How To Become A Program Manager-Acquisitions: What It Is and Career Path

What is a program manager-acquisitions and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

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Todd Terry

Program manager-acquisitions work to establish and organize acquisition planning, documentation to support, and service rating of programs. They oversee quality assurance and administrative duties, make guidelines on best practices in the administration of procurement systems, and recommend possible changes to the internal acquisition program processes. They are required to handle program performance that demands adequately and lead a multifunctional team.

On a daily basis, program manager-acquisitions evaluate and document the delegated tasks or programs. They also in charge of the tracking of the manufacturing and deployment of acquisition development. From time to time, they plan and coordinate logistics strategy and other activities of functional specialists.

The basic requirement to become a program manager-acquisitions is to have a bachelor's degree that focuses on finance, business administration, or any business-related field. Some employers prefer candidates who have at least five years of experience in acquisition or project management. There are also some businesses, especially larger companies and the government, that require candidates to have a certificate in project management.

What's a day at work look like for a program manager-acquisitions?

Todd Terry

Department Chair, Management, Davenport University

What once was well defined with working hours, an office space, coworkers being close by to develop relationships with seems to be misplaced during the current working environment. In the working situation we are in today, graduates will need to be flexible with working hours as work hours may not be defined and could change by day. Office space may mean that one is working remotely from home. Building of relationships with coworkers will be done using technology as coworkers may be located in many different areas or time zones.
In general business will continue to function remotely. The pandemic has created a sense of creativity in how business is done. The one major component the pandemic has created is where large and small businesses are conducting daily business functions from remote locations. This practice has proven that business can be effectively done without having to travel to distant locations. Consequently, business travel will be continue to be slow.

ScoreProgram Manager-AcquisitionsUS Average

Salary

7.6

Avg. Salary $99,378

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

Growth rate 16%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.4

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66%

Asian 8.84%

Black or African American 7.48%

Hispanic or Latino 12.52%

Unknown 4.69%

White 65.82%

Gender

female 34.42%

male 65.58%

Age - 47

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 47

Complexity level

1.8

Complexity level is simple

7 - challenging

Key steps to become a program manager-acquisitions

Explore program manager-acquisitions education requirements

Most common program manager-acquisitions degrees

Bachelor's

68.5 %

Master's

20.4 %

Associate

7.6 %

Start to develop specific program manager-acquisitions skills

Skills	Percentages
Program Management	19.19%
DOD	10.37%
Cycle Management	6.16%
Risk Management	5.74%
Acquisition Strategy	5.51%

Research program manager-acquisitions duties and responsibilities

Participate, manage, outline and price RFP's.
Manage implementation of referrals, coordinate assignment of new physicians and create support network for transitioning patients during clinic closure.
Represent the logistics business division for all quality relate issues including process development for all ISO and Non-ISO certify warehouse locations.
Identify available technologies and standards that satisfy DHS functional and system requirements.

Apply for program manager-acquisitions jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a program manager-acquisitions job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

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Program manager-acquisitions reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2020

Pros

Project concept, execution - meeting business and Customer expectations.

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2019

Pros

Communicating with my team is a key.

Cons

Not communicating at all. I don't like to have a computer who does not functioning.