What are the responsibilities and job description for the Subcontracts Lead position at Metrea?
Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect. Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.
Position Summary
The candidate for this position will have significant experience in supply chain contracts with emphasis on aviation vendors and suppliers, including the negotiation, drafting, and closing of a wide variety of vendors and other commercial contracts. The Subcontracts Lead will be expected to work closely with the Heads of Contracts, Supply Chain and Logistics, and Legal to identify contract risks needs and to support the global operations for the enterprise and the supply chain. Broad general experience with all types of aviation and commercial contracts, related intellectual property issues including protection of enterprise IP as well as export control related to this work is required. The candidate will also ideally have a general understanding of the use of consultants and service providers agreements. Experience supporting companies focused on cutting edge technologies including software development, digital innovation, and infrastructure is also highly desired.
What You’ll Do
At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
Benefits
Comprehensive medical plan options
HSA/FSA accounts
Dental and vision coverage
6% employer 401(k) match
Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
Generous PTO
Life and disability insurance
Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
AD&D Coverage
Pet Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub
Work Authorization/Security Clearance
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
AAP/EEO Statement
Legal Entity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.
Work Location
Washington, DC
Work Environment
This job operates in an office setting
Travel
Ability to travel up to 20% internationally.
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect. Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.
Position Summary
The candidate for this position will have significant experience in supply chain contracts with emphasis on aviation vendors and suppliers, including the negotiation, drafting, and closing of a wide variety of vendors and other commercial contracts. The Subcontracts Lead will be expected to work closely with the Heads of Contracts, Supply Chain and Logistics, and Legal to identify contract risks needs and to support the global operations for the enterprise and the supply chain. Broad general experience with all types of aviation and commercial contracts, related intellectual property issues including protection of enterprise IP as well as export control related to this work is required. The candidate will also ideally have a general understanding of the use of consultants and service providers agreements. Experience supporting companies focused on cutting edge technologies including software development, digital innovation, and infrastructure is also highly desired.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with our experienced and talented Supply Chain and Global Logistics team alongside various Metrea Capability Areas and will need to learn the various work streams and requirements for the entire global enterprise.
- Address all contractual issues that arise from a global enterprise relating to Supply Chain and Commercial contracts to include drafting, negotiating and executing Contractual Agreements
- Support team members, suppliers, service providers and various governments across both the US and Internationally
- Manage shifting and competing priorities that align with the business strategy
- Work closely with the broader Contracts Team to support one another on regular interactions and with enterprise needs.
- Build and lead a team of Subcontract Specialists to deliver against our growing business and increased volume of contracts
- Strong understanding of the business to help highlight and develop plans or business counsel against contractual risks
- 7-10 years of hands-on experience managing subcontracts for both the US and international governments.
- At least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role leading subcontract teams.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree, or higher, from an accredited university in Business, finance or another related field.
- Deep experience with negotiating and drafting vendor contracts, supplier terms and conditions, codes of conduct, leases, and creating framework for regular negotiation of such contracts and wording.
- Aviation and Defense contracting experience.
- Experience in negotiating and drafting consultant agreements and other related service-related agreements.
- Experience with negotiating and enforcing contracts across US, UK, and foreign jurisdictions and supporting global enterprises.
- Seasoned commercial awareness.
- Experience interacting with and counselling senior business leaders.
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally
At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
Benefits
Comprehensive medical plan options
HSA/FSA accounts
Dental and vision coverage
6% employer 401(k) match
Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
Generous PTO
Life and disability insurance
Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
AD&D Coverage
Pet Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub
Work Authorization/Security Clearance
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
AAP/EEO Statement
Legal Entity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.
Work Location
Washington, DC
Work Environment
This job operates in an office setting
Travel
Ability to travel up to 20% internationally.
Salary : $125,000 - $140,000