Contracts Manager

Leidos; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead governance, contract administration, compliance oversight, and risk management across a portfolio supporting national security missions.

The role requires strong business acumen, expert negotiation skills, and working knowledge of FAR/DFAR with a Top Secret/SCI clearance. This hybrid position spans Northern VA, Washington DC, and Bethesda, MD with on-site client collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience or Master's with 6+ years

Responsibilities

• Lead governance, contract administration, compliance oversight, and risk management across a dynamic program portfolio.
• Provide contract proposal leadership, customer relationship management, and negotiation support for national security missions.

Skills

Contracts governance

Negotiation mastery

Regulatory knowledge

Security clearance

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Description

Shape the Future of National Security: Contracts Manager

Are you ready to lead at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and national security? Leidos is seeking an innovative Contracts Manager to support our Analysis Solutions Business Area within the Intel Sector - where innovation meets mission-critical impact.

Why This Role Matters

At Leidos, our Contracts organization serves as a strategic business partner, enabling mission success while protecting the company's interests through sound business judgment, regulatory compliance, and effective risk management. As a Senior Contracts Manager, you will play a key role by providing governance, contracts proposal lead, contract administration, compliance oversight, customer relationship management, and contract risk management across a dynamic portfolio of programs supporting critical national security missions.

Your Mission

As a Contracts Manager, you’ll be a part of a dynamic team of contracts professionals while partnering with cross‑functional teams to deliver solutions that protect and advance national security interests. The position requires exceptional judgment, strong business acumen, and the ability to influence decisions at all organizational levels while managing risk through compliance with applicable laws, regulations, company policies, and customer requirements.

What Makes This Opportunity Unique

• Mission-Critical Work: Support programs that directly impact national security and intelligence operations
• Strategic Impact Accelerate business growth through strategic customer engagement, opportunity shaping, and the execution of complex contract negotiations.
• Trusted Advisor: Serve as a trusted strategic partner to internal stakeholders and cross‑functional leaders, offering expert guidance, resolving contract challenges, and strengthening decision‑making.
• Innovation Adoption: Leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to revolutionize contract processes

What You Bring

• Educational Foundation: Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years
• Contracts Expertise: Deep knowledge of government contracts, subcontracts, and proposal support
• Business Acumen & Execution: Ability to make sound business judgments, handle multiple contractual activities with a short turn‑around time, and work independently as well as part of a Team.
• Negotiation Mastery: Expert‑level skills in complex terms and conditions negotiations
• Regulatory Knowledge: Working expertise in FAR/DFAR, OTAs, CRADAs, and commercial agreements
• Security Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph required

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart

• Intelligence Community acquisitions expertise
• Formal contracting certifications
• Large capture team experience
• AI implementation experience in contract processes
• Government or corporate procurement background

Location: This is a hybrid position working at customer sites in Northern, VA, Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD. Must be comfortable working at a customer site a minimum of two (2) days a week and traveling to meetings as needed.

Ready to Lead?

Join a team where your expertise directly contributes to national security while advancing your career in one of the most dynamic sectors in government contracting. At Leidos, you'll have the resources, support, and mission focus to make a lasting impact.

Your next strategic leadership opportunity awaits.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting

September 18, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.