Small Business Liaison Senior Manager

Peraton is seeking a Small Business Liaison Senior Manager for the following: 

Major tasks and responsibilities include:

• Ensuring Small Business Program compliance with federal regulatory and statutory requirements by monitoring regulatory changes and changes outlined by the SBA
• Maintain Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Small Business Subcontracting, and Small Business Administration (SBA) compliant procedures and processes
• Generate and submit semi-annual Individual Subcontracting Reports (ISRs), Summary Subcontracting Reports (SSRs)
• Coordinate, administer, and maintain all Mentor Protégé Agreements
• Professionally represent the company at events in support of the small business community
• Conduct and document outreach to small businesses as required in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 19, Small Business Subcontracting, and Supplements.
• Conducting due diligence on prospective small business suppliers to evaluate past performance, financial solvency, and other risk indicators
• Maintain an active list of vetted suppliers with capabilities, and match new suppliers to programs as capabilities align
• Collaborating with capture teams in defining small business sourcing requirements and establishing small business goals
• Contributing to proposal content relative to procurement support and small business objectives
• Generate small business plans in accordance with solicitation requirements
• Review and approve lower-tier supplier subcontracting plans
• Mentoring and training personnel and peers on fundamentals of small business goal planning
• Mitigating risk and exposures through audit and control processes, thoughtful analyses, and consideration of impacts and planning
• Collaborating, communicating, and partnering with peers and internal stakeholders to ensure small business programs, strategies, policies, and procedures are appropriate and aligned with priorities
• Driving efficiencies and improvements relative to requirements, processes, systems (recommendations), and execution in areas of responsibility
• Provide monthly metrics for program review
• Administering Get Well plans for programs under performing to small business goals
• Developing KPIs against which team performance will be measured
• Support procurement, quality, and external audits related to small business reporting
• Actively participating in procurement-wide improvements

• 12+ years of procurement or contracting experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or similar field
• Additional work experience in lieu of a degree may be considered
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in leading small business subcontracting for a government contractor
• Experience in Small Business Subcontracting reviews with DCMA and SBA resulting in favorable results
• Extensive working knowledge of FAR, FAR Supplements, and other agency regulations (FAA, NRO, etc.) as it relates to small business subcontracting
• Working knowledge of eSRS
• An advanced level of collaboration, influencing, and consulting skills at all levels of an organization along with the ability to effect strategic direction at the executive level.
• Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time and complete advanced projects on time with minimal supervision.
• Ability to clearly articulate point of view verbally and in writing, quickly grasp business objectives and strategies and how service offerings support the attainment of those objectives.
• Ability to travel to conferences and Peraton site locations, as needed
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to obtain a security clearance

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.