Manager, Contracts Administration

Program Overview

About The Role

Peraton is currently seeking a Manager, Contract Administration that is responsible for overseeing and managing the daily activities of a team focused on ensuring the accurate and timely administration of critical contractual workflows, including Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Teaming Agreements (TAs), Proposal Support, Subcontract Agreements, and associated post-award activities. Guided by company policies and procedures, the Manager is a functional expert who coordinates team priorities, troubleshoots operational challenges, and collaborates across departments to deliver compliant, efficient, and cost-effective contractual solutions. This position will require an experienced and analytical, contracts management professional with responsibility for the following:

• Oversee and contribute to the execution of Non-Disclosure, Teaming & Subcontract Agreements as well as the contribute to the development of associated proposals across multiple stakeholders and program requirements in line with Peraton’s Service Delivery Descriptions (SDDs), achieving enterprise service level agreements (SLAs).
• Provide oversight and coaching to a team of contracts administrators to ensure accurate and compliant negotiations, reviews, and finalization of NDAs, TAs, and subcontracts across multiple stakeholders and program requirements.
• Oversee and conduct Restricted Party reviews, organizational conflict of interest (OCI) vetting, and compliance checks to ensure all agreements meet regulatory and strategic requirements.
• Support the maintenance of procedures to ensure compliance with company policies and additional contractual and/or reporting requirements. Reviews and resolves issues affecting company compliance and ensures satisfaction with legal requirements, Company, and customer objectives by working closely with Sr. Leadership on such complex issues.
• Monitor and analyze performance metrics against SDD standards, including quality, efficiency, compliance, and speed of delivery in support of strategic and business optimization initiatives.
• Leverage AI-enable solutions to gather business intelligence respective to agreements to ensure consistency in redlining, alternative language, and contract terms to maintain consolidated strategic alignment for Peraton.
• Ensures assigned contracts/subcontracts achieves optimal operational performance by adhering to contract policies, procedures, methods, operating practices, and working in partnership with the business leaders to drive performance standards for contractual programs to culminate in excellent CPARs/performance reviews.
• Duties may include management and administration of company contracts, including contract negotiations, to achieve company annual operating plan. Advises management of contractual rights and obligations, identifying risk areas and mitigation strategies, and provides interpretation of terms and conditions including providing closeout support.
• Facilitate training for team members, stakeholder groups, and internal customers to ensure awareness and compliance with contractual procedures and reporting requirements. Assist in delivering and reinforcing training on the use of collaborative tools that are leveraged for various agreements intake, data and document storage and reporting.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of relevant work experience in federal government contracting. Candidates must also have at least 3 years of managing team members. Prefer candidates experienced working in matrixed environments.
• An in-depth knowledge about federal government contracting, to include federal acquisition process and regulations. Experience managing a variety of contract types.
• Ability to proactively identify risks and opportunities within operational processes and take decisive action to resolve issues.
• Business acumen with ability to think critically and develop creative and practical solutions.
• In-depth knowledge on developing organizational conflict of interest mitigation plans and teaming agreements.
• Reputation for unqualified commitment to integrity and professionalism.
• Superior interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to employees and management at all levels.
• High attention to detail and organization.
• Highly adaptable to change; ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to multi-task and operate in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to obtain a secret security clearance

Desired Qualifications

• Proficient working within a Contract Lifecycle Management tools
• Understanding of policy and procedure development a plus
• Strong writing, project and time management skills.
• Self-starter and independent worker with good organizational and computer skills

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at

Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.