Sr. Principal Contract Administrator

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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the job posting. First, remove boilerplate: relocation assistance, clearance required, clearance type, travel? Travel is mentioned: "TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time". Travel is a detail; could be part of schedule? Not schedule but maybe part of responsibilities? It's a condition. Could be included in a short paragraph under About the role? But we need to preserve all substantive info. Travel is a detail; we could include it in a

under About the role or maybe a separate section? The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Travel is not a standard heading; we could include it in About the role paragraph. We need sections: About the role (description), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have: - About the role: description paragraph about Northrop Grumman, the role, location, etc. - Responsibilities: list of duties: "Work complex assignments independently and support Finance, Program Management, and various levels of ManagementLead proposal preparation, contract negotiation and contract administration activities from proposal through closeout.Administer daily contract activities for a variety of product lines and contract types, including cost reimbursable and firm fixed price; such activities will include establishing payment terms, initiating, and monitoring invoicing, collections, and funding to support financial objectives.Enter and manage data in the Contract Management System, financial and delivery systems.Participate in customer meetings, performing and monitoring compliance to contract requirements and leading change management process.Ensure non-disclosure agreements and contract terms and conditions are negotiated within company guidelines." We need to split into bullet list items. - Requirements: maybe "Basic Qualifications for a Level 4 Senior Principal Contract Administrator:" includes education/experience, Aerospace and Defense industry experience, Experience in contract negotiations, Experience leading must win high visibility proposals, Advanced knowledge and understanding of FAR and DFARS, Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance. - Qualifications: maybe "Preferred Qualifications" list. - Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; but we could infer from responsibilities: knowledge of FAR/DFARS, contract negotiation, proposal preparation, etc. However we should not invent. If no explicit Skills section, we should not create one. - Benefits: paragraph about benefits: health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays, PTO, overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, annual bonuses, long term incentives for VP/Director. - Pay: salary range: "$101,400.00 - $152,200.00" plus note about factors. - Schedule: maybe travel 10% of time? Not schedule. No explicit schedule like full-time, shift. Could infer full-time but not stated. So we should not create Schedule section unless posting actually states it. It does not mention schedule like "full-time" or "part-time". So we omit Schedule. - Also we have "TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time". Could be included under Responsibilities or About the role as a note. We need to preserve all substantive info; we must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include travel detail. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll produce something like:

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Contract Administrator (Level 4) to join the Platform Systems Modernization (PSM) OU out of Lake Charles Louisiana. This position can be located at any DS location, on site, preferably a PSM specific site. The successful applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman's contracts organization and will support various Government programs, capture and proposal activities as well as provide contract operations support. The successful candidate will be a direct report to Contracts Leadership and will work closely on a day-to-day basis with the business managers, operations managers, capture managers and other functional teams throughout the department. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of contracts from the business development phase through contract closeout, delivering strong customer satisfaction, successful financial performance, and risk mitigation. Candidate's ability to build strong customer intimacy and employee engagement is key. Candidate must be a self-starter and able to work collaboratively with team members, including in an advisory role to program management, site management and the customers. Candidate will have knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS). Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

But we need to ensure we didn't repeat job title as heading; we didn't. Now Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Work complex assignments independently and support Finance, Program Management, and various levels of management.
• Lead proposal preparation, contract negotiation and contract administration activities from proposal through closeout.
• Administer daily contract activities for a variety of product lines and contract types, including cost reimbursable and firm fixed price; such activities will include establishing payment terms, initiating, and monitoring invoicing, collections, and funding to support financial objectives.
• Enter and manage data in the Contract Management System, financial and delivery systems.
• Participate in customer meetings, performing and monitoring compliance to contract requirements and leading change management process.
• Ensure non-disclosure agreements and contract terms and conditions are negotiated within company guidelines.

Now Requirements (Basic Qualifications):

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience in contracts management, contract administration, or a Master's degree with 6 years of experience in contracts management, contract administration; or 12 years of experience in contracts management, contract administration in lieu of degree.
• Aerospace and Defense industry experience.
• Experience in contract negotiations.
• Experience leading must-win high visibility proposals.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of FAR and DFARS and ability to efficiently and effectively research FAR/DFAR information.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance.

Now Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with a variety of contract types such as Cost Plus, Fixed Price, Fixed Price Incentive Fee, etc.
• Solid foundation in interpreting and drafting changes to US Government contracts, non-disclosure agreements, and similar documents.
• Prior experience supporting contracts consisting of complex production efforts.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to be flexible and change directions when needed.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Active DoD Secret/Top Secret Clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 5 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Now Benefits:

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Now Pay:

Pay

The primary level salary range is $101,400.00 - $152,200.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

We have already mentioned overtime etc in Benefits; but it's okay to repeat? Might be duplication but we need to preserve all info; we can keep it in Pay section as per posting. It's okay. We should not include Schedule section. Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like EEO, citizenship, application period, etc. We removed those. Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed "Relocation assistance", "Clearance required", "Clearance type", "Travel:" we included travel in About the role. We removed "U.S. Citizenship is required..." etc. Also removed "Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also removed "The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days..." etc. Now ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The description about location: "This position can be located at any DS location, on site, preferably a PSM specific site." We included that in About the role? We wrote "This position can be located at any DS location, on site, preferably a PSM specific site." Actually we omitted that sentence inadvertently. Let's add it. Also we missed "The successful applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman's contracts organization and will support various Government programs, capture and proposal activities as well as provide contract operations support." We included that. We missed "The successful candidate will be a direct report to Contracts Leadership and will work closely on a day-to-day basis with the business managers, operations managers, capture managers and other functional teams throughout the department." Included. We missed "The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of contracts from the business development phase through contract closeout, delivering strong customer satisfaction, successful financial performance, and risk mitigation." Included. We missed "Candidate's ability to build strong customer intimacy and employee engagement is key." Included. We missed "Candidate must be a self-starter and able to work collaboratively with team members, including in an advisory role to program management, site management and the customers." Included. We missed "Candidate will have knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS)." Included. We missed "In This Role, The Selected Candidate Will Work complex assignments independently and support Finance, Program Management, and various levels of ManagementLead proposal preparation, contract negotiation and contract administration activities from proposal through closeout.Administer daily contract activities for a variety of product lines and contract types, including cost reimbursable and firm fixed price; such activities will include establishing payment terms, initiating, and monitoring invoicing, collections, and funding to support financial objectives.Enter and manage data in the Contract Management System, financial and delivery systems.Participate in customer meetings, performing and monitoring compliance to contract requirements and leading change management process.Ensure non-disclosure agreements and contract terms and conditions are negotiated within company guidelines." We turned into responsibilities. We missed "Basic Qualifications for a Level 4 Senior Principal Contract Administrator:" we used as Requirements. We missed "Aerospace and Defense industry experience." included. We missed "Experience in contract negotiations." included. We missed "Experience leading