Senior Contracts Administrator (Remote)

Responsibilities

• Build successful partnerships with the program leadership to understand program and contract needs while negotiating favorable terms and conditions in all assigned agreements.
• Meet department metrics that track activities such as contract value, contract ceiling, contract mods, contract deliverables, and their associated processing timeframes.
• Reduce risks through negotiation of key terms, the addition of assumptions, or clarifying conditions to proposals or agreements.
• Show strong terms and conditions negotiation skills to include the ability to negotiate with major prime contractors.
• Manage ad hoc requests.
• Administer complex agreements across a variety of contract types, including FFP, T&M, Cost-type, IDIQs, OTAs, etc.
• Maintain diplomacy and tact when engaging with colleagues and external parties.
• Leverage technical ability and professional curiosity to lean forward and take ownership of outcomes.
• Demonstrate ability to effectively resolve challenges and be a reliable resource to the programs supported.
• Become fluent in TSC’s business model and culture by understanding the programs, the Customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure comprehensive administration of our contractual commitments for the assigned contracts portfolio.
• Support the proposal process by reviewing solicitation requirements, developing cover letters, contracts and/or cost and pricing volumes, analyzing terms and conditions and evaluating risk in accordance with company guidelines.
• Process new awards, modifications and maintain accurate contract records within the company’s Contract Management System.
• Prepare negotiation strategies for existing or prospective clients to establish performance, and contractual guidelines for assigned contracts.
• Lead contract administration from requirements definition through contract close-out.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Contract Administration, or related field and 8 or more years of defense contracting experience.
• Successful, demonstrated full life cycle contract administration experience.
• US Citizenship and possibly the ability to obtain and maintain a secret level security clearance.
• Administration of and experience with both prime contractor issued subcontracts, and DoD issued prime contracts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of FAR and DFARS regulations, with a strong preference for experience in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
• Experience preparing cost proposals, cost narratives and compliance matrixes, with a strong preference for candidates experienced in proposals requiring certified cost or pricing data and government audits.
• Business focused, solution and problem solving oriented.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of standard contract management practices.
• Familiarity with intellectual property (IP), data rights, and associated federal regulations.
• Change and modification management – understanding impact on scope, funding and deliverables.
• Proficient in leveraging technology to streamline the contract administration processes.
• Experience in problem solving when guidance is vague, and no precedence is available.
• Proficient with collecting and analyzing data as a basis for program/company decisions.
• Able to communicate effectively across the organization and with diverse teams.
• Able to multi-task including prioritizing, planning timelines and timely execution of multiple contracts.
• Professional certification in Contract Management preferred.
• Deltek Costpoint experience (Contract Management Module)
• Microsoft SharePoint experience

Benefits

TSC offers a stable work environment, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefit package; including ESOP participation, 401k Plan, Flexible Work Schedules, Tuition Reimbursement, Co-Sponsored Health Plan, Paid Leave and much more.