Vice President, Contracts Administration

Sector Contracts Vice President

Peraton is currently seeking a Sector Contracts Vice President, who will lead the contracts function for a multi-billion dollar operating segment of Peraton from our Reston, Virginia office on a full time basis. This position will require experience supporting various federal national security, DoD, and enterprise IT lines of business. The candidate should also have extensive experience with the intelligence community as well as the Space Force customer. The ideal candidate must have :

• A strong knowledge of the FAR and DFAR (and ideally also foreign military sales and direct commercial sales) and have recent executive-level experience leading contracts teams through all facets of contracts management and administration, be an excellent communicator, high-functional executive presentation skills, and have strong business acumen, analytical abilities and be results driven.
• Demonstrated cross-functional collaboration with a strong understanding of finance, business development, and program operations functions.
• This Contracts executive level position will require an experienced contracts management professional who is able to successfully sustain accountability, contribute to and drive business strategy execution, and have responsibility for the following core areas of responsibilities :
• Business Operations : Manages and provides leadership of the Sector contracts function for contract negotiation, analysis, and administration; guidance and oversight of opportunity development, successful new business capture, and proposal preparation; and customer engagement related to contract acquisition and fulfillment in order to achieve company annual operating plan.
• The Sector Contracts Vice President must be able and willing to work in partnership with the Sector subcontracts and procurement leaders to ensure that there is a cohesive prime / procurement and subcontract strategy in place.
• Understands and successfully able to negotiate Other Transaction Authority (OTA) procurements.
• Negotiates "as a sub" subcontracts, teaming, and non-disclosure agreements.
• Ensures that Sector contracts organization achieves optimal operational and financial 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 and achievement of financial goals.
• Facilitates effective implementation of contract responsibilities within program objectives and requirements.
• Develop team members to provide career growth opportunities, grows and supports a culture of operational excellence, portfolio ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Advisement and Compliance :
• Reviews and resolves all issues affecting company compliance and ensures satisfaction of legal requirements, Company, and customer objectives by working closely with the Sector President, Chief Contracts Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and other senior executives.
• Provides strategic guidance to completion on more complex bids such as intellectual property components, contracts requiring overseas support, and fixed priced contracts with service level agreements.
• Advises Sector management of contractual rights and obligations, identifying risk areas and mitigation strategies, and provides interpretation of terms and conditions. Partners with sector team in the development of negotiation strategies and leads negotiation team on contractual issues. Supports change management and process improvement initiatives, whenever needed.
• Staff Management : Leads, mentors, trains, develops, sets goals, and manages a team of geographically dispersed contract professionals. Reviews and directs the activities of contract professionals including highly complex solicitations and assists the Sector Contracts team members in the preparation of specialized and / or non-routine response for proposals, bids, and contract modifications. Provides people leadership and mentorship of Sector contracts personnel through team and individual performance appraisals and reviews, evaluations, and evidence-based examples of good performance.
• Liaison : Focal point for communications with senior executives, procurement, legal, finance and business team for resolution of contract issues and disputes. Advocate and foster data quality and precision within systems and tools. Effectuate and manage strong working relationship with customers' contractual leaders. Assist with achieving Company and Sector strategic goals and assist in identifying business opportunities that would maximize the company's performance, drive revenues, and achieve the business's profitability goals.

Qualifications :

Target Salary Range : $176,000 - $282,000. 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. Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.