Director, Government Contracts

Verra Mobility; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Verra Mobility is seeking a Director, Government Contracts to lead a team within the Legal Department in Mesa, Arizona. The role oversees government contract management across global units, advising on proposals, bids, offers, and certifications while ensuring regulatory compliance and effective risk mitigation.

You will drive process improvements and collaborate across functions to enable timely contract execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; JD or Master’s preferred in government procurement.
• 10+ years leading government contracting functions.
• Experience negotiating with customers or suppliers.
• Ability to work across functions and align with business objectives.
• Proven ability to implement efficient processes and drive results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract managers and support staff in government contracting.
• Oversee full lifecycle of government contracts and ensure compliance.
• Advise on proposals, bids, offers, and contract terms.
• Identify risks and provide mitigation strategies to stakeholders.
• Negotiate terms and serve as Contracting Officer when required.
• Draft and negotiate prime contract flow-downs.
• Prepare customer certifications and vendor questionnaires.
• Conduct due diligence for certifications and representations.
• Review invoices for alignment with contracts.
• Improve CLM systems and automate contract procedures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for timely administration.
• Travel less than 10%.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Leadership

Cross-functional

Compliance

Vendor management

Process improvement

MS 365

Project management

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

JD or Master's

Tools

MS 365

Contract mgmt platforms

Project management tools

Job description

Who we are Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities.

Culture

Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly-growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values—Do What's Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It—in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence.

Position Overview

Verra Mobility is looking to hire a Director, Government Contracts to join the Legal Department in Mesa, Arizona. The Director, Government Contracts will oversee a team of Contracts Managers or Contracts Representatives managing the portfolio of global government contracts of Verra Mobility's business units. The Director will work with the Legal Department and cross-functional teams across various business segments, review and advise on requests for proposal, bids, contract offers, orders, awards, letters of contract, representations and certifications, contracts, wind-down agreements, and other contract related documents, ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and assist in or develop recommendations for management. In this role the successful individual will have a keen sense of urgency, while maintaining a mindset that work must be performed accurately.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage contract managers and other personnel supporting government contracting activities, fostering a culture of compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of government contracts, including proposal review (RFP and sole source), negotiation, award, administration, modification, performance monitoring, and close-out, ensuring strict compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, and agency requirements.
• Serve as the company's subject matter expert on government contracting compliance and applicable regulatory frameworks, ensuring business practices align with evolving regulatory requirements.
• Analyze contract terms and conditions to identify legal, financial, operational, and compliance risks; develop mitigation strategies and provide clear, actionable guidance to business stakeholders.
• Negotiate contractual terms directly with the customer, serve as the Contracting Officer, where required, and coordinate customer consents and notices.
• Draft and negotiate prime contract flow-downs.
• Prepare and review customer certifications and vendor integrity questionnaires.
• Conduct company-wide due diligence in support of customer certifications and representations or vendor questionnaires.
• Review invoices to ensure they align to customer contracts.
• Leverage and optimize contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems and other automated tools to track obligations, approvals, milestones, reporting requirements, and compliance metrics.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation and improvements in contract request, preparation, approval, and management procedures.
• Communicate and collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure effective, timely administration, and support compliance initiatives.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with customers.
• Develop solutions to complex problems that require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovation.
• Travel less than 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Juris Doctorate or Master's degree in government procurement preferred
• 10+ years' experience leading government contracting function
• Customer or supplier facing negotiation experience
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, fast paced, growing company and to anticipate issues and propose creative, business appropriate solutions
• Ability to work across functions and business lines and to develop a strong understanding of business objectives and risks, and to synthesize information provided by diverse stakeholders
• Proven capability to design and implement processes that create efficiencies, transparency, and drive business results
• Ability to effectively identify issues, research and analyze complex matters, assess potential risk and/or exposure and propose alternative courses of action
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to keep specialty field of knowledge current and learn and gain experience in new areas of specialization as our needs evolve over time
• Strong organizational and record keeping skills, and ability to follow through on multiple tasks or projects simultaneously
• Proficient in MS 365, as well as project management and contract management platforms
• Experience with technical writing; standard operating procedures, policy documents preferred

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.