Vice President, Contracts Administration

Peraton is currently seeking a Sector Contracts Vice President, who will lead the contracts function for a multi-billion dollar operating segment of Peraton from our Reston, Virginia office on a full time basis. 

This position will require experience supporting various federal national security, DoD, Health, and enterprise IT lines of business.

The ideal candidate must have:

• A strong knowledge of the FAR and DFAR (and ideally also foreign military sales and direct commercial sales) and have recent executive- level experience leading contracts teams through all facets of contracts management and administration, be an excellent communicator, high-functional executive presentation skills, and have strong business acumen, analytical abilities and be results driven.
• Demonstrated cross-functional collaboration with a strong understanding of finance, business development, and program operations functions.
• This Contracts executive level position will require an experienced contracts management professional who is able to successfully sustain accountability, contribute to and drive business strategy execution, and have responsibility for the following core areas of responsibilities:

• Business Operations: Manages and provides leadership of the Sector contracts function for contract negotiation, analysis, and administration; guidance and oversight of opportunity development, successful new business capture, and proposal preparation; and customer engagement related to contract acquisition and fulfillment in order to achieve company annual operating plan.
  • The Sector Contracts Vice President must be able and willing to work in partnership with the Sector subcontracts and procurement leaders to ensure that there is a cohesive prime/procurement and subcontract strategy in place.
  • Understands and successfully able to negotiate Other Transaction Authority (OTA) procurements. 
  • Negotiates “as a sub” subcontracts, teaming, and non-disclosure agreements.  
  • Ensures that Sector contracts organization achieves optimal operational and financial performance by adhering to contract policies, procedures, methods, operating practices, and working in partnership with the business leaders to drive performance standards for contractual programs to culminate in excellent CPARs and achievement of financial goals.
  • Facilitates effective implementation of contract responsibilities within program objectives and requirements.
  • Develop team members to provide career growth opportunities, grows and supports a culture of operational excellence, portfolio ownership, and continuous improvement.
  • Advisement and Compliance:  
  • Reviews and resolves all issues affecting company compliance and ensures satisfaction of legal requirements, Company, and customer objectives by working closely with the Sector President, Chief Contracts Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and other senior executives.
  • Provides strategic guidance to completion on more complex bids such as intellectual property components, contracts requiring overseas support, and fixed priced contracts with service level agreements.
  • Advises Sector management of contractual rights and obligations, identifying risk areas and mitigation strategies, and provides interpretation of terms and conditions. Partners with sector team in the development of negotiation strategies and leads negotiation team on contractual issues. Supports change management and process improvement initiatives, whenever needed.
• Staff Management: Leads, mentors, trains, develops, sets goals, and manages a team of geographically dispersed contract professionals. Reviews and directs the activities of contract professionals including highly complex solicitations and assists the Sector Contracts team members in the preparation of specialized and/or non-routine response for proposals, bids, and contract modifications. Provides people leadership and mentorship of Sector contracts personnel through team and individual performance appraisals and reviews, evaluations, and evidence-based examples of good performance.
• Liaison: Focal point for communications with senior executives, procurement, legal, finance and business team for resolution of contract issues and disputes.  Advocate and foster data quality and precision within systems and tools. Effectuate and manage strong working relationship with customers’ contractual leaders.  Assist with achieving Company and Sector strategic goals and assist in identifying business opportunities that would maximize the company's performance, drive revenues, and achieve the business's profitability goals. 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field plus a minimum of 20 years of related work Experience working as a Contracts professional in the federal contracting in positions of progressive responsibility, including 5+ years of experience managing employees or Master’s Degree in Business or related field plus a minimum of 18+ years of related work experience working as a Contracts professional in the federal contracting in positions of progressive responsibility, including 5+ years of experience managing employees or PhD in Business or related field plus a minimum of 14+ years of related work experience working as a Contracts professional in the federal contracting in positions of progressive responsibility, including 5+ years of experience managing employees.
• Candidate must have an active Top Secret clearance (or ability to obtain) with willingness/ability to be processed for additional agency-specific clearances (i.e., SAP/SCI). The candidate should also possess the following skills, experience, and education:
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a face-paced business environment, providing real-time subject matter expertise and direction to cross-functional team.
• Contributing to the development of new business strategies to maximize company and customer benefits.
• An in-depth knowledge about federal government contracting, to include federal acquisition process and regulations, as well as in-depth knowledge of Commercial contracting processes and procedures (working knowledge of offsets desired). Foreign Military Sales experience a plus.
• Business acumen with ability to think critically and develop creative and practical solutions.
• In-depth knowledge on developing organizational conflict of interest mitigation plans, teaming agreements, and Contractor Teaming Arrangements.
• Demonstrated experience with the development and negotiation of large, highly complex bids.
• Experience managing a variety of contract types with specific experience with Firm Fixed Price IT Delivery contracts.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and strong time management skills.
• Reputation for unqualified commitment to integrity and professionalism and the ability to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive company/employee information.
• Superior interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to employees and management at all levels.
• Attention to detail and organization.
• Highly adaptable to change; ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Detail oriented, working within deadlines and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and operate in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to communicate, collaborate and work in a professional manner with individuals throughout all levels of the organization.

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.