Deputy Acquisition Project Manager

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your role and responsibilities

The Deputy Acquisition Project Manager supports the successful execution of a multi-billion dollar federal acquisition program by leading strategic planning, performance tracking, and stakeholder engagement. This individual plays a key role in ensuring contractual and technological integration strategies are aligned with program goals and delivered effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure program success and identify areas for improvement
• Oversee the creation and execution of the Contract and Acquisition Management strategy, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, budget constraints, and quality standards
• Develop and implement a technology integration strategy to enhance program efficiency, reduce costs, and improve performance
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement by collaborating with federal sponsors, end-users, and other key stakeholders to ensure their needs are met throughout the program lifecycle
• Resolve issues and maintain clear communication across teams to ensure alignment and responsiveness to stakeholder concerns
• Ensure all acquisition activities are conducted in accordance with federal regulations and industry best practices

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in acquisition management, contract strategy, and stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrated success leading complex federal acquisition programs and implementing contract management strategies
• Experience in procurement analysis, budget and financial oversight, and risk management within public-sector environments
• Strong communication skills with a track record of supporting client-facing engagements and presenting complex information clearly
• Proven ability to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams and drive strategic decision-making

Required Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance with the U.S. government

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with federal acquisition systems such as PRISM, SAM.gov, or FPDS-NG
• Familiarity with technology integration strategies in large-scale federal programs
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex acquisition planning and execution phases

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Client-provided location(s): Annapolis Junction, MD

Job ID: IBM-70295

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-02T18:44:41