Director, Office of Contract Services

Senior Procurement Executive The incumbent serves as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Senior Procurement Executive (SPE), Head of Contracting Activity (HCA), and Director of the Office of Contracts Services. The incumbent is responsible for management direction of NGA's procurement system, including implementation of unique procurement policies, regulations, and standards. The incumbent reports to the Chief Acquisition Executive (CAE) and is responsible for advising and assisting the CAE, the Director of NGA, the Program Executive Officers (PEOs) and other senior agency officials on procurement and contracting matters to ensure that the mission of NGA is achieved. The incumbent oversees procurement and contracting for NGA. Advises senior leaders regarding the appropriate contract strategies to enable NGA's mission and strategic objectives. Ensures alignment of OCS goals with the agency's mission and strategy; Monitors performance of the agency's contracts and assists the CAE and PEOs in evaluating the performance of acquisition programs against applicable performance measurements. Ensures NGA effectively uses full and open competition in its acquisitions; Establishes a supportive climate for attainment of DoD small business goals; Supports annual financial statement audit activities; establishes and tests appropriate internal controls; Champions a broad range of effective contracting strategies including commercial contracts, other transactions, performance-based contracting and other innovative contracting methods; Leads the development of procurement policies, ensuring all NGA procurement and contracting are accomplished ethically and in a legally sufficient manner by identifying, interpreting, and complying with relevant statutes, regulations, directives and guidance; Executes key governance processes. Chairs the Contract Review Board and serves on the NGA Acquisition Council (NAC); Selects and appoints Contracting Officers, ensuring the workforce maintains appropriate DAWIA certification, education, and training; Incentivizes and rewards risk taking and innovation from the contracting workforce; Represents NGA and OCS at various internal and external meetings, conferences, and other events; Uses collaboration, conflict management, and communication skills to build and sustain positive relationships among NGA, Department of War (DoW), and Intelligence Community (IC) partners. The incumbent is also responsible for leading the full spectrum of career development activities for NGA's contracting workforce and ensuring a highly capable and stable workforce. In this capacity the incumbent oversees recruitment, assignments, career development, and promotion of the OCS workforce in accordance with legal requirements established by NGA and the DoW.