Contracts Manager (People Manager) 1

Job Description

L3Harris is seeking a highly skilled Contracts Manager to oversee a team of contracts professionals, provide guidance and review work to ensure compliance and quality. This position will serve as a key point of contact within and outside the organization to communicate, negotiate, and influence contract terms, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of contracts professionals and provide expertise, guidance, training, and leadership to implement strategies to advance critical business objectives.
• Provide guidance to develop overarching negotiation strategies and objectives.
• Be innovative to develop solutions to complex contracting issues while ensuring solutions are consistent with organization strategic and operational objectives.
• Lead complex negotiations and develop contract management strategies to mitigate risk.
• 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.
• Undertake special assignments as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience (in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience)
• Management and leadership experience in Department of Defense Contracts.
• Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract experience
• Experience in FAR/DFAR
• Negotiation experience with FAR Part 15 programs.
• Extensive experience with a wide range of contract types and efforts, e.g. CPFF, FFP, IF, AF, etc. development, production, engineering services, commercial and non-commercial, etc.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Proven business negotiator while exercising sound business 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 a complex cross-functional business environment.
• Expert knowledge of FAR/DFAR regulations
• Experience with complex contracts and proposal preparation and execution
• Experience mentoring and training junior staff members
• Ability to interact professionally and effectively at all levels of the organization
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, solicitations/RFPs, or governmental regulations.
• Active security clearance (preferred / not required)