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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Contracts Team Lead in Austin, Texas
Provide supervision, training and guidance to a team of Contract Specialists soliciting, issuing and managing professional and technical services contracts. Perform supervisory duties such as a management of leave time, performance evaluations, salary recommendations, etc.Manage complex and/or high profile project-specific competitive solicitations for professional and technical services. Manage procurement-related events such as kick-off and pre-proposal meetings, post-award conferences, team briefings, and evaluation scorings.Manage indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) master agreements for professional and technical services including development of solicitations, contract issuance, amendments and renewals. Serve as liaison between contracted firm and project management staff. Manage records and generate reports for spend management.Perform quality control reviews to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Provide recommendations on updates for solicitations, contract boilerplate language, and other contract-related documents. Serve as a subject-matter expert in the development or modification of contract administration policies and procedures.Obtain (if applicable) and maintain professional contracting certification.Other related functions as assigned. Collaborate with other UT Austin colleagues to initiate and develop process improvements.