Senior Portfolio, Contracts & Procurement Manager (Facilities Senior Planner)

Posting number: 2026-B&G-016

Department: Dept. of Enterprise Services

Division: Buildings & Grounds

Job classification: FACILITIES SENIOR PLANNER

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Facility Management, Project Management

Summary

NOTE:
The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time after the required posting period, and during the recruitment process. It is to the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible. This position is eligible to telework one day a week after completing the first six (6) months of full-time, on-site work. 

The Department of Enterprise Services (DES) provides centralized business services to state government agencies; to other public entities such as cities, counties and tribes; and to Washington residents. DES’ mission is to strengthen the business of government for a sustainable and just future. Learn more about DES.

The Buildings & Grounds Division (B&G) is responsible for the Capitol Campus and Department of Enterprise Services (DES) managed building operations, stewardship, and historic preservation. B&G provides service to over 42 agencies, maintains, operates and preserves the 486-acre state Capitol Campus in Olympia, including more than 31 buildings, 18 public monuments, over 6,000 parking stalls, four state parks and a 260-acre lake. B&G executes these responsibilities through the following service programs: Facilities Operations, Grounds Operations, Leadership and Admin, Maintenance & Repairs, Support Services (Custodial).

About the Opportunity: 
If you love big-picture strategy, empowering teams, and making sure complex operations run flawlessly, this role is for you! We are looking for a Senior Portfolio, Contracts & Procurement Manager to bring fresh energy and leadership to multiple critical areas within our Buildings & Grounds (B&G) division. In this role, you’ll lead a great crew of building managers, vendors, and procurement supervisors to successfully handle the daily operations, finances, and compliance for our facility portfolio outside Thurston County (OTC), all while keeping our agency elevator portfolio moving smoothly.

You will also be our go-to contracts administrator and supply leader, ensuring we ace state procurement regulations (RCW 39.26) while championing equity and diverse spend initiatives (Executive Order 22-01). You’ll get to collaborate across teams to map out perfect vendor scopes of work and oversee lease administration by tracking spaces in the FPMT. By managing space planning requests and maintaining strong cross-agency collaboration, you'll ensure our state-managed assets stay in tip-top shape. This is a dynamic, impactful role where your leadership will truly shape the spaces we work in every day.

Examples of duties

Some of What You’ll Enjoy Doing Includes:

• Lead a team of building managers in overseeing the daily operations, financial performance, quality maintenance, and regulatory and fire safety compliance of facilities across Clark, Cowlitz, King, and Yakima counties.
• Serve as the strategic link between facility tenants and leadership, coordinating maintenance, lease compliance, and capital planning projects while fostering strong stakeholder relationships to minimize tenant disruption.
• Provide direct personnel management for the OTC building managers, vendors and contracts manager, and supply and procurement supervisor, including scheduling, leave coverage, conflict resolution, and performance management.
• Partner with the DES Contracts Unit to define compliant scopes of work for service contracts while serving as the divisional expert on state procurement guidelines (RCW 39.26) and advocating for diverse spend initiatives.
• Act as the strategic link between the vendor contracts manager and facilities leadership by analyzing key operational metrics and trends to identify risks, patterns, and areas requiring cross-team coordination.
• Lead and set priorities for the supply and procurement team, supporting the supervisor to ensure all goods, services, and inventory management strictly comply with state procurement guidelines.
• Analyze procurement metrics and trends to identify risks requiring leadership attention, while serving as the primary l