Sr. Manager, Contracts

About the job

*Job Title: Sr. Manager, Contracts *

Job Code: 42866

Job Location: Londonderry, NH

**Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Integrated Vision Solutions Sector is seeking an experienced and strategic Contracts professional to manage a complex, high-value portfolio spanning both domestic and international contract activities. The ideal candidate is a self-starter capable of high-level independent work, providing expert guidance across the full contract lifecycle for DoD, Commercial, CAS-covered, and International Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) contracts.

Essential Functions:

• Manage a complex and strategic portfolio of domestic and international contracts, providing business, contractual, and risk mitigation guidance from contract inception through close-out across DoD, Commercial, CAS-covered, and Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) programs.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in both US Government acquisition regulations and international contracting.

• Lead and support cross-functional proposal and negotiation teams in the pursuit of major domestic and international contracts, including bid/no-bid recommendations, deal structuring, and risk assessments.

• Provide contractual support to business-critical areas including the development and advancement of commercial and programmatic strategies, operational decision-making, proposal risk analysis, and negotiation oversight.

• Review and assess the contractual, financial, and business aspects of proposals, contracts, agreements, and operational initiatives, including analysis of proposed business terms, pricing positions, costs, risks, and opportunities.

• Draft, negotiate, review, and approve a wide variety of agreements including Teaming Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Licensing Agreements, and other business and legal documents.

• Coordinate with Trade Compliance and Export/Import teams to ensure adherence to ITAR, EAR, and other applicable regulations across international pursuits.

• Partner with key functional areas including Finance, Programs, Legal, Engineering, Sales, and Export Control on new and continuing programs to ensure desired objectives and outcomes are achieved.

• Work in partnership with legal counsel to provide recommendations from a Contracts perspective on intellectual property interests, disputes, claims, protests, and lawsuits.

• Analyze new laws, regulations, and contract trends — both domestic and international — for potential impact on business goals and objectives.

• Represent the company in exchanges with senior customer leaders domestically and internationally, and regularly brief business leadership on contractual strategy, risk, and status.

• Ability to obtain US Security Clearance.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a passport and satisfy international travel requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience in Contracts. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience

• Working experience with FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 15 acquisitions

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active Security Clearance.

• Demonstrated experience in Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracting

• Understanding of cost and price estimating concepts and Intellectual Property principles.

• Excellent written, verbal, negotiation, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and lead within a cross-functional team environment.

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