Contracts Manager

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Vantor is seeking a Contracts Manager to join our team in Herndon, VA. In this role, you will prepare, negotiate, and manage contracts and subcontracts while ensuring compliance with government specifications, customer requirements, and company policies. You will oversee the review and approval of contractual documents to protect Vantor's interests, collaborate with stakeholders including Program Management, Finance, Subcontracts, Legal, and Accounting to resolve complex issues, and administer agreements that establish and maintain strong business relationships with customers and partners.
Vantor supports the U.S. Government and corporate clients with leading-edge intelligence expertise, systems engineering, and technology addressing their most challenging issues. We are a flexible and fast-paced organization that contracts with government and industry customers as both prime and subcontractor.
Responsibilities:

• Prepare and coordinate contracts including awards and/or modifications; review and negotiate terms and conditions in accordance with corporate and government regulations.
• Manage contract activities related to proposals and new business acquisition; Responsible for timely, complete, and effective preparation and submission of proposals including pricing and cost volume.
• Draft, negotiate and manage contractual documents and correspondence for prime contractors on sub-contracts (where Vantor is the seller).
• Review, negotiate and execute various agreements including non-disclosures (NDAs), teaming agreements (TAs), sub-contracts (SubKs), Task Orders (TOs), etc.
• Lead a team of 3-4 contracts administrators and their portfolio of contracts. Managing their performance and supporting them for day-to-day tasks as well as strategic actions.
• Provide guidance on and as needed prepare responses to representations and certifications.
• Assemble and submit deliverable data per contract requirements.
• Interface with customer contract points of contact for all contractual issues.
• Maintain contracts database within prescribed systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field. Four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
• 6-8+ years of experience with the review, preparation, negotiation, and monitoring of federally funded contracts within the defense and intelligence community.
• Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent analytical skills, effective written and oral communication skills, effective negotiation skills, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to identify and resolve complex contractual issues and advise program staff and management of contractual rights and obligations.
• Demonstrated ability to identify issues and problems on assigned contracts and make independent recommendations to direct supervisor(s), program staff, and business unit management.
• Experience with managing personnel and leading teams.
• Occasional travel, US only.

Pay Transparency: In support of pay transparency at Vantor, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $122,000.00 - $203,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers
Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
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EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.