The Director, Procurement Office is responsible to the Director of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for the overall management and operation of Center procurement activity including planning and implementing acquisition strategies, issuing solicitations, conducting negotiations, processing awards, and administering contracts
Executive Core Qualifications
Leading Change - Involves the ability to bring about strategic change, within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
Leading People - Involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
Results Driven - Involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
Business Acumen - Involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
Building Coalitions - Involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
Basic Qualifications:
Applicants must meet the following basic qualifications unless they are granted a waiver by the Agency Senior Procurement Executive in accordance with NASA procedures:
Completion of all mandatory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher level contracting positions, including at least 4-years of experience in contracting or related positions. At least one year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position.
A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field, that includes or is supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods or organization and management.
Federal Acquisition Certification: Applicants must possess or be eligible for a valid level III Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting (FAC-C) or Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification, or at a minimum, meet the current experience and education requirements to receive a FAC-C level III (the level required at the agency for GS-13 and above positions in contracting).
Please indicate in your application your level and source of certification (FAC-C or DAWIA) or eligibility for certification. Applicants may also be requested to provide documentation confirming that they have met the requirement for continuous learning (80 continuous learning points in the last two years).
For further information on mandatory agency training and certification for the contracting workforce, please
visit: For further information on mandatory agency training and certification for the contracting workforce, please
visit: NASA Office of Procurement
Technical Qualifications
Expert knowledge of Federal procurement and financial assistance policy and procedures and skill and experience in applying that knowledge in business dealings with high level technical and management personnel in government and industry.
Demonstrated ability to plan and manage a complete procurement program to meet multiple requirements, including large dollar value contracts for projects, major systems and services, and institutional support.
Hands on experience in negotiation, administration, oversight and evaluation of highly complex procurements, for a variety of products and services utilizing appropriate contract types to meet all programmatic milestones/deadlines.
Demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership for a procurement organization, including assessing the short and long term health of the organization, formulating objectives and priorities, and implementing plans to meet the acquisition requirements of the organization.
U.S. citizenship is required
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