Senior Federal IT Contract Leader

NuAxis Innovations; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis Innovations in the United States is seeking a Senior Contract Manager for a full-time position. You will provide contract and task order leadership across a multi-platform services portfolio, with authority for day-to-day operations and primary escalation for delivery risk.

You will own end-to-end delivery, manage staffing, oversight of budgets, and executive communication with Contracting Officers and representatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, IT, or related field.
• 8+ years managing federal IT contracts valued at $5M+ annually.
• PMP required; Agile certification (CSM, SAFe, PMI-ACP) or equivalent.
• Preferred: ITIL 4 Foundation; SAFe Program Consultant; federal acquisition credentials.
• Skills: federal contract management; staffing oversight; budgeting; reporting; multi-vendor coordination.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery across all active task orders, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
• Serve as primary point of contact for the Contracting Officer and CO's Representative; maintain contract docs and reporting cadence.
• Direct staffing strategy, onboarding, substitutions, and ramp-down within timelines.
• Manage financial performance: burn rate, funding utilization, invoicing, and forecasting.
• Establish governance: metrics, monthly status reporting, risk registers, corrective action plans.
• Lead distributed and multi-vendor teams; drive integration across platform leads.
• Escalate and resolve issues affecting delivery commitments; lead recovery of at-risk efforts.

Skills

Federal contracts

Multi-platform oversight

Staffing & subcontractors

Budgeting & forecasting

Executive stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Deltek Costpoint

Job description

NuAxis Innovations in the United States is seeking a Senior Contract Manager for a full-time position. You will provide contract and task order leadership across a multi-platform services portfolio, with authority for day-to-day operations and primary escalation for delivery risk.

You will own end-to-end delivery, manage staffing, oversight of budgets, and executive communication with Contracting Officers and representatives.