The Role
Manage complex federal acquisition projects from planning through post-award activities. Develop schedules, milestones, deliverables, risk and issue trackers, and status reports. Coordinate contracting, technical, financial, program, and other stakeholders; facilitate meetings; monitor dependencies and deadlines; identify mitigation strategies; and brief government stakeholders. The role also supports acquisition documentation, process improvements, governance, reporting, and execution across multiple workstreams.
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Acquisition Project Manager
The Position:
Censeo Consulting Group is seeking Acquisition Project Managers at Mid and Senior experience levels to support the General Services Administration (GSA) Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) organization through the Contracted Enterprise Support (ACES) program.
Acquisition Project Managers will oversee and coordinate complex federal acquisition projects, working across acquisition, contracting, program, technical, financial, and other stakeholder groups to help ensure acquisition activities remain organized, aligned, and on schedule. In this role, you will manage acquisition project plans and milestones, coordinate cross-functional activities, monitor risks and dependencies, and provide government stakeholders with clear visibility into project status and priorities.
This position is ideal for experienced acquisition and project management professionals who can bring structure to complex initiatives, effectively coordinate diverse stakeholders, and proactively identify and address issues that may affect acquisition outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and coordinate federal acquisition projects across the acquisition lifecycle, from acquisition planning through award and post-award activities.
- Develop, maintain, and manage acquisition project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
- Coordinate activities across contracting, acquisition, program, technical, financial, and other functional stakeholders.
- Monitor project performance, deadlines, risks, issues, decisions, and outstanding actions.
- Identify potential schedule delays, dependencies, resource constraints, and other risks and work with stakeholders to develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Facilitate project meetings, acquisition reviews, working sessions, and other cross-functional activities.
- Establish and maintain action-item logs, risk and issue trackers, decision logs, deliverable trackers, and other project management tools.
- Coordinate requirements development, acquisition planning, market research, solicitation activities, evaluations, awards, and other acquisition lifecycle activities.
- Monitor acquisition documentation and deliverables to help ensure packages are complete, accurate, and progressing according to established schedules.
- Prepare project status reports, executive briefings, presentations, dashboards, and other materials for government stakeholders.
- Analyze project information and provide recommendations to address acquisition challenges, schedule impacts, and delivery risks.
- Maintain visibility across multiple acquisition activities and help government stakeholders prioritize actions and resolve issues.
- Support improvements to acquisition project management processes, workflows, reporting, governance, templates, and tools.
- Provide guidance and coordination to project team members and support successful execution across multiple acquisition workstreams.
At Censeo, we are looking for unique candidates whose passion and enthusiasm will help shape Censeo’s client insights and workplace culture. Our staff have a wide range of backgrounds, areas of expertise, personality types, and favorite breakfast foods. Our client and cultural successes are rooted in our team’s innovation, creative problem solving, and collaboration. The unique perspective that you bring and the way you tackle problems are much more important to us than what’s printed on your diploma. We believe an effective Acquisition Project Manager will be able to combine strategic thinking, analytical judgment, and strong people skills to identify and implement meaningful, practical changes for federal clients. Qualifications for the role include:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, project management, public administration, acquisition, contracting, supply chain, finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing or supporting complex federal acquisition, procurement, contracting, or program management activities.
- Strong understanding of the federal acquisition lifecycle and the coordination required to move acquisition actions from planning through execution.
- Experience developing and managing project plans, acquisition schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Ability to coordinate effectively across acquisition, contracting, program, technical, financial, and other stakeholder groups.
- Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to identify project risks and issues, evaluate potential impacts, and develop practical recommendations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing briefings, reports, and presentations for government stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects, workstreams, and competing priorities simultaneously.
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining visibility into broader project objectives and acquisition outcomes.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and related project management tools.
- Experience supporting GSA or another federal government agency is preferred.PMP, FAC-C, DAWIA, NCMA, or other relevant project management, acquisition, or contracting credentials are a plus.
Experience Levels:
- Mid-Level: 5+ years of experience in federal acquisition project management, acquisition support, federal procurement, contracting, program management, PMO support, or a closely related field.
- Senior Level: 10+ years of experience in federal acquisition project management, acquisition support, federal procurement, contracting, program management, PMO support, or a closely related field.
Censeo Consulting Group is a top Washington D.C. based management consulting firm dedicated to helping public sector and non-profit clients build operational excellence, deliver better outcomes, and lower cost. We take a personalized approach to strategic consulting to solve our clients’ most complex problems and build operational excellence that transforms their organizations, allowing them to better deliver on their public and social missions.
At Censeo, our award-winning culture means you’ll join a tight-knit community of 75 brilliant and passionate colleagues. We are advocates for a better functioning public sector, and we’re also good friends who know the names of each other’s dogs. Our philosophy is horizontal, not hierarchical, and our open-door policy encourages a culture of entrepreneurship at all levels. We share successes, make decisions together, and foster an environment for those with passion and initiative to lead. Our colleagues bring their own unique personalities to work every day and use them to help shape our growing firm in ways that reach far beyond client projects.
The Location:
Censeo Consulting Group is based in Washington D.C., a fantastic city for working professionals. We work in a hybrid setting with flexibility to work from home and work in our office conveniently located in the heart of downtown, just a few blocks away from the White House. And with many of our clients also based in D.C., we have the luxury of leaving for a meeting and being back in the office in time for post-work happy hours, team dinners, and game nights.
The Fine Print:
- The salary range for this role is $90,000 - $160,000 depending on experience
- This is an exempt, full-time position
- This role is subject to a full-time in-person work schedule in Washington, D.C. with the possibility for hybrid if approved by the client.
- Essential Physical Functions
- Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time
- Light Carrying: Physically transporting items weighing less than 15 pounds from one location to another
Censeo is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law.
Join Our Award-Winning Culture!
Our passion wins awards. But don’t just take it from us…
- 2024 Vault #41 Consulting 50 North America
- 2024 Vault #7 Best Consulting Firm for Hours in the Office
- 2023 Vault #9 Best Consulting Firm for Work/Life Balance
- 2023 Vault #23 Best Consulting Firm for Overall Diversity
- 2023 Management Consulted #3 Best Boutique Firms in Washington DC
- 2022 Vault #41 Best Overall Consulting Firm to Work For
- 2020 Vault #21 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2019 Ivy Exec #7 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2018 Consulting Magazine Best Small Firms to Work For
- 2017 Vault #12 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2016 Forbes Best Management Consulting Firms in America
- 2015 Washington Business Journal’s Philanthropy List
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business, project management, public administration, acquisition, contracting, supply chain, finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience
- 5+ years of experience in federal acquisition project management, acquisition support, federal procurement, contracting, program management, PMO support, or a closely related field for the mid-level role
- 10+ years of experience in federal acquisition project management, acquisition support, federal procurement, contracting, program management, PMO support, or a closely related field for the senior-level role
- Demonstrated experience managing or supporting complex federal acquisition, procurement, contracting, or program management activities
- Strong understanding of the federal acquisition lifecycle and coordination required to move acquisition actions from planning through execution
- Experience developing and managing project plans, acquisition schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies
- Ability to coordinate effectively across acquisition, contracting, program, technical, financial, and other stakeholder groups
- Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to identify project risks and issues, evaluate potential impacts, and develop practical recommendations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing briefings, reports, and presentations for government stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects, workstreams, and competing priorities simultaneously
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining visibility into broader project objectives and acquisition outcomes
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and related project management tools
- Experience supporting GSA or another federal government agency
- PMP, FAC-C, DAWIA, NCMA, or other relevant project management, acquisition, or contracting credentials
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What We Do
Running an organization and executing plans is hard work. Our proven approach to operational excellence and delivering results combines a focus on outcomes, data-driven insights, and ongoing collaboration. Censeo is recognized for its focus on its people and unique business model by the world’s leading business newspapers and the most respected industry magazines: • 2020 Fortune America's Best Consulting Firms • 2019 Top Consulting Firm by Ivy Exec • 2015 Top Workplaces by Washington Post • 2015 Top 5 Best Consulting Firms to Work For by IvyExec • 2010-2015 Top 25 Consulting Firms by Vault (No. 2 in work/life balance!) • 2014 "Best Small Firms to Work For" by Consulting Magazine • 2014 "Excellence in Social & Community Investment" by Consulting Magazine • 2012 “Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100” • 2009 “Top Small Workplaces” by The Wall Street Journal • 2009 “Best Small Firms to Work For” by Consulting magazine • 2008 “Small Jewel” by Consulting Magazine
