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About the Role

The Port of San Francisco is seeking a highly skilled Principal Contracts Analyst to support the Waterfront Resilience Program (WRP), a multi-decade initiative designed to protect San Francisco's 7.5-mile waterfront from climate change, sea level rise, flooding, and seismic risks. This position will play a critical role in ensuring effective contract administration, financial oversight, grant compliance, and data-driven decision-making across multiple resilience and capital improvement projects.

Responsibilities

Supports the end-to-end administration of complex professional services, construction, and consultant contracts associated with resilience and capital improvement projects.
Coordinates procurement planning activities, including solicitation development, proposal evaluation, contract negotiations, contract execution, and ongoing contract administration.
Monitors contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations, project schedules, funding requirements, and City policies.
Develops and maintains contract tracking systems and performance metrics to monitor expenditures, deliverables, contract status, amendments, and Local Business Enterprise (LBE) participation.
Conducts contract-related analyses and prepare reports regarding contract utilization, performance outcomes, and compliance.
Collaborates with project managers, legal counsel, procurement staff, consultants, and external stakeholders to resolve contract issues and implement corrective actions when necessary.
Develops, administers, monitors, and analyzes complex multi-year project budgets, including capital project budgets and state and federal grant-funded initiatives.
Conducts detailed financial analyses, including expenditure forecasting, budget variance analysis, cost-benefit analysis, trend analysis, and funding gap assessments.
Monitors project expenditures and recommend budget adjustments to support project objectives and funding requirements.
Prepares financial reports, dashboards, projections, and presentations for senior leadership, oversight bodies, funding agencies, and other stakeholders.
Assists with capital planning activities and support financial reporting requirements related to major infrastructure and resilience projects.
Designs and leads analytical initiatives to evaluate project performance, contract utilization, financial trends, and operational effectiveness.
Develops and maintains dashboards, data visualizations, and reporting tools using platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, Excel, and other business intelligence applications.
Analyzes complex datasets from multiple sources and translate findings into actionable recommendations for program leadership.
Develops key performance indicators (KPIs), performance measures, and reporting frameworks to support project monitoring and strategic decision-making.
Prepares clear and comprehensive management reports, presentations, and briefing materials for executive leadership.
Assists in the development, submission, and administration of grant applications supporting waterfront resilience and capital projects.
Monitors grant-funded expenditures and activities to ensure compliance with funding requirements, grant agreements, reporting obligations, and applicable regulations.
Prepares grant compliance reports, reimbursement requests, financial documentation, and supporting materials for funding agencies.
Coordinates with project managers, finance staff, and external agencies to ensure timely and accurate grant reporting and fund management.
Conducts complex administrative, organizational, fiscal, and policy analyses to support Waterfront Resilience Program projects and objectives.
Research and evaluates issues affecting project delivery, funding strategies, regulatory requirements, and organizational effectiveness.
Prepares reports and recommendations regarding policies, procedures, systems improvements, and project implementation strategies.
Presents findings, analyses, and recommendations to executive management and stakeholder groups.
Represents the Program and projects in meetings with City departments, regulatory agencies, funding partners, consultants, and community stakeholders as assigned.

Requirements

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; AND Five (5) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work.
Qualifying professional-level analytical work includes analysis, development, administration, and reporting in major programs and functions of an organization in the areas of budgets, contracts, grants, policy, or other functional areas related to the duties of positions in the 1824 Class series.
Possession of a graduate degree (master’s degree or higher) from an accredited college or university with major coursework in specialized subject matter areas such as public or business administration, management, business law, contract law, public policy, urban studies, economics, statistical analysis, finance, accounting or other fields of study closely related to the essential functions of positions in the Class series may be substituted for one (1) year of required experience.
Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of 2 years). Thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units equal one year.
Experience administering complex public-sector professional services and construction contracts.
Experience supporting large-scale capital improvement, infrastructure, transportation, environmental, resilience, or public works projects and programs.
Strong knowledge of public procurement, contract administration, grant management, and governmental budgeting practices.
Experience performing advanced financial and quantitative analysis.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Experience developing dashboards, data visualizations, and performance reporting systems.
Knowledge of federal, state, and local funding requirements and grant compliance practices.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex information to executive leadership and diverse stakeholders.
Strong project management, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Skills

Contract Administration
Financial Oversight
Grant Compliance
Data-Driven Decision-Making
Procurement Planning
Solicitation Development
Proposal Evaluation
Contract Negotiations
Contract Execution
Contract Monitoring
Budget Analysis
Expenditure Forecasting
Budget Variance Analysis
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Trend Analysis
Funding Gap Assessments
Capital Planning
Data Analytics
Performance Management
Dashboard Development
Data Visualization
Reporting Tools
Power BI
Tableau
Excel
Business Intelligence Applications
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Grant Application Development
Grant Administration
Policy Analysis
Strategic Analysis
Project Management
Organizational Skills
Stakeholder Engagement

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Permanent Exempt
Full-Time

Experience Level

5 years of professional-level analytical work

Education Level

Baccalaureate degree
Graduate degree (Master's or higher) may substitute for 1 year of experience
Additional experience may substitute for degree on a year-for-year basis

Salary/Compensations

$146,016 - $177,528 annually
USD 70 - USD 85 - hourly

About the Company

The Port of San Francisco is an enterprise agency of the City and County of San Francisco and is governed by a Commission of five members appointed by the Mayor. The Port Commission is responsible for overseeing a broad range of waterfront commercial, maritime, and public access facilities that are held in public trust for the people of California. The Port’s jurisdiction covers approximately 7.5 miles of waterfront land from Pier 98, near Hunter’s Point in the southern part of San Francisco, to Fisherman’s Wharf in the northern part of the City.
The Port’s diverse business portfolio includes over 550 ground, commercial, retail, office, industrial and maritime industrial leases including cargo shipping, layberthing, excursion boats, ferry boats, fishing and fish processing/distribution, tourism, filming, harbor services, and cruise operations. With some of the most flexible cargo handling facilities on the West Coast, as well as naturally deep water, the Port can handle various types of cargo such as, dry-bulk, neo-bulk, roll-on/roll-off, and project cargoes.
The Port of San Francisco has many internationally recognized landmarks such as Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, the Exploratorium, the Ferry Building and Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. With its unique and historic properties, the Port is home to a variety of tenants and uses. The Port Commission over the last five decades has led a remarkable transformation of the Port; maintaining its industrial maritime heritage while developing new uses, including commercial and public activities that have helped San Francisco remain one of the most visited and popular cities on the globe.
For more information about the Port of San Francisco, visit SFPort.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
The Port’s Waterfront Resilience Program (WRP) was created to ensure the waterfront, and its important regional and citywide assets, are resilient in the face of earthquakes, flooding, sea level rise due to climate change, shoreline erosion, and extreme storms. The waterfront has a history rich with innovative adaptation, and resilience is forged in the Port’s identity. We have a once in a generation opportunity to not only defend our waterfront from future flood and earthquake risks, but also to improve and rejuvenate the waterfront, improve the City’s connection to the Bay, and bring benefits such as more open space, enhanced mobility, safety and jobs. Over the next 3 years, Program work is expected to include completing the United States Army Corps of Engineers General Investigation Feasibility Study (San Francisco Flood Study), advancing design and engineering of the USACE recommended plan in collaboration with City partners, and implementing multiple transformational resilience projects including those funded by the 2018 Seawall General Obligation Bond. The Program is led by a dedicated team that shares a passion for leading the Port and City to a more resilient future.

Equal Opportunity

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.