Senior Contracts Manager

Leidos LLC; Springfield (VA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager for its Mission Solutions Business Area within the Intel Sector. The role focuses on governance, contract administration, and risk management across critical national security programs, requiring deep knowledge of government contracting and proposal support.

The ideal candidate will lead complex negotiations, advise internal stakeholders, and ensure regulatory and policy compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree + 12+ years; or Master's + 10+ years in contracts.
• Deep knowledge of government contracts, subcontracts, and proposal support.
• Strong business judgment, independent work, and team collaboration.
• Expert-level negotiation of complex terms and conditions.
• Working knowledge of FAR/DFAR, OTAs, CRADAs, and commercial agreements.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Governance and oversight of contracts across programs.
• Lead proposal activities and bid management.
• Manage contract administration and customer relationships.
• Ensure compliance and assess contract risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and leadership.

Skills

Contract management

Proposal support

Negotiation

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder leadership

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12+ years

Master's degree + 10+ years

Job description

Shape the Future of National Security: Senior Contracts Manager – Mission Solutions

Are you ready to lead at the intersection of cutting‑edge technology and national security? Leidos is seeking an innovative Senior Contracts Manager to support our Mission 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 Senior 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 12+ years of experience, or Master's with 10+ 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 Leidos offices in Herndon, VA or Springfield, VA. Must be comfortable working onsite a minimum of (3) 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. 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.

Pay Range

Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. 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 here.

Securing Your Data

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Commitment and Diversity

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.