The MTA (of NY) seeks a highly skilled and motivated procurement and contracts professional to support the delivery of MTA’s real-time bus tracking and customer information systems. This position participates as an integral part of the implementation team of MTA’s Bus Customer Information Systems (CIS) project, contributing to meeting the CIS project procurement and contract administration objectives and ensuring that the procured CIS system components procured meet the CIS project goal of significantly improving the customer experience with the MTA bus services.

Specifically, the incumbent in this role will understand the broad technical standards and specifications relating to real time bus location information systems, wireless networks, public API’s and Smart Card technology, create procurement vehicles from detailed software and hardware specifications and utilize efficient procurement strategies and contract negotiation skills to get possession of various sub systems of the Bus CIS system.

Critical responsibilities include those necessary to drive the procurement and contracting process around Bus CIS. Qualifications include 7 years of experience in contracting and procurement, including 5 years of experience on technical or systems projects. A Bachelor degree in Business Administration or related field is required, an advanced degree procurement-related fields, project management or related discipline preferred.

To apply, email a resume and cover letter to MTABusCIS@gmail.com AND ALSO visithttp://mta.info/mta/employment/employment_out.html and apply for Job Posting #73589.

MTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.