Contract Director

Advantage Technical; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Technical is seeking a Director, Contracts to lead the contracts department and its personnel in a complex environment spanning US Government, commercial, and international contracts. This role provides senior guidance to management, programs, and contracts staff, and drives policy, procedures, and objective alignment across the organization.

The position involves overseeing contract negotiations, amendments, bid reviews, and the development of tracking tools to ensure traceability for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in contracts management across multiple contract types and customers.
• At least 5 years in a supervisory role within a contracts department.
• Experience with international and commercial contracts, including defense systems, is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee contract negotiations and overall contract preparation.
• Direct amendments to or extensions of contracts.
• Review bids for conformity to contract/RFP requirements and determine acceptability.
• Develop and maintain contract tracking tools for traceability and compliance.
• Advise senior management on contractual rights, obligations and matters at all execution stages.
• Coordinate with subcontracts and procurement to align terms and flow-downs.
• Apply knowledge of pricing, terms, and government approvals.
• Ensure compliance with DCMA, DCAA, and audit requirements.
• Lead policy and procedure development and implementation.
• Hire, train, and develop contract personnel; manage workloads.
• Work with Legal, Security, and Export Control to ensure legal compliance.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Leadership/People management

Policy development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Contracts Management, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Director, Contracts leads contracts department and the personnel within that group. Provides leadership required to foster and implement value added change to the enterprise. Provides senior level guidance on highly complex US Government, commercial and international contract issues to senior management, program managers and contracts personnel. Directs personnel and activities of the geographically dispersed contracts department as well as plans, develops, and implements policies, procedures, and objectives that support the contract administration function in accordance with objectives of the organization. Confers with Sr. Leadership, particularly the Programs organization, to align business objectives, develop organizational policies related to contract administration, and to coordinate the contract administration function.

Working Procedure:

• Oversee contract negotiations and overall contract preparation.
• Directs activities concerned with amendments to or extensions of contracts.
• When applicable, directs the review of bids from other firms for conformity to contract/RFP requirements and determines acceptable bids.
• Directs the development, installation, and maintenance of contract tracking tools that provide traceability to carry out activities associated with certified cost and pricing data, TINA certifications, internal and external audit support and other certifications and/or compliance activities.
• Advises Program Management, Functional Management and Sr. Management regarding contractual rights, obligations, and other contractual matters at all stages of Program Execution as well as any directed stop work orders or other contractually binding matters.
• Coordinate with the Director of Subcontracts to ensure alignment with major subcontractors/suppliers with regards to contract flow downs, payment plans and other key terms and conditions to align the Procurement functions with contractual requirements.
• Apply detailed knowledge of commercial products to include development of justification, definitions, price analysis, pricing, and government approval, terms and conditions.
• Experience with application of Data Rights assertions including background IP and how they apply to contracts, Proposals, etc.
• Knowledge of DCMA and DCAA audit requirements and ensure adherence to rules in the preparation and negotiation of proposals.
• Knowledge of performance and progress-based payment plans and process for approval.
• GSA OASIS knowledge to include reporting and proposal requirements.
• Working knowledge of all contract types to include FFP, CPFF, CR, T&M, CPAF and CPIF.
• Responsible for contract file integrity ensuring ability to provide detailed information to requestor’s in a short timeframe. Contracts files need to include applicable correspondence to include contracts letters, emails, etc with internal and external personnel, past decisions made, etc.
• Understand Company Culture focusing on rapid responses, prioritization of duties, etc.
• Lead necessary policy and procedure development and implementation.
• Knowledge and understanding of FMS contracts and processes.
• Hire, train, and develop contract personnel at various levels.
• Establish and implement contract’s department goals by flowing them down to appropriate personnel.
• Perform personnel evaluations and provide disciplinary action if required.
• Assign contracts and manage departmental personnel workloads.
• Work with the Legal, Security and Export Control Departments to ensure compliance with Laws.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Note: The Director of Contracts position is a working manger’s position where the incumbent performs the same duties as the Senior Contracts Representative and or a Contracts Representative.

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Contracts Management, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience Requirement: Minimum of 15 years’ experience or the equivalent experience in Contracts management covering a variety of different contracts in several product areas with several customers including exposure to international and commercial contracts and contracting for defense system(s). Five such years in a supervisory role in a contracts department or function.