Defense Acquisition and Supply Chain Risk Management Transformation Manager

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Deloitte's Government & Public Services practice helps federal clients strengthen mission performance, manage complex acquisition environments, and respond to evolving supply chain and national security risks. Our professionals bring deep experience in defense policy, acquisition, contracting, program management, supplier resilience, and enterprise transformation.

Work You'll Do

As a Manager supporting the Department of War (DOW), you will advise senior leaders on supply chain risk management, defense acquisition policy, contracting strategy, governance, and program execution. The ideal candidate understands the DOW enterprise, has experience with Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP) or a comparable acquisition policy organization, and can operate effectively across senior government stakeholders, program offices, contracting organizations, and prime vendors.

As a Manager of Defense Acquisition, Contracting & Supply Chain Risk Management on the Government and Public Services team, you will be responsible for:

• Advise DOW leadership on supply chain risk management, acquisition policy, contracting strategy, supplier resilience, and enterprise governance.
• Support the development and implementation of SCRM governance structures, decision rights, oversight processes, reporting mechanisms, and escalation paths.
• Translate DOW, DPCAP, acquisition, contracting, and supply chain policies into practical implementation guidance for program and mission stakeholders.
• Coordinate across headquarters offices, commands, program executive offices, program management offices, contracting organizations, and other mission partners.
• Track and manage SCRM issues, risks, dependencies, decisions, and stakeholder equities across the DOW enterprise.
• Assess risks associated with the defense industrial base, critical suppliers, strategic dependencies, contract performance, and vendor concentration.
• Support engagement with prime contractors and other industry partners to address supplier risk, resilience, performance, and mission continuity.
• Prepare executive-level briefings, decision papers, recommendations, talking points, status reports, and other decision-support materials.
• Support senior leaders in governance forums, acquisition reviews, working groups, industry engagements, and cross-functional decision meetings.
• Identify gaps and improvement opportunities in acquisition, contracting, supplier risk, and SCRM execution.
• Lead project teams or workstreams and manage deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
• Facilitate issue resolution across organizations with competing priorities and differing mission, acquisition, or contracting objectives.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Supply Chain & Network Operations offering advises, implements, and operates transformational solutions that bring world class supply network capabilities.

The Project Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Active Secret security clearance
• Ability to work on-site in Alexandria up to five days per week
• 10+ years of experience in defense acquisition, acquisition policy, contracting, supply chain risk management, supply chain, logistics, or federal program management. Including:
• Demonstrated experience supporting the DOW, a major defense organization, military department, defense agency, command, or comparable federal acquisition enterprise.
• Experience working with senior government stakeholders across multiple offices, commands, program organizations, or mission areas.
• Experience supporting acquisition policy, contracting, SCRM governance, supplier risk, or enterprise coordination efforts.
• Experience developing executive-level briefings, recommendations, decision papers, and decision-support materials.
• Experience managing projects, workstreams, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.

Preferred:

• 15+ years of experience in defense acquisition, contracting, acquisition policy, SCRM, supply chain, logistics, or federal program management.
• Experience with DPCAP or a comparable defense acquisition policy, pricing, or contracting organization.
• Former DOW program manager, program executive office leader, acquisition professional, contracting professional, senior military officer, or equivalent senior federal executive experience.
• Experience working with prime defense contractors, major suppliers, or the defense industrial base.
• Experience with supplier resilience, critical dependencies, strategic sourcing, vendor risk, or defense industrial base risk.
• Working knowledge of federal acquisition policy, contracting processes, and defense acquisition governance.
• Experience supporting enterprise-level policy development, governance, oversight, or implementation.
• Experience coordinating across organizations with competing mission, acquisition, contracting, and stakeholder priorities.
• Experience advising senior leaders in acquisition reviews, governance forums, executive meetings, or industry engagements.

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in Virginia, Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to Virginia and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $137,500 to $229,100.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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