Senior Manager Contracts Administration

Northrop Grumman; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman, Huntsville, AL, seeks a Senior Manager Contracts Administration (Manager Level 3) to lead the MDI BU contracts portfolio. This role demands strong leadership, strategic oversight, and risk management across a dispersed team, with in-office duties in Huntsville and potential hybrid work.

The role requires managing complex contracts, ensuring customer satisfaction, and delivering financial performance while mitigating risk. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree with relevant experience in contract administration.
• Secret clearance or ability to obtain one is required.
• Experience negotiating and administering US Government contracts and large-scale programs.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve contractual documents to protect the company and satisfy requirements.
• Provide guidance and collaborate with technical, program, and functional stakeholders.
• Lead a dispersed team and mentor contract professionals to achieve goals.
• Maintain executive communication and strong customer relationships.

Skills

People management

Negotiation

Contract administration

Leadership

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

FAR

DFARS

OTA

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

As a Senior Manager Contracts Administration - Manager Level 3 your role at Huntsville, AL will be pivotal in supporting missions critical to national and global security. Ready to join forces with our visionary team?

The Senior Manager Contracts Administration will join the team as the Business Unit (BU) Manager of Contracts, supporting its Multi Domain Operations Division, specifically, the Missile Defense Integration (MDI) BU. As the BU Manager of Contracts, this individual will be responsible for managing a geographically dispersed team. This role will be performed in-office in Huntsville, AL, with potential for the successful candidate to engage in a hybrid work schedule.

In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the MDI BU contracts' portfolio delivering strong customer satisfaction, successful financial performance and effective risk mitigation.

Additionally, the successful candidate will be responsible for the direct supervision and management of contract administration/staff personnel within the BU's portfolio and new business pursuits.

The selected candidate will also be required to provide objective-oriented direction utilizing management guidelines and general policies and maintain a strong level of engagement, while leading, motivating and developing a team of contract managers and professionals.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

• Review and approve contractual documents for protection of the company's contractual/risk posture, satisfaction of contractual requirements and adherence to company policies


• Make decisions in a timely manner, offer guidance and work cooperatively with a multitude of organizations ranging from technical, program, and functional stakeholders


• Be a role model for inclusion, seeking out diverse perspectives to solve complex problems


• Provide concise and effective executive communication


• Administer, extend, negotiate and terminate contracts


• Conduct proposal preparation, contract negotiation, contract administration, and customer contact activities to provide for proper contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications


• Build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders and direct reports


• Coach and develop a team of high performing managers and professionals


• Ensure a robust talent pipeline through effective organizational management


• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience including people management experience - OR - Master's degree with 6 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.


• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance


• Experience negotiating and administering various contract types and sizes and negotiating and administering various types of agreements with the United States Government or commercial entities


• Prior people management experience


• Prior experience as a prime contractor and first-tier subcontractor with FAR, DFARS, and OTA Requests for Proposal and Contracts


• Strong problem solving and analytical skills; ability to make recommendations and effectively bring projects to completion


• Prior leadership experience, including employee development and task delegation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or equivalent professional certification


• Experience at a major defense prime contractor


• Dynamic self-starter with strong attention to detail


• Advanced contract administration and negotiation skills


• Current, active US Government Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance

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