Vice President, Global Procurement and Subcontracts

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a global procurement and subcontracts strategy aligned to ICF's growth objectives, margin targets, and client commitments
• Advise senior leadership on supplier risk, market conditions, cost structure, and make-versus-buy and teaming decisions
• Represent procurement and subcontracts to executive leadership, auditors, clients, and government agencies
• Set acquisition strategy frameworks for capture and program execution
• Lead transformation to unify procurement under common policy, process, systems, and data
• Own enterprise category strategy for direct and indirect spend
• Establish supplier segmentation, performance management, and relationship governance models
• Own strategic supplier relationships
• Maintain supply-base market intelligence and act on findings
• Direct the procurement technology roadmap, including source-to-pay automation, analytics, and spend visibility
• Develop annual spend planning with corporate business leaders
• Own the enterprise subcontracts function, including policy, delegation of authority, approval gates, standard terms, and template governance
• Ensure prime contract requirements and regulatory flow-downs are applied across the subcontract portfolio
• Establish subcontractor risk frameworks and serve as executive escalation point for critical disputes
• Own small and diverse business subcontracting strategy and compliance reporting
• Partner with capture and program leadership on teaming and subcontracting approaches
• Own delegated authority within established thresholds for supplier and subcontract obligations
• Own a federally approved purchasing system and its audit and CPSR readiness
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, commercial, international, and client-specific requirements
• Own the function's operating budget and third-party spend performance
• Build and lead the global procurement and subcontracts organization
• Establish performance standards, metrics, and reporting cadence
• Foster service, disciplined compliance, and continuous improvement culture
• Deliver improvements in subcontract and purchasing cycle times, savings, supplier performance, third-party risk, CPSR outcomes, audit results, and organizational maturity

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, or related field
• 15+ years of progressive procurement, subcontracts, and leadership experience
• 5+ years at the senior or executive level leading large, geographically dispersed teams through subordinate leaders
• Preferred: Master's degree (MBA or related field)
• Preferred: CPSM, CIPS, CPM, or equivalent professional certification
• Preferred: Experience with source-to-pay technology transformation or other digital transformation of a procurement function
• Preferred: Knowledge of Deltek Costpoint ERP and Zycus procurement systems
• Preferred: Experience as the senior-most procurement or subcontracts executive, or as a direct report to that executive, in an organization of comparable size and complexity
• Preferred: Demonstrated accountability for both direct and indirect procurement and subcontracts within a professional services or government contracting environment
• Preferred: Experience establishing procurement and subcontracting policies and procedures compliant with federal requirements and achieving or sustaining an approved purchasing system through a Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR)
• Preferred: Depth across multiple markets, supporting procurement and subcontracting for federal, state, local, and commercial programs
• Preferred: Experience managing global supplier relationships and international procurement operations, including technology products and services
• Preferred: Proven record in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiation, subcontract governance, and procurement transformation at enterprise scale
• Preferred: Experience leading procurement organizations in complex, matrixed environments, including global supplier relationships and international operations
• Preferred: Strong financial acumen and demonstrated ability to influence and align executive stakeholders
• Must comply with ICF's Candidate AI Usage Policy during interviews, unless an accommodation is needed

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in global procurement and subcontracts strategy, with a strong focus on compliance, supplier relationship management, and procurement technology transformation. Proven ability to lead large teams and drive organizational improvements in procurement processes and performance metrics.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Global Procurement Strategy
• Supplier Relationship Management
• CPSR Compliance
• Source-To-Pay Technology Transformation
• Leadership in Complex Environments

Hard Skills

• Procurement Management
• Subcontract Governance
• Strategic Sourcing
• Financial Acumen
• Performance Metrics Development

Soft Skills

• Influencing Executive Stakeholders
• Team Leadership
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Certifications & Qualifications

• CPSM
• CIPS
• CPM

Industry Keywords

• Federal Procurement
• Government Contracting
• Professional Services
• Supplier Risk Management
• Market Intelligence

Tools & Technologies

• Deltek Costpoint ERP
• Zycus Procurement Systems
• Source-To-Pay Automation