Contracts Manager - Procurement (REMOTE)

Contracts Manager (Manager 2)
At the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we don't just move people—we connect communities, build safer streets, and create a more sustainable city.
With a bold vision for the future, we're tackling big challenges: making travel safer, cutting carbon emissions, and ensuring reliable, affordable transportation for everyone—no matter who they are or where they live.
Thanks to a historic voter-approved $1.55 billion investment in transportation in 2024, we're building sidewalks, fixing bridges, and improving transit connections to keep our city moving.
We're a team of problem solvers, planners, engineers, communicators, and field crews—bringing purpose-driven work to life. SDOT has an opportunity for a detail-oriented, contract compliance-minded, collaborative people leader! As the Contracts Manager (Manager 2), you'll join and lead a great team of contracting professionals. You will guide complex consultant contracting and procurement work, support staff development, and help ensure work is completed accurately, on time, and in compliance with federal, state, and City requirements.
In this role, you will work across the City with department leaders, project managers, staff, consultants, and agency partners to resolve contracting and procurement issues. You will also help strengthen processes and partnerships that support more complex and federally funded consultant contracts.
SDOT's consultant contracting portfolio includes more than $170 million in active contracts, with the team supporting more than 400 consultant contract actions each year. This position reports to the Contracts and Procurement Manager but operates with a high degree of independence and plays a key role in advancing department goals, including diversity, race, and social justice. Managing program workload, priorities, and assignments to meet deadlines and compliance standards.
Coaching, training, and supporting staff growth, performance, and team development.
Guiding work across the full contract lifecycle, from solicitation and drafting through execution, amendments, invoicing, and closeout.
Promoting a culture of compliance through clear guidance, strong customer service, and continuous improvement.

Advising project managers and senior leaders on contracting laws, regulations, and requirements.
Providing contracting development support for high-profile, politically sensitive, and federally funded contract actions.
Helping resolve complex procurement and contract issues across the department.
Drafting and updating policies, procedures, checklists, workflows, and guidance documents.
Developing contract terms and conditions that reflect changes in federal, state, and City requirements.
Researching laws, regulations, and best practices and recommending process improvements.
Serving as a backup to the Contracts and Procurement Manager.

Partnering with Finance & Administrative Services and Citywide interdepartmental teams on major procurement policy work.
Supporting improvements to the Citywide Contracting Management System, SharePoint resources, and other tools.
Developing workload tracking, reports, and data dashboards.
Supporting the resolution of complex project procurement issues through strong cross-team coordination.
Supporting the City's Women and Minority-Owned Business Enterprise and federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs.
Helping advance department goals related to diversity and social justice.
Bachelor's degree in public administration, finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or another related field.

Five (5) years of professional experience in contract administration, financial analysis, project management, grant administration, inter-agency agreements, contract administration, or related work.
Two (2) years of experience in a management or supervisory capacity.
Proven success with public sector consultant contracting, including regulatory agency policies and procedures.
Demonstrated capability to actively manage multiple processes at once in a fast-paced work environment, prioritizing based on ever-changing situations.
Intermediate to advanced skills with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access), SharePoint, and Adobe Sign.
Advanced degree in law, public administration, business administration, finance, or related field; certifications in the National Institute for Public Procurement (NIPG) or the National Contract Management Association (NCMA).
Excellent oral and written communication skills to a broad audience, from Senior Management to Project Managers, with a broad range of experience regarding contracting policy and processes.
Ability to effectively work in a multi-cultural workplace with a diverse customer base.
Work is typically performed in a hybrid work environment in which a minimum of three days of work is completed in a City office, and two days of work is completed remotely in a regular 40-hour work week.

Your application will not be reviewed if these items are missing or incomplete.
Hiring Process Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. Completed NEOGOV online application.
# Offers of employment are contingent on verification of information provided by the applicant as part of the application process, including a potential background check. The City's full salary range for this position is $56.57 - $84.88 hourly.
The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at: