Senior Manager: Grants, Contracts & Procurement

Overview:

SAMU is seeking a Senior Manager for Grants, Contracts & Procurement to serve as the in-house expert on grants, contracts, procurement, and compliance with award provisions. The ideal candidate possesses expert knowledge in federal, state, and private donor rules and regulations, with a strong emphasis on US government funding. Extensive experience with U.S. government procurement is required as is the ability to build strong working relationships with SAMU staff, partners, sub-recipients, and auditors.

The Senior Manager’s primary role is to oversee and provide expert guidance to the team on procurement processes, subawards, contracts, and grants.

Responsibilities:

• Provide contractual oversight of SAMU’s project/program award portfolio.
• Provide regulatory guidance on and throughout the lifetime of awards.
• Develop and improve procurement, grants, contracts, and administration processes, tools, and templates to support program compliance with funder rules and regulations;
• Oversee the submission of any required and/or regulatory reporting.
• Provide leadership and guidance to enable program staff to ensure compliance with donor rules and regulations.
• Liaises with SAMU financial, admin and compliance, and other operations teams.
• Provides procurement, compliance, and other training and capacity building to the SAMU team.

Other Responsibilities:

• Stay apprised of relevant changes in rules and regulations and communicate updates to leadership and management team.
• Develop and understand the industry best practices for award administration and implement these best practices across all awards.
• Plan and manage staff support for internal and external audits as requested.
• Cultivate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Participate in companywide strategic and business development initiatives as assigned.
• Supervise manager(s) and junior staff, as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of related experience with procurement and the administration of USG and non-USG awards (both grants and contracts), with demonstrated knowledge and ability to interpret, apply and advise regarding USG regulations under FAR/AIDAR, CFRs, COMAR, OMB Circulars, and donor regulations.
• Project Management or program implementation experience required.
• Supervisory experience required.
• Proven effective and efficient leadership and management skills in a diverse, multi-national and multilingual work environment.
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure and maintain attention to details.
• Must be able to work and communicate effectively cross-functionally and cross-culturally at all levels in the organization.
• Experience in content development, training delivery, and facilitation is strongly preferred.
• Alignment with SAMU’s core values.
• Execution-focused, with proven ability to drive processes to completion and produce results.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing, including ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership.
• Technologically savvy including experience with: Sharepoint, Microsoft Excel, Word and other MS Office applications.
• Fluency in English is required, with a second language (Spanish, French or Portuguese) preferred.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and able to pass required background checks and health screenings (drugs, alcohol, TB).
• Must be vaccinated for COVID-19 and able to work in-person within the DMV area, with occasional travel/accompaniment to other locations.

Equal Opportunity employer:

SAMU First Response is an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer. SAMU does not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.