Space Contracts Lead (Equity, Unlimited PTO)

Instant Teams; Colorado; On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare for employees

Employer HSA contributions

Generous equity

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Citra Space Corporation seeks a Contracts Lead to own and scale our contracting function across commercial and government customers. This hands-on role moves quickly in a startup environment while upholding rigorous compliance.

You will draft, negotiate, and manage contracts from proposals through renewals, liaising with BD, finance, engineering, and leadership. Ideal candidates have FAR/DFARS, prime/subcontract relationships, and data rights/IP/export controls expertise.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of contracts, legal operations, procurement, government contracts, or commercial contracting experience, ideally in aerospace, defense, national security, space, software, or deep tech.
• Strong working knowledge of FAR/DFARS contracting concepts, flow‑down clauses, teaming agreements, subcontracts, government solicitations, and proposal support.
• Experience negotiating with prime contractors, government customers, commercial customers, vendors, and strategic partners.
• Ability to identify risk, explain tradeoffs clearly, and recommend practical business‑oriented solutions.
• Strong drafting skills and attention to detail, with the judgment to know when to push, when to elevate, and when to move quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own Citra’s end‑to‑end contracts function, including intake, review, negotiation, execution, tracking, compliance support, renewals, and closeout
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including commercial contracts, government contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, data rights terms, software/SaaS terms, statements of work, and amendments
• Support government business development and proposal activities by reviewing solicitations, identifying contractual risks, preparing compliance inputs, and helping structure bids, teaming arrangements, and subcontract terms
• Serve as Citra’s internal expert on prime/subcontractor relationships, including flow‑down clauses, prime customer requirements, deliverables, invoicing milestones, acceptance criteria, and contract change management
• Partner with leadership to develop practical contracting strategies that balance speed, risk, customer needs, compliance obligations, and long‑term business goals
• Work with finance and operations to ensure contracts are accurately reflected in revenue planning, billing, procurement, reporting, and internal controls
• Help manage obligations related to FAR/DFARS clauses, data rights, IP ownership, export controls, cybersecurity/security requirements, representations and certifications, and government customer requirements
• Build and maintain contract templates, clause playbooks, negotiation guidelines, approval workflows, and a searchable contract repository
• Track key obligations, deadlines, deliverables, renewals, reporting requirements, and contractual risks across active agreements
• Advise internal teams on contract interpretation, customer commitments, subcontractor obligations, and practical paths to resolution when issues arise
• Support subcontractor and vendor negotiations, especially where Citra is performing as a prime or subcontractor on government or aerospace programs

Skills

Contract negotiation

Risk assessment

Cross-functional work

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Job description

Citra Space Corporation seeks a Contracts Lead to own and scale our contracting function across commercial and government customers. This hands-on role moves quickly in a startup environment while upholding rigorous compliance.

You will draft, negotiate, and manage contracts from proposals through renewals, liaising with BD, finance, engineering, and leadership. Ideal candidates have FAR/DFARS, prime/subcontract relationships, and data rights/IP/export controls expertise.