Contracts Manager in Hyattsville

Energy Jobline ZR; Hyattsville (MD); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead governance, proposals, and administration across critical security programs. You will manage risk, ensure compliance with FAR/DFAR and related regulations, and nurture customer relationships in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and a strong track record in government contracting. You will work hybrid across customer sites in Northern VA, Washington DC, and Bethesda MD, shaping strategic contract outcomes

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of government contracts, subcontracts and proposal support.
• Ability to lead complex terms and conditions negotiations with stakeholders.
• Proven governance, risk management and compliance oversight capabilities.
• Experience with FAR/DFAR, OTAs, CRADAs and commercial agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance, contract administration, and risk management across a portfolio.
• Lead contract proposals and negotiations while ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Foster customer relationships and deliver solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders and senior leaders.

Skills

Contracts Expertise

Negotiation Mastery

Regulatory Knowledge

Security Clearance

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8+ years experience

Master’s degree + 6+ years experience

Job description

Job Description

Description

Shape the Future of Security: Contracts Manager

Are you ready to lead at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and 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 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 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 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

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 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 , , , , , citizenship, , physical or mental , medical condition, genetic information, , family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, , 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.