Senior Manager, Contracts
Current- Lead Contracts for the Autonomy, Processing and Exploitation (APEX) and Microelectronics product lines, to include extensive cross-communication with program managers, technical directors and chief scientists to ensure compliance with contractual and business obligations.- Lead and develop a team of Defense and Aerospace Contract Professionals.- Negotiation and lifecycle management of US Government defense contracts for advanced RDT&E. - Member of the APEX Leadership Team. - Review and signing authority for business area proposals, ranging from rough orders of magnitude to large and complex multi-million dollar long-term efforts. This includes briefing business stakeholders on all facets of the contracting process involved in potential programs.- Daily on-program interaction with Executive leadership, Technical Directors, Program Managers, Finance and other enterprise stakeholders.- Reviewing, interpreting and advising on complex terms and conditions, regulations and contractual obligations to ensure full understanding and buy-in of risk, ROI, etc. across the business.- Business area contractual SME for alternative acquisition instruments (ex. OTAs & Consortia).