Subcontracts Administrator

About the role

Join our Procurement team, either a hybrid work arrangement from our Herndon, Virginia headquarters or remotely from anywhere in the U.S. Play a key part in driving impact across the organization. Work with an experienced team leading and conducting subcontract negotiation, competitions, and administration of major subcontracts. You will be an essential member of a program team, managing Requests for Proposal for labor and materials subcontracts of medium to high complexity.

Responsibilities

• Work effectively in a project team environment to ensure that programmatic timelines for pricing/ proposal support and subcontract/purchase order awards are met.
• Develop competitive and single/sole source Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for federal services and products of medium to high complexity and price.
• Understand how to tailor prime contract requirements; understand various contract type options and their proper use to ensure selected contract will result in the lowest risk and best performance for Serco and its clients.
• Lead a program team in subcontractor negotiations concerning price, terms, and delivery schedule.
• Award subcontracts of high complexity, price, and document all actions within department compliance standards.
• Provide effective subcontractor management ensuring compliance with negotiated price, terms and delivery schedule.
• Communicate/escalate subcontractor performance issues promptly.
• Close out subcontracts, including cost-reimbursable subcontracts, timely.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship
• A bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field
• Experience in US government procurement, preferably with a peer prime contractor supporting large labor subcontracts
• Minimum 8 years of experience in a federal contracting environment
• Comprehensive understanding of federal contracting requirements (FAR/DFAR) and contract law
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Work effectively in a project team environment, ensuring that schedules for pricing/ proposal support and subcontract/purchase order awards are met
• Provide effective subcontractor/supplier management ensuring compliance with negotiated price, terms, and delivery schedule
• Effectively manage multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing priorities, and meet agreed-upon schedules
• Proven problem-solving skills

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Robust vacation and sick leave benefits, and flexible work arrangements where permitted by role or contract
• 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages that can be purchased, including pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Employee Assistance Plan

Part-time employees receive a limited package tailored to their role.