Contracts Manager (non-supervisory) - Remote

About the role

We have an opening 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 our 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 the purpose of clients’ financial transactions, as needed and upon request.
• 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 with a focus on risk mitigation and overall value to the company, consistent with sound business practices, ICF policies and procedures, and government regulations.
• 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 which may pose risk to the company and provide recommendations on strategies to mitigate.
• Provide guidance and oversight, and work with client representatives to resolve operational and contractual issues that may arise during the performance of the contract, with a focus on mitigating ICF’s risk, maintaining and increasing profitability, balanced with client needs.
• Proactively assess critical contract obligations and contract provisions, to include gaps and risks; advise on contract revisions to better meet the needs of the client and ICF.
• Support data calls, maintain compliance with SOX and other governmental requirements, as well as client audit requirements on an ongoing basis.
• Handle multiple priority tasks and proposals effectively.
• Develop effective positive working relationships with both internal and external clients; participate in client meetings as required.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• 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 communications.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, and time management skills.
• Self-starter and able to take initiative in solving problems.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build collaborative business relationships both internally within the company and with external clients.
• Ability to collaboratively work with geographically diverse internal clients.

Pay

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