Subcontract Administrator, Senior

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision.

About the role

The Subcontract Administrator is responsible for the end-to-end administration of non-prime (sub-tier) subcontracts that support various LM Space Programs. The role serves as the primary liaison between external suppliers, while being an internal POC for program teams, engineering, legal/compliance, and finance, ensuring timely, compliant, and value-driven subcontract execution.

• Ensure all subcontract documents are created, reviewed, approved, executed, and maintained in compliance with company policy, federal acquisition regulations, and customer contractual requirements.
• Prepare subcontractor Request for Proposal (RFP) packages, conduct bidders' list to ensure competitive outreach, develop evaluation criteria, and analyze and evaluate proposals to determine best-value subcontractor for the Program.
• Execute tasks supporting negotiating subcontract terms and conditions and price, and support all authorization to proceed (ATP) tasks for multiple contract types through hardware delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• 3+ years of professional experience in Supply Chain Management (e.g., Procurement, Subcontract Administration, Subcontract Management, Negotiation, and/or Category Management).

Desired Skills

• Prior experience with FAR and DFARS.
• Knowledge of space hardware products and familiarity with the LM Space Programs.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment while working well under pressure.
• Proven exceptional strategic communication skills, both written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels of peers, program, and executive management, with an ability to persuade and motivate action.
• Previous professional experience in Subcontract Management and/or Project Management.
• Demonstrated skills to drive culture change supporting enterprise initiatives (e.g., hardware commonization and insertion into programs, shift to "we vs. me" behaviors).
• Effective relationship-building skills with peers, stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Implement continuous improvement leading to improved team and supplier performance.

Benefits

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package here.

We are also committed to enabling transitioning veterans to connect with their communities and find new purpose as they reintegrate into civilian life. Learn more about how we proudly support the military/veterans network.

Schedule

• Full-time remote telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full-time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site.
• Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.