Senior Manager, Contracts

Senior Manager, Contracts

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company that designs, develops and delivers positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broadens access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; builds enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 50 countries and have a workforce of more than 2,000 talented and motivated staff around the world.

Palladium is part of GISI's Consulting Group, which aims to create solutions for the world's most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI's approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

This Opportunity:

Palladium is seeking a Senior Manager, Contracts to be responsible for providing full life-cycle contract administration for various U.S. government and commercial clients. This person must bring strong interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated experience working effectively within and across teams. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated experience administering pre- and post-award activities for various types of federal and commercial contracts, and experience managing grants and/or contracts from the Department of State is highly preferred.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium's Arlington, Virginia, office. Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home.

Applicants must be authorized to legally work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of visas at this time.

Compensation:

For our prospective employees in the United States, please note that the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $125,000 to $140,000.

A final salary offer will be based on various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium's business or organizational needs.

Reporting Lines:

This role reports into the Vice President, Operational Excellence

Primary Responsibilities:

• Administer pre- and post-award activities for various types of federal and commercial contracts, including but not limited to GSA, OASIS, IDIQ, CPFF, FFP, and T&M, ensuring that all contractual terms and conditions are adhered to during implementation
  
• Maintain a central contract and subcontract file repository
  
• Prepare, negotiate, and administer agreements, subawards and subcontracts, reviewing terms and conditions
  
• Review and advise on contracts and subsequent modifications, for internal signature
  
• Administer OASIS and GSA MAS schedules and modifications
  
• Support negotiations with USAID and subcontractors related to the payment of termination settlements and contractual closeouts
  
• Maintain quarterly and annual federal contracts reporting requirements
  
• Provide advice, guidance, and training to project teams on contractual compliance for both federal and commercial contracting and subcontracting
  
• Perform periodic review and revision of contract related guidelines, templates, and other tools
  
• Review high-risk procurement transactions for adherence to company and client requirements
  
• Identify and escalate risks to the Vice President, Operational Excellence
  
• Support project teams with business development opportunities, including review of solicitations, teaming agreements and NDAs
  
• Other tasks as required and requested

Essential Criteria:

• 7 years of contracts administration experience
  
• Strong knowledge of federal contracting and procurement laws, regulations, policies, and procedures
  
• Experience reviewing and administering contracts with commercial clients
  
• Ability to solve problems, prioritize, quickly understand regional/country context and local sensitivities, and negotiate effectively combining logic and reason with interpersonal sensitivity
  
• Experience providing full-cycle support of the contracts function for multiple contract types

Core Skills:

• Experience anticipating and mitigating risk
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
  
• Demonstrated commitment to learning and ability to adapt to changing needs
  
• Must be highly collaborative and able to work effectively with cross-functional teams
  
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
  
• Consistently displays integrity in the workplace always; demonstrates respectful communication, both verbal and non-verbal

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience managing grants and/or contracts from the Department of State is desirable
  
• CFCM certification is preferred
  
• Ability to work in French and/or Spanish is an advantage
• Proposal budgeting experience is a plus

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.