We are committed to ensuring that the City's services are inclusive, efficient, equitable, and culturally competent for San Franciscans of all races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientations. This commitment requires comprehensive review and thorough analysis of existing practices and policies to remove barriers to real inclusion.

We are also committed to ensuring that the Department is a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace for individuals of all races. This includes creating opportunities for hiring, promotion, retention, training, and development, for all employees, including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).

About the Government Operations Initiative

The Government Operations Initiative (Gov Ops) brings together teams across the City Administrator’s Office, Controller’s Office, and Department of Human Resources to tackle complex operational challenges that cut across traditional departmental boundaries. Launched in 2022 with an initial focus on supporting the City’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov Ops focuses on improving the systems, policies, and processes that underpin City operations, with a focus on procurement and contracting, hiring, and financial operations.

Gov Ops teams combine project management, policy and process expertise, data analysis, and change management to develop and implement complex reforms. Our work requires understanding how City processes operate today, identifying where they create unnecessary burden or barriers, and partnering across departments to design and implement practical improvements.

The Procurement Reform Team

The Senior Project Manager will join the Gov Ops Procurement Reform team within the City Administrator’s Office. Our team leads citywide efforts to make procurement and contracting simpler, faster, more effective, and more accessible for both the City staff who use these processes and the suppliers who do business with the City.

Our portfolio spans policy and legislative reform, business process redesign, technology modernization, data and performance, and improvements to the supplier experience. We take on complex problems that often cross organizational and functional boundaries, working from initial problem definition and research through design, implementation, change management, and evaluation.

While our core team is small, our work is highly collaborative. We partner closely with the Office of Contract Administration (OCA), Contract Monitoring Division (CMD),…