Senior Principal Contracts Administrator

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · McLean, VA +1 · Contracts

Senior Principal Contracts Administrator role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on supporting proposal preparation, contract negotiation, contract administration, and customer contact activities for defense contracts. Requires experience with government regulations like FAR and DFAR.

What you'd actually do

  1. Monitor contract and associated program(s) to ensure contractual obligations are communicated and understood
  2. Participate in contract proposal preparation, contract negotiations, contract administration, and customer contract activities to manage assigned contracts in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications
  3. Ensure fulfillment of contract requirements, manage contract changes and maintain historical information
  4. Review terms and conditions to address provisions and risks of financial terms, acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification and all other potential risk areas and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
  5. Enter and maintain contract data into Contract Management System or Enterprise Accounting System

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
  • Experience negotiating and administering various contract types
  • Understanding the requirements of government regulations, such as FAR or DFAR

Nice to have

  • An In-depth knowledge of FAR, DFAR, and UCC as well as experience with different contract types
  • Experience supporting ECPs and REAs
  • Extensive Proposal Support is a plus.
  • NCMA Certification (CPCM, CFCM and/or CCCM)

What the JD emphasized

  • FAR
  • DFAR