Principal, Contracts

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Job Title: Principal, Contracts

Job Code: 29196

Job Location: Londonderry, NH

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Integrated Vision Solutions Sector is seeking a Contracts professional looking to expand and grow strategic footprint within the organization. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, capable of high-level independent work managing DoD, Commercial and CAS covered contracts. In this role, the selected candidate will support large program efforts and regularly contribute in business strategy formation and tactical implementations at all levels.

Essential Functions:

• Manage a complex and strategic portfolio of work, providing business, contractual, and risk mitigation strategic guidance for DoD-related Commercial and CAS covered contracts from contract inception to contract close-out.

• Contractual support to business-critical areas including the development and advancement of commercial and programmatic strategies, operational decision making, delivering proposal risk analysis and mitigation alternatives, and negotiation oversight.
• Potential to evolve into a managerial position, where the individual will eventually manage a team responsible for highly complex contract assignments, driving strategic initiatives and fostering professional development within that team.
• Apply contracts direction in contract formation activities, such as maximizing negotiated outcomes, and providing broad based business judgement while monitoring compliance with government acquisition regulations.
• Participate in the proposal development process by identifying areas of risk, and promoting innovative solutions to internal and external customers.
• Self-starter capable of high-level independent work with strong organizational and computer skills.
• Outreach and partner with other key functional areas, such as Finance, Programs and Sales on new and continuing programs to ensure desired objectives and outcomes are achieved.
• Analyze new laws, regulations and contract trends for potential impact on business goals and objectives.
• Work in partnership with legal counsel to provide recommendations from a Contracts perspective on legal activities, intellectual property interests, disputes, claims, protests, and lawsuits.
• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance
• Understanding of US Government acquisition regulations, cost and price estimating concepts, Intellectual Property and an in-depth working knowledge of FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 15 acquisition.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience in Contract Management and US Government Federal Acquisition Regulation. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• MBA preferred
• Security Clearance

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