Federal Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO)

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Your role and responsibilities

• Primary focus on managing a compliant small business subcontracting program consistent withFederal Government regulations.
• Ensure a compliant small business subcontracting program in support of Client Bid & Proposal activity.
• Has overall responsibility to represent during periodic Federal Government reviews of compliance with small business subcontracting regulations.
• Act as a key point of contact with representatives of Small Business concerns to include various small business types.
• Identify, establish, and maintain relationships with Small Business concerns through regular outreach efforts on a local, state and national level.
• Support Client proposal efforts by preparing Small Business Subcontracting Plan documents as needed.
• Report actual small business subcontracting achievements compared to contractual goals.
• Host and attending outreach events to meet and identify relevant small business subcontractors for potential opportunities.
• Develop and deploy internal advocacy programs to support the utilization of small and diverse-owned businesses.
• Lead routine training sessions for internal and external audiences related to small business subcontracting topics.
• Maintain subcontract files and ensure compliance with Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) requirements.

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Experience with varied content curation (professional email, PPT, contract authoring, etc.)
• Keen attention to detail - speed, repeatability, and formatting consistency
• Advanced small business subcontracting program setup and maintenance experience
• Bid and proposal authoring for federal government (US)
• Compliance management with subcontracting programs (i.e. CPSR)
• Experience maintaining and growing small business engagement and outreach
• Strong reporting and organizational excellence for an executive audience

• Experience with demonstrations to an executive audience
• Excel, data manipulation and analytics proficiency

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• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
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We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Job Title

Federal Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO)

Date posted

02-Jun-2025

Job ID

36322

City / Township / Village

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK

State / Province

North Carolina

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Onsite

Area of work

Enterprise Operations

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

91,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

156,000.00

Position type

Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?