Senior Contracts Specialist
• Contracts Manager for Critical Pursuits activities, providing support to a diverse set of internal and external customers through extensive participation in pre-solicitation, solicitation, negotiation and contract award phases of proposal development. • Key team member in efforts to bring emerging IRAD technologies to market and leveraging organizational discriminators to contribute to the successful accomplishment of leading development programs and the pursuit of new business opportunities. • Comprehensive involvement in strategic discussions prior to and during multiple pursuits. Responsible for serving as the focal point for multiple negotiations, Teaming Agreement formation, intracompany efforts, and debriefs for competitive proposals. • Thorough experience operating in secure environments while maintaining operational security in accordance with special requirements. Responsible for sanitization, derivative classification and ensuring compliance with customer requirements.• Successful support of teams in a fast-paced, high-volume proposal environment - often responding to competitive and sole-sourced RFPs within constricted timelines. Responsible for the identification and presentation of risks, key contractual terms, risk mitigation efforts, data rights concerns, and negotiation strategy throughout multiple levels of organizational reviews.• Contribution to Segment and Corporate teams as part of ongoing merger-related activities by providing recommendations and direct input to the stand-up and harmonization of corporate policy and procedures, business systems and best practices.• Responsible for leading and participating in numerous recurring meetings to support ongoing operations, identify changes, respond to challenges, and promote the transparent exchange of information to accomplish organizational and customer goals. • Mentoring of junior level employees and new hires, providing guidance to peers / management.