Manager of Cost & Procurement Tools (LSNA-PA/OH/IN/NC)

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we don’t settle – always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference.  

We're looking for a Manager of Cost & Procurement Tools for our Life Science North America Project Services team who is excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients’ business. Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects including state-of-the-art industrial and commercial facilities.

Bring your curiosity, talent for multi-tasking and collaboration, and extreme organizational skills and we’ll help you grow, pursue and fulfill what drives you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

Here's what you'll need

• BS/BA in Engineering, Construction, Finance, or other related field required

• At least 10+ years of experience in project delivery and supporting supplemental AEC business functions

• At least 10-years direct experience in project delivery transformations and operational excellence initiatives

• Experience managing enterprise systems dedicated to cost and procurement functions

• Ability to effectively communicate with all relevant, cross-functional stakeholders and contribute to positive project outcomes, bridging the gap between project teams, discipline teams, business leadership and IT/digital operations

• Ability to operate effectively in an agile, fast-moving environment, rapidly adapting solutions as business needs and priorities evolve

• Ability to transform disparate written standards into a tool, workflow and data ecosystem map to give a full picture of the interactive working environment for cost and procurement tools

• Depth of understanding of tool ecosystems in order to recommend work process optimizations, using tool replacement, tool consolidation, and/or automations as appropriate to deliver maximum value

• Facilitate tool selection via robust user requirements documentation for quantitative and qualitative evaluation, leading to best fit solutions for teams

• Proven track record of tools / workflow optimization implementations including scoping, development, user testing, training and handover

• Know-how to support creation of standard documentation for defining business requirements, process roles and responsibilities, data governance, system click through guides

• Strong skills in lifecycle management of adopted tools, including access control and granting, license maintenance, configurations, upgrade deployments etc, including leading teams of doers to deliver such functionality for user groups

• Ability to lead data and root cause analysis to support identification and proposal of improvement areas

• Ability to measure value of work to prove track record of performance optimizations

• Proficiency with standard Microsoft suite of tools and managing team member tasks via Azure DevOps; experience with cost management and procurement systems preferred including but not limited to Oracle ERP, Oracle Unifier, IPCS, Building Connected, Smart Materials, Ariba

Ideally, you’ll also have:  

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written  

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills   

• Willingness to adopt best practices and share ideas for improvement within the team

• Displayed ability to learn quickly and driven to broaden knowledge base  

• Comfortable working within diverse teams and contributing across functions with guidance as needed  

• Experience mentoring others and raising overall solution quality through standards and documentation for implementations

• Demonstrated experience acting as a hands-on technical lead or solution owner for complex work process optimization initiatives

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Posted Salary Range: Minimum

132,900.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

200,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $132,900.00 to $200,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on June 05, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .

Locations

City State Country
Cary	North Carolina	United States
Indianapolis	Indiana	United States
Cincinnati	Ohio	United States
San Francisco	California	United States
Conshohocken	Pennsylvania	United States