Defense Contracts Specialist: Negotiation & Risk

Insight Global; Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Contracts Administrator / Contracts Specialist to support contract review, risk analysis, negotiation, and administration across defense programs. This role reports to the Contracts team and collaborates with legal, procurement, and program stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 5-7+ years in contracts, familiarity with government contracts and RFPs, and experience negotiating with customers. A Bachelor's degree is required, and defense industry exposure is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of contracts administration, contracts management, contract negotiation, or commercial/legal experience.
• Experience supporting government contracts, public sector RFPs, commercial agreements, or regulated industries such as transportation, aerospace, defense.
• Candidates from legal, contracts, or commercial backgrounds, procurement.
• Experience negotiating with customers.
• Strong contract interpretation and risk analysis skills.
• Excellent written communication and drafting capabilities.
• Strong negotiation abilities.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement.
• Comfortable operating with limited supervision.
• Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
• Defense industry experience strongly preferred but not mandatory.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Review customer contracts, RFPs, amendments, and contractual instruments.
• Analyze contractual risk and identify deviations from company standards and policies.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies and recommendations.
• Negotiate contractual language directly with customers.
• Draft redlines, revisions, and contractual correspondence.
• Support contract lifecycle management from proposal through execution.
• Work independently with stakeholders throughout the review and negotiation process.
• Engage directly with procurement representatives, contract administrators, legal teams, and customer stakeholders.

Skills

Contract review

Risk analysis

Negotiation

Drafting

Communication

Analytical mindset

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Contracts Administrator / Contracts Specialist to support contract review, risk analysis, negotiation, and administration across defense programs. This role reports to the Contracts team and collaborates with legal, procurement, and program stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 5-7+ years in contracts, familiarity with government contracts and RFPs, and experience negotiating with customers. A Bachelor's degree is required, and defense industry exposure is preferred.