Lead, Contracts Manager
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Rochester • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $95,500 - $177,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Manage a complex and strategic portfolio of work, providing business, contractual, and risk mitigation strategic guidance for DoD-related Commercial and CAS covered contracts from contract inception to contract close-out
- Contractual support to business-critical areas including the development and advancement of commercial and programmatic strategies, operational decision making, delivering proposal risk analysis and mitigation alternatives, and negotiation oversight
- Apply contracts direction in contract formation activities, such as defending Commercial Item positions, maximizing negotiated outcomes, and providing broad based business judgement while monitoring compliance with government acquisition regulations
- Participate in the proposal development process by identifying areas of risk, and promoting innovative solutions to internal and external customers
- Outreach and partner with other key functional areas, such as Finance, Programs and Sales on new and continuing programs to ensure desired objectives and outcomes are achieved
- Continue to advance commercial pricing strategies and support commercial item procurement justifications where applicable
- Analyze new laws, regulations and contract trends for potential impact on business goals and objectives
- Work in partnership with legal counsel to provide recommendations from a Contracts perspective on legal activities, intellectual property interests, disputes, claims, protests, and lawsuits
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience in Contract Management and US Government Federal Acquisition Regulation
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
- Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a team environment
- In depth knowledge of contract lifecycle management: RFP review, proposal preparation, negotiation, and administration
- Familiarity with U.S. Government contracting
- Self-starter with strong organizational and computer skills
- Creative and strategic mindset
Benefits
- health and disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- EAP
- education assistance
- parental leave
- paid time off
- company-paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract managementcontract lifecycle managementRFP reviewproposal preparationnegotiationadministrationrisk analysiscompliance monitoringcommercial pricing strategiesgovernment acquisition regulations
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillswritten communicationoral communicationteamworkorganizational skillsstrategic mindsetcreativitybusiness judgementproblem-solvingcollaboration