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Contracts Manager

MSSI
Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2026

Position: Contracts Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time

Clearance Level: Secret (Active or Obtainable)

About the Mission

As a premier defense contractor supporting top-tier DoD initiatives, we move fast, think strategically, and deliver relentlessly. Our contracts team isn’t just a support function—it’s a frontline unit that keeps missions compliant, funded, and firing on all cylinders.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, administer, and close out complex government and commercial contracts from pre‑award through completion in accordance with FAR and DFARS requirements.
  • Develop, review, and negotiate contract terms, conditions, pricing, statements of work, and modifications while ensuring compliance with FAR, DFARS, agency supplements, and company policy.
  • Prepare and analyze bid packages, proposals, pricing data, and financial reports to support compliant and competitive submissions under FAR Part 15 and related regulations.
  • Coordinate with technical teams, subcontractors, vendors, and customers to align requirements, resolve issues, and ensure contract execution consistent with FAR/DFARS procurement standards.
  • Support proposal development, ensuring adherence to FAR Part 15, DFARS clauses, cost/price analysis requirements, and internal procedures.
  • Negotiate multiple contract types—including Firm‑Fixed‑Price, Cost‑Plus‑Fixed‑Fee, IDIQ, and Time & Materials—in accordance with FAR Subpart 16.
  • Prepare and manage pre‑award documentation such as NDAs, Teaming Agreements, and MOUs in alignment with FAR/DFARS guidance on partnering and information protection.
  • Monitor deliverables, maintain compliant contract files, prepare required reports, and support risk management activities consistent with FAR Subpart 4.8 (contract file documentation).
  • Review solicitations, proposals, and contractual documents for compliance with FAR, DFARS, agency supplements, and applicable laws and regulations.
  • Ensure adherence to quality assurance standards, ethics requirements, and organizational conflict‑of‑interest controls under FAR Subpart 9.5.
  • Oversee and support DCAA and DCMA audits, ensuring documentation and processes meet FAR/DFARS audit and oversight requirements.
  • Support program cost monitoring, financial controls, forecasting, and transactional pricing activities in accordance with FAR Part 31 (Cost Principles) and related DFARS cost rules.
  • Ensure compliance with AS9100, QMS, and internal quality procedures.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned to support contract and program objectives.

 

Qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Management, or related field from an accredited college or university and a minimum of ten (10) years of Contract and Subcontract Administration Experience.
• Prior supervisory experience required.
• Strong Knowledge and understanding of FAR, DFAR, DCMA, and DCAA compliance.
• Experience with GSA Schedule/Task Order Administration.
• Possess strong analytic skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task, handle multiple competing deadlines, pay extreme attention to detail, and self-starter.
• Willingness to work additional hours for special task assignments.

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