Procurement Transition and Governance Manager

Virginia Information Technologies Agency • Richmond, VA

3d • $106,959 - $155,250 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) is hiring a Procurement Transition and Governance Manager in its Procurement and Contract Management Division. The position is responsible for governance and transition activities for complex procurement, contract, technology, and business-transformation work. It partners with agency counsel and the Office of the Attorney General on contract interpretation, amendments, disputes, remedies, and related legal matters, and coordinates with CMS, VITA, and other authorities on required reviews and approvals.

The manager maintains complete, accurate, audit-ready records and ensures contract activities comply with procurement rules, contract terms, agency policy, security and technology standards, funding requirements, and applicable federal and state guidance. The role aligns stakeholders, clarifies responsibilities and decision rights, facilitates timely decisions, manages competing priorities, and holds parties accountable for commitments and outcomes. It also coordinates governance across workstreams and programs, aligns vendor work with broader DDI plans and release schedules, and supports operational readiness. The manager designs, delivers, and improves contract-governance training for contract business owners.

The position has in-office business needs that may include in-person meetings, conferences, travel, oral presentations, contractual meetings, training at DMAS and off site, staff meetings, and agency all-staff meetings. Under Commonwealth teleworking policy, the position may be expected to work in the office as business needs require; telework arrangements may be changed or ended. The role requires a fingerprint-based criminal history background check, applicable education checks, work-history verification with references, and submission of a Statement of Economic Interest. DMAS does not offer employment-based sponsorship.

Requirements

• Extensive management-level experience independently administering large-dollar, complex, or high-risk contracts, technology or business-transformation programs, or large-scale DDI initiatives.
• Extensive governance experience leading collaboration among cross-functional stakeholders, executive leadership, vendors, and external oversight organizations.
• Extensive experience communicating complex information clearly to varied audiences.
• Knowledge or experience with systems, programs, and computer software.
• Knowledge or experience interpreting and applying federal and state laws and regulations.
• Experience meeting deadlines.
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Considerable experience establishing governance work for commitments and outcomes.
• Considerable experience reviewing contract language.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with financial stewardship and contract scope.
• Considerable knowledge of Virginia and Virginia IT procurement policies and procedures, including the Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA), the Agency Procurement and Surplus Property Manual (APSPM), and VITA’s Buy-IT requirements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with agency counsel and the Office of the Attorney General on contract interpretation, amendments, disputes, remedies, and other legal matters.
• Coordinate with CMS, VITA, and other authorities to support required reviews and approvals.
• Maintain complete, accurate, audit-ready contract records and ensure contract activities comply with procurement rules, contract terms, agency policy, security and technology standards, funding requirements, and applicable federal and state guidance.
• Establish shared expectations among stakeholders, clarify roles and decision rights, facilitate timely decisions, resolve competing priorities, and hold stakeholders accountable for commitments, dependencies, and contract outcomes.
• Coordinate governance activities across multiple workstreams and cross-functional programs, identify interdependencies, and align vendor work with broader DDI plans, release schedules, and operational-readiness objectives.
• Design, deliver, and continuously improve a structured contract-governance training program for contract business owners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed