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Salary: USD 125,000 - 145,000 / annual
Infleqtion is a global quantum technology company developing atom-based quantum computers, sensors, and networks to solve complex problems across commercial and government sectors.
The Procurement Manager leads all direct and indirect procurement activities to secure materials and services supporting company operations and government contracts. This role oversees sourcing, supplier selection, negotiations, purchase orders, and supplier performance management while ensuring strict compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing sourcing and supplier selection processes with competitive bidding and rigorous evaluation
- Conducting negotiations to secure favorable commercial terms and measurable cost savings
- Overseeing subcontractor and supplier management, including qualification, performance monitoring, and risk mitigation
- Creating and maintaining complete, audit-ready procurement documentation including requisitions, solicitations, competitive-bid files, source-selection rationale, price/cost analyses, purchase orders, modifications, and closeout records
- Ensuring compliance with FAR/DFARS flowdown clauses, supplier responsibility checks, and Government audit requirements
- Developing and implementing procurement policies, internal controls, and approval workflows
- Partnering with program management, finance, contracts, quality, engineering, and operations teams
- Leading and developing the procurement team
- Conducting market research and total-cost-of-value analysis
- Managing ERP/procurement systems and data analysis
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, finance, or related field (equivalent relevant experience considered)
- 5+ years of progressive procurement, purchasing, subcontract administration, or supply-chain experience, including team or program leadership
- Demonstrated experience supporting government contracts with FAR compliance; DFARS experience strongly preferred
- Experience creating and maintaining complete procurement files with requisitions, solicitations, competitive-bid documentation, source-selection rationale, price/cost analyses, negotiations, purchase orders, modifications, and closeout records
- Working knowledge of mandatory FAR/DFARS subcontract and purchase-order flowdown clauses, supplier responsibility checks, and audit documentation
- Experience with subcontractor and supplier management: sourcing, qualification, negotiation, performance management, issue resolution, and risk mitigation
- Knowledge of procurement policies, internal controls, delegated authority, approval workflows, and segregation-of-duties principles
- Ability to conduct market research, analyze total cost and value, negotiate favorable terms, and deliver measurable savings without compromising quality, schedule, or compliance
- Experience with ERP/procurement systems (NetSuite a plus) and advanced Excel or comparable data-analysis tools
- Strong written communication skills for developing policies, procedures, reports, and audit-ready documentation
- Proven ability to partner effectively across program management, finance, legal, contracts, quality, engineering, and operations
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience preparing for or supporting a Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR), internal audit, DCMA review, or similar compliance assessment
- Experience supporting cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, and fixed-price Government contracts
- Familiarity with small-business subcontracting requirements, supplier diversity, SAM exclusion checks, and consent-to-subcontract requirements
- Professional certification such as CPSM, CPPM, CFCM, CPCM, or NCMA certification
- Experience leading procurement transformation, supplier-risk management, strategic sourcing, or process automation
