Contracts Manager (non-supervisory) - Remote

About the Role

ICF is a global consulting services company with over 9,000 full- and part-time employees. We combine unmatched industry expertise with innovative engagement capabilities to help organizations solve their most complex challenges. This opening is for a Contracts Manager supporting our growing and dynamic Climate, Energy, and Transportation (CET) division. Our CET division helps clients achieve smart, resilient, and low-carbon growth by leveraging expertise in energy, climate adaptation and resilience, greenhouse gas mitigation and sustainability, energy efficiency, and transportation.

This position is 100% remote in the 48 contiguous United States.

Responsibilities

• Provide proposal and contracts support for Requests for Proposals and active contracts with commercial and state and local clients across the nation.
• Review and negotiate reliance letters for clients’ financial transactions as needed.
• Prepare, review, and manage documentation and forms required for state and local proposal submissions, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Lead the contract review and negotiation process for new proposals, RFP awards, amendments to existing contracts, and new contracts, focusing on risk mitigation and overall value to the company.
• Maintain all required contractual documentation.
• Negotiate robust terms and conditions, including indemnification, limitation of liability, intellectual property, ownership, insurance, and liquidated damages.
• Review and negotiate non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, and subcontract agreements (when ICF is a subcontractor).
• Identify contractual and/or RFP terms that may pose risk to the company and provide recommendations for mitigation strategies.
• Provide guidance and oversight to resolve operational and contractual issues during contract performance, focusing on mitigating ICF’s risk and maintaining profitability.
• Proactively assess critical contract obligations and provisions, identifying gaps and risks, and advise on contract revisions to meet client and ICF needs.
• Support data calls, maintain compliance with SOX and other governmental requirements, and meet client audit requirements.
• Handle multiple priority tasks and proposals effectively.
• Develop effective working relationships with internal and external clients; participate in client meetings as required.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience negotiating terms and managing commercial and state & local contracts.
• 5+ years’ experience working with relevant laws, regulations, terms, conditions, and policies governing commercial and state and local contracts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Familiarity with Engineering contracts and the utility industry.
• Familiarity with Deltek tools such as Costpoint and Contract Management Systems.

Skills

• Solid skills with Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, Teams, Copilot, SharePoint).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, and time management skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to take initiative in solving problems.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build collaborative business relationships both internally and with external clients.
• Ability to work collaboratively with geographically diverse internal clients.

Pay

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $89,649.00 - $152,404.00.