Contract Administration Manager 2 - 19237

About the role

The successful candidate will lead a Contracts team for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Sustainment (ICBM-S) organization. This leadership role is based on-site in Clearfield, Utah. The selected candidate will report directly to the Senior Contracts Manager for the organization.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of highly motivated and effective contracts professionals, providing strong leadership, training, guidance, and career development to direct reports;
• Review and approve contractual documents for protection of the company's contractual/risk posture, satisfaction of contractual requirements, and adherence to company policies. Therefore, keen attention to detail is essential.
• Administers contracts and guides team in all facets of contract administration support, including: compliance with contractual requirements, interprets contract requirements for program and functional leadership, drafts and transmits formal correspondence, coordinates submittals with all stakeholders, and reviews and executes contract modifications.
• Serves as the primary interface with the customer.
• Planning and executing successful contract negotiations and achieving targeted profit rates as well as favorable terms and conditions to assist in meeting profit and cash goals.
• Regular and proactive interface and effective collaboration with program, technical, and operations organizations to provide guidance and direction based upon the requirements of the resulting contracts.
• Able to make decisions in a timely manner, offer guidance, and work cooperatively with a multitude of organizations ranging from technical, program, finance, supply chain, legal, export, and security.
• Able to solve complex problems by actively seeking information and new ideas from a variety of sources.
• Build strong customer intimacy and employee engagement to assist with growing this important business area.
• Conduct proposal preparation for sole source and competitive proposals; serves as the lead for the proposal contracts volume and partners closely with the Capture team and other functions to develop and implement proposal strategies.
• Review and provide feedback on customer RFIs, draft RFPs, and RFPs.
• Guide the program and Contracts organization on the implications of model contract terms and conditions.
• Able to function independently and effectively with competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills to resolve complex problems and minimize risk to the company.
• Ability to travel 10% of time as required to support major programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of directly-related experience in lieu of degree.
• Proven experience in contract administration and management.
• Advanced experience in proposal development, beginning with strategy, including negotiation, and ultimate program execution.
• Experience negotiating and administering fixed price and cost reimbursable contract types of varying sizes with the US Government.
• Thorough understanding of the requirements of applicable government regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
• Strong command of MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to use them in informing, presenting, and negotiating to all levels of management, internally and with customer.

Qualifications

• Prior leadership experience, either in a supervisory, team, or project lead role, and demonstrated ability to lead teams and develop talent.
• Master’s degree or equivalent professional certification.
• Experience with the DoD/DoW FAR Supplement.
• Proficiency in SAP modules and contract set up process interface to ensure efficient contract set up execution.
• 10+ years' experience in DoD/DoW contracts, or similar agreements, with the US Government.
• Able to function independently and effectively with competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills to resolve complex problems and minimize risk to the company.
• Active US Top Secret Clearance.

Benefits

In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. Northrop Grumman also provides a variety of benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.