Manager Contracts Administration 2

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Linthicum Heights, MD +1 · Contracts

Manager of Contracts Administration for Northrop Grumman's Space Sector, responsible for overseeing a team and managing the contracts portfolio to ensure customer satisfaction, financial performance, risk mitigation, and new business strategy. Requires extensive experience in government contracting, proposal development, negotiation, and adherence to regulations like FAR. Must possess an active SCI clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Review and approve contractual documents for protection of the company's contractual/risk posture, satisfaction of contractual requirements, and adherence to company policies.
  2. Planning and executing successful contract negotiations of a complex nature and achieving targeted profit rates as well as favorable terms and conditions to assist in meeting profit and cash goals.
  3. Regular and proactive interface and effective collaboration with program, technical, and operations organizations to provide guidance and direction based upon the requirements of the resulting contracts.
  4. Ability to make decisions in a timely manner, offer guidance, and work cooperatively with a multitude of organizations ranging from technical, program, finance, supply chain, legal, export, and security.
  5. Ability to solve complex problems by actively seeking information and new ideas from a variety of sources.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
  • Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application
  • Experience negotiating and administering fixed price and cost reimbursable contract types of varying sizes with the US Government.
  • Thorough understanding of the requirements of applicable government regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
  • Advanced proposal development and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to function independently and effectively with competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills to resolve complex problems and minimize risk to the company.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to use them in informing, presenting, and negotiating to all levels of management.

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree or equivalent professional certification.
  • 10+ years' experience in government contracting.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience or supervisor experience
  • Experience with the NASA FAR Supplement
  • Experience managing Commercial contracts, or similar agreements, with the US Government

What the JD emphasized

  • SCI clearance
  • Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
  • negotiating and administering fixed price and cost reimbursable contract types
  • proposal development and negotiation skills