Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager
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The Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager directs procurement and contract operations for the School of Computing, including purchasing, vendor evaluation, software and subscription access, and contract lifecycle management. The role develops compliant purchasing processes, advises stakeholders, and leads the Purchasing/Receiving team. It also coordinates with IT, Finance and Administration, Accounting, university offices, vendors, faculty, staff, and students.
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Full job description
Strategic purchasing leadership for the School of Computing:Direct the full portfolio of procurement and contracts for the School of Computing. Create, review, and approve purchase orders and business contracts. Apply soundpurchasingjudgment to evaluate vendor proposals, pricing, and terms, partnering with IT staff to translate technical requirements intopurchasingdecisions. Provideexpertiseon software and subscriptionpurchasingto ensure access to tools and systems critical to the work of the School of Computing. Ensure new equipment is properly tagged and added to inventory at acquisition in coordination with the IT team.Procurement strategy and compliance monitoring:Lead the development of procurement processes to support theSchoolsteaching and research mission and new initiatives, thinking strategically and proactively. Monitor changes to UT System, University, and State of Texas purchasing rules, and proactively propose new processes to respond to these changes. Work with faculty, IT, and Finance and Administration to balance stakeholder interests, mediate conflicts, and implement effective solutions. Work with the Accounting team to ensure purchasing processes flow with financial accounting and reconciliation.Team leadership and development:Recruit, manage, train, and evaluate the Purchasing/Receiving team, including student employees.Cross-trainstaff torespond quickly to changing needs. Assign and prioritize work in line with theSchool'sgoals and milestones.Contract negotiation, compliance, and vendor relations:Manage the full contract lifecycle: drafting, reviewing, amending, negotiating terms, and resolving issues. Serve as the School's primary liaison withUniversityoffices such as Procurement and Business Contracts and with vendors, including onboarding. Resolve contractual and vendor questions or disputes, looping in IT for technical questions. Work with other university offices toidentifyand resolve roadblocks and barriers while ensuring compliance with State and Federal law, Board of Regents Rules, and university policy and procedures.Stakeholder communication,purchasingsystem,and documentation:Advise School leadership, faculty, and staff on procurement policy. Own the creation and upkeep of theSchoolspurchasing system, guidelines, SOPs, FAQs, and forms forpurchasing, agreements, and receiving; delegate drafting as needed, but ensure materials exist, stay current, and are shared. Coordinate the team's response and communication to faculty, staff, and students whenpurchasingrules or processes change.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,175 open Procurement Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$119–196K/yr57 salary ranges
- US median$55–60/hr34 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 125 open Procurement Manager jobs in Texas and 1,175 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Procurement Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (1,031 postings).
- Education
- 566 of the 1,175 open Procurement Manager jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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