Contracts Manager II

Key Responsibilities

• Assist senior Contracts Managers to manage a portfolio of complex research and development task orders under the Caltech–NASA Prime Contract, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and timely execution of modifications, renewals, funding actions, and no-cost extensions.
• Assist with coordinating discussions for task order changes, funding adjustments, and other contractual matters with NASA/sponsors and internal stakeholders.
• Under the guidance of senior Contracts Managers, provide authoritative interpretation of task order requirements and advise project teams on contractual obligations, risks, and compliance strategies.
• Partner with pricing, business teams, legal, program management, and technical teams to resolve issues and ensure smooth task order execution in a highly collaborative, stakeholder-heavy setting.
• Oversee preparation, review, and maintenance of task order documentation for accuracy and adherence to JPL and NASA requirements.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, business law, or related discipline with a minimum of three (3) years of related experience; Master’s degree in similar disciplines with a minimum of (1) one year of related experience; or PhD (including JD) in similar disciplines with (0) years related experience.
• Familiarity in one or more of the following areas: administration of Government cost-type Research and Development (R&D) contracts; prime or subcontract administration.
• Knowledge, interpretation, and wide application of principles, theories, concepts and techniques in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Government policies and other government regulations.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Demonstrated the ability to work autonomously, take initiative to ensure task completion, and effectively manage competing priorities to meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding and experience managing government contracts.
• Strong understanding and ability to apply FAR-based contracting principles.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance or ability to obtain the clearance.

Benefits

JPL has a catalog of benefits and perks that span from the traditional to the unique. This includes a variety of health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans, paid time off, learning, rideshare, childcare, flexible schedule, parental leave and many more. Our focus is on work-life balance, and living healthy, fulfilling lives as we Dare Mighty Things Together.