Senior Manager, Contracts Administration

Peraton is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager to lead our contracts negotiations and execution center of excellence. The Senior Contracts Manager would be responsible for: 

• Leading a dynamic and geographically dispersed team of contract administrators of varying levels (Junior, mid, to senior) that are dedicated to supporting contracts with other Prime contractors
• Managing the entire portfolio of contracts with other Prime contractors of various contract types, complexities, and sizes across multiple different sectors
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to track program delivery and financial performance
• Proactively track, monitor, and mitigate against risk associated with working outside of negotiated value, funding, period of performance, and scope
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements such as OCI Plans, reporting, deliverables, Service Contract Act/Wage Determination, etc.
• Collaborate and continuously engage with various sector stakeholders, cross functional leaders, and other functional support groups
• Provide guidance on contractual requirements and interpret contract terms and conditions
• Provide oversite/guidance on change management
• Ability to recognize synergies and capitalize on them
• Manage the start-up and close-out process for all assigned projects within the assigned contracts portfolio
• Ensure proposals are submitted on time and assist with reviewing and preparing cost proposals and narratives
• Develop strong customer relationships, interacting frequently, and working as a team leader to resolve issues
• Monitor, track, analyze, prepare and negotiate contractual agreements such as Teaming, Non-Disclosure, Memorandum of Understanding/Memorandum of Agreement and other binding agreements as the business opportunity may require
• Support to internal program teams, to include highly complex problem solving, and providing creative solutions
• Ensure contractual artifacts are filed and maintained in accordance with policy and contract administrators are documenting contractual actions, discussions, direction, updates, and matters  
• Accomplish P&L and Functional organizations’ business objectives by promoting sound business and contract principles
• Developing and adjusting work assignments to ensure the appropriate balance of work, and that contract administrators are fully employed and matched appropriately with the right program and team based on skills and capabilities
• Review, draft, and recommend changes to workflows, guides, job aids, policies, procedures, etc.
• Working within a contract lifecycle management system to run reports on various projects, workflows, and assignments
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills necessary for working in a team environment.

• Bachelors’ Degree in Business or related field plus a minimum of 12 years of related work experience (may be substituted for equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience).  

• Extensive familiarity with U.S. government contracting
• Robust knowledge of working with other prime contractors under subcontracts of a variety of types and complexities under FAR, DFARS, and other agency supplements. 
• Extensive experience working all phases of the contract lifecycle, including preparing proposal responses to Request for Proposal (RFP), conducting negotiations and drafting/executing contracts, performing day-to-day contract management, and performing closeouts, including assisting with final modifications and invoices and completion of contractor performance evaluations
• Experience interfacing with all levels of the project team (includes representing and interfacing with all levels of internal and/or external management and corporate organization person’s documents
• Experience generating reports and developing workstreams for a team of contract administrators
• Current Top-Secret clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in creating and maintaining Excel spreadsheets
• Proficient working within a Contract Lifecycle Management tool
• Self-starter and independent worker with good interpersonal, organizational and computer skills.
• Deltek experience is a plus
• Knowledge of contract types and terms
• Understand and implement policies and procedures
• Excellent communication skills

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.