Senior Associate Director, Procurement Reform

Senior Associate Director, Procurement Reform

The Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) is New York City’s central oversight and service agency for procurement. MOCS manages the full procurement lifecycle citywide from planning and solicitation through contracting and vendor payment. Each year, City agencies procure billions of dollars in goods and services from a diverse vendor community representing a wide range of industries.

MOCS operates in a collaborative, service-oriented environment that values flexibility, accountability, and results. Managers are expected to lead teams and/or core service areas, assuming increasing levels of responsibility for advancing the agency’s strategic priorities. All managers align daily operations with agency goals, engage stakeholders in planning and execution, and drive performance using clear success metrics and sound people and project management practices.

MOCS maintains a lean staffing model, and managers are expected to both supervise staff and actively contribute to programmatic work. Managers serve as ambassadors for the organization and are entrusted with handling confidential matters, promoting agency priorities, de‑escalating conflict, and proactively escalating risks and opportunities with recommended solutions. Senior Associate Directors oversee significant areas of service, may supervise other Associate Directors, and may serve as Deputy Division Heads.

The Procurement Operations Division is composed of task forces that support mayoral agencies across all industry categories.

• Supporting agency and vendor onboarding, including nonprofits and Minority‑and Women‑Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), to the Procurement and Sourcing Solutions Portal (PASSPort)
• Advancing policy initiatives that promote fair, responsible, and timely procurement
• Facilitating sourcing, contracting, and financial transactions
• Providing responsive customer support to agencies and vendors

In addition, MOCS conducts reviews of construction contracts to ensure compliance with applicable City, State, and Federal procurement rules, statutes, and Comptroller Directives.

This position leads teams, advises agencies on procurement strategy, evaluates complex procurements, and supports policy and operational improvements that enhance transparency, accountability, and performance across the City’s contracting ecosystem.

• Lead and manage an internal team supporting citywide efforts to design and implement challenge‑based procurements, from defining challenge scopes to assisting agencies in developing methods to assess feasibility under the Demonstration Project procurement framework.
• Review procurement business workflows across mayoral agencies and recommend revisions or reforms that enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Support the development and execution of MOCS‑led procurements, providing strategic, operational, and policy guidance.
• Investigate and analyze complex procurements and contracts, collaborating with internal MOCS teams to ensure compliance, alignment, and effective outcomes.
• Develop research plans and recommend strategies to identify, prevent, and address fraud or mismanagement within the City’s procurement and contracting processes; implement approved strategies as appropriate.
• Serve as a PASSPort and procurement subject matter expert and trusted policy advisor to City agencies.
• Assist agencies with procurement planning, strategic sourcing, and financial transaction management.
• Represent MOCS at conferences, webinars, and professional forums related to procurement, contracting, and supply chain best practices.
• Enhance the impact of agency‑wide initiatives through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Engage in ongoing professional development to strengthen expertise in procurement, technology, government operations, public policy, and people and change management.
• Lead or contribute to special projects as assigned in support of agency priorities.

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college;…