About this role
OPEN JOB: Senior Manager, Contracts – Secret Clearance
LOCATION: Northampton, Massachusetts
**relocation packages available
BASE SALARY: $190,000 to $210,000
INDUSTRY: Aerospace / Aviation / Defense
JOB SCHEDULE: 9/80- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off
NOTE: A Hybrid schedule may be considered for outstanding candidates
IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Defense Industry Contracts leader with experience with Department of Defense regs. such as FAR, DFAR, ITAR, EAR, CAS
- Active Secret level clearance
- NCMA Certification
- Willingness to work onsite in Northampton, MA. Relocation is available.
- Seeking strong candidates with demonstrated industry Contracts experience and Managerial/Leadership experience and capabilities to build and grow a team
Job Description:
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to join our clients Contracts organization. This role requires a recognized expert and thought leader who will manage large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization.
Essential Functions:
- Manage a team of contracts professionals for our growing Acoustic Systems Portfolio and provide expertise, guidance, training, and leadership to implement strategies to advance critical business objectives.
- Responsible for RFP review and risk assessment, proposal preparation, contract negotiation, contract administration, change management and customer contract activities for assigned contracts / programs.
- Lead Complex negotiations to develop overarching negotiation strategies and contract management strategies to mitigate risk.
- Develop solutions to complex contracting issues while ensuring solutions are consistent with organization strategic and operational objectives.
- Provide direction to team members to address and influence major contractual and business issues encountered in the proposal and execution of contracts of all types and complexity.
- As Portfolio Lead, serve as contracts point of contract both internal and external to the organization
- Ability to travel when needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in a business or related field and minimum 9 years prior related experience or Graduate Degree with minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- 6+ Years experience with FAR, DFAR, ITAR, EAR, CAS and a wide range of contract types and efforts, e.g. CPFF, FFP, IF, AF, etc. development, production, engineering services, commercial and non-commercial, etc.
- Active US Secret security clearance.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Ability to negotiate contract terms and conditions with commercial and US Government customers.
- Negotiation experience with FAR Part 15 programs.
- Proven business negotiator while exercising sound judgement with experience engaging at high organizational levels or with persons of influence both internally and externally.
- Highly developed critical thinking and communication skills with ability to influence and shape favorable business outcomes.
- Excellent communication, presentation, team building and leadership skills, with the ability to perform in complex cross-functional business environments.
- Expert knowledge of FAR/DFAR regulations
- Experience mentoring, leading and training junior staff members
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, statement of works, solicitations/RFPs, or government regulations
- NCMA Certification CFCM, CPCM or CCCM (preferred / not required)
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
- MS WORD Resume
- required compensation.
- Contact information.
- Availability
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.
Jason Denmark
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondenmark/