Director, Contracts Administration

About the role

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Director of Contracts Administration to join our team in Herndon, VA. This is a hybrid schedule and will require 2–3 days a week onsite. In this leadership role, you will serve as a trusted executive advisor to senior leadership, shape strategic customer relationships, and direct full lifecycle contract administration to align with MANTECH’s broader operational and financial objectives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary strategic contact and demonstrated influencer in executive-level government meetings, establishing key relationships to resolve high-stakes contractual/financial challenges and advance corporate initiatives.
• Direct the full spectrum of pre- and post-award lifecycle contract strategies, ensuring organizational compliance while maximizing business growth and operational flexibility.
• Lead, mentor, and build high-performing contract management teams; direct resource allocation, workload prioritization, and cross-divisional support for high-priority surge requirements.
• Leverage deep insight into corporate financial drivers to structure contractual agreements that optimize revenue, profit margins, and long-term business performance.
• Partner directly with executive leadership, program managers, finance, legal, and business development teams to guide internal and external strategy.
• Oversee corporate risk posture, ensuring seamless execution, dispute governance, and timely integration of contractual artifacts into enterprise systems of record.
• Maintain operational capability within Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) environments as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 12+ years of senior-level government contract administration and leadership experience.
• 10+ years of progressive contract administration and organizational leadership experience in an Intelligence contracting environment.
• Proven success managing complex portfolios of varied contract types, including CPFF, CPAF, CPIF, FFP, Level of Effort, and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements.
• Expert-level mastery of FAR, DFARS, and agency-specific supplemental clauses.
• Demonstrated executive capability in collaborating with key organizational stakeholders and program executives to solve complex corporate challenges.

Preferred Qualifications

• Comprehensive strategic understanding of Government Solicitation Requirements, Commercial Practices, and enterprise-level risk management.
• Proven leadership across the proposal life cycle, including cross-functional oversight with pricing, subcontracts, finance, and legal teams to mitigate proposal risks, handle EN submissions, and oversee Q&As.
• Demonstrated executive track record of independently navigating complex contractual disputes, claims, Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REAs), and audits in coordination with legal counsel.
• Advanced expertise in identifying and reviewing Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) issues, including the development, execution, and oversight of enterprise mitigation plans.

Clearance Requirements

• Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery.
• Frequently communicates with executive leadership, co-workers, and government stakeholders, including preparing and delivering formal presentations; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.