Overview
The Principal Contracting Officer will be responsible for acquisition responsibilities within a specific portfolio, acting as a senior advisor on acquisition methods and processes, leading procurement processes, and managing contracts.
Key Responsibilities
- Accountability for a specific portfolio of Acquisition responsibilities (such as one or multiple Business Area(s), transverse acquisition programs or agreements, or specific Strategic Categories across the Agency Business Areas)
- Acting as a senior advisor to senior executives, committees and key functions with regards to the application of Acquisition methods and processes
- Leading procurement processes
- Contract management, administration and review
- Effectively leading a team of Contracting Officers and Contracting Assistants, managing their performance
Required Experience
- 5 years post related experience with a Master’s degree in a related discipline (Business, Law or Public Administration)
- 8 years post related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
- Extensive experience in leading and optimizing complex Acquisition, Procurement and Contractual matters, acquired preferably in large International Institutions (such as NATO, UN, EU, National MoD(s) etc…) at a significant level of responsibility (e.g., Contracts Manager, Procuring Contracting Officer) performing both pre-award and post-award contracting functions for high value contracts for complex systems level acquisitions
- Experience in acquisition of AI, cloud, cybersecurity or other IT technologies and services
- Thorough understanding of competitive and sole source contracting procedures, source selection procedures, negotiation skills, cost and price analysis techniques, contract law, contract administration and business practices
- Excellent communication, negotiation, leadership and organizational skills with proven ability to handle high amount of complexity
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in a related discipline (Business, Law or Public Administration)
- A Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
