SVP & Chief Procurement Officer

Job Description

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s oldest and largest public housing authority with more than 152,000 apartments and over 370,000 residents. NYCHA’s mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 leased housing program that serves over 200,000 tenants. Since the 2019 Agreement between NYCHA, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (SDNY), NYCHA has been working under a Federal Monitor structure. The HUD Agreement sets the requirement to create a new Transformational Plan in collaboration with the Federal Monitor and sets forth various compliance related targets for NYCHA across major operational areas.

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) oversees the Authority’s support services portfolio, including Procurement, Supply Chain Management, General Services, Customer Contact Center, Information Technology, and Human Resources.

Under the direction of the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) is responsible for the design, governance, and oversight of NYCHA’s enterprise procurement and contracting functions. The CPO provides centralized leadership over sourcing, contracting, vendor oversight, and procurement policy to ensure that NYCHA’s procurement activities are compliant, efficient, transparent, and aligned with the Authority’s operational and capital needs.

The CPO will oversee NYCHA’s procurements and contracts for goods, services, construction, and professional services, and will establish agency-wide procurement frameworks that promote competition, value, and accountability. The position carries broad responsibility for procurement governance, strategic sourcing, regulatory compliance, vendor performance management, and supplier diversity initiatives.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Oversee NYCHA procurements and contracts for goods, services, construction, and professional services, ensuring consistency with applicable federal, state, and City laws, HUD regulations, and NYCHA policies.
- Establish and maintain procurement policies, procedures, guidelines, and approval frameworks to ensure uniform application of procurement requirements across the Authority.
- Provide executive oversight of strategic sourcing activities, solicitation structures, and contract vehicles to support NYCHA’s operational and capital programs.
- Operationalize and evaluate procurement analytics, including spend analysis and performance reporting, to inform sourcing strategies, improve efficiency, and strengthen decision-making.
- Drive performance improvement through the use of market research, benchmarking, key performance indicators, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
- Oversee vendor responsibility determinations, integrity reviews, and vendor risk management activities to protect the Authority’s interests and ensure responsible contracting.
- Manage contract lifecycle standards, including vendor performance evaluation, compliance monitoring, and issue resolution.
- Provide executive oversight of NYCHA’s small-business, supplier mentorship, and Section 3 contracting programs, ensuring alignment with Authority goals and regulatory requirements.
- Interface with auditors, monitors, and oversight entities on procurement-related matters and support compliance reviews and correction actions as required.
- Analyze regulatory developments and directives affecting procurement and incorporate required changes into NYCHA’s procurement governance framework.
- Advise the Chief Administrative Officer and senior leadership on procurement-related risks, opportunities, and strategic considerations.
- Represent NYCHA in procurement-related discussions with City, State, and federal stakeholders, as appropriate.

Additional Information
1. NYCHA employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
2. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans, deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS).

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

AGENCY CHIEF CONTRACTING OFFIC - 82950

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four years of full-time, satisfactory, professional experience in purchasing, procurement, contract administration or related field, at least eighteen months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising professional personnel performing duties in one or more of the above fields; or

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to that described in "1" above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of supervisory, administrative, managerial or executive experience as described in "1" above.

SPECIAL NOTE:
Possession of the Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) certificate issued by the National Institute of Government Purchasing may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience described in "1" above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of supervisory, administrative, managerial or executive experience as described in "1" above.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.