Senior Operations Program Manager - CoreAI

The CoreAI Senior Operations Program Manager leads end-to-end procurement operations for external staffing and third-party software. The role develops outsourcing strategies, optimizes vendor spend, simplifies procurement workflows, and provides leadership with clear visibility into budgets, supplier performance, dependencies, and risk.

Serve as a member of CoreAI’s Procurement-as-a-Service team, owning strategy, spend management, and end-to-end execution for external staffing and third-party software procurement. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. Business managers , senior team leader, vendor champs ) to Define outsourcing strategy for each group. Leverage preferred suppliers. Drive collaboration with vendor champs to Identify duplication across teams and consolidate vendors for efficiency and leverage Drive cost optimization opportunities through strategic sourcing, including master agreements, pricing initiatives. competitive bidding, schedule commitments, risk allocation, claims resolution, and performance management. PO submission, manage invoices, renewals, and financial tracking. Apply value engineering, market intelligence, competitive bidding, and supplier relationship management to reduce costs while maintaining quality and reliability standards. Maintain a consolidated view of vendors, contracts, spend, and dependencies. Track budgets, forecasts, and risks across vendor engagements to support fiscal-year planning, budgeting, and trade-off decisions related to vendor spend. Inventory all roles, groups, and resources then drive a burn down plan to eliminate duplication, consolidate access paths. Act as a single point of contact so teams don’t navigate finance, legal, and procurement separately. Standardized workflows and streamline intake, approvals, and onboarding Establish procurement governance, forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics to provide leadership visibility into spend, schedule, supply chain health, and program risks. Supplier performance governance through procurement manager engagement at Corp level, escalation management, recovery planning, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure delivery, quality, and cost objectives are achieved. Build and maintain strategic partnerships with key suppliers to improve supply assurance, increase flexibility, accelerate deployment schedules, and strengthen long-term capacity planning.   Key Outcomes / Measures of Success Procurement and fiscal year planning deliverables are completed on time and aligned with approved strategies. Timely business insights that support leader budget planning, improve decision quality, and drive accountability for execution. Positive stakeholder signals reflect stronger role clarity, operational effectiveness, and business partnership.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 4+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience.       Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years     Preferred Qualifications: Ability to translate business strategy into clear execution plans. Self-motivated and proven problem-solving skill. Detail oriented and great organization skill. Proven analytical capability with experience using standard reporting, BI tools, and data-driven insights to support leadership decisions. Proven stakeholder management skills across senior leaders, Business Manager, Finance, Procurement, Legal and legal Operations teams.  Ability to drive simplification, standardization, automation, and adoption of