# Sr. Manager, Government Contracts & Compliance Counsel

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Exton, Pennsylvania
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $156000-$234000
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

The Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC (AGI) Sr. Manager, Government Contracts & Compliance Counsel will report to the AGI General Counsel with dotted line reporting to the AGI Sr. Director, Contracts, and serve as a subject-matter expert across U.S. government contracting, compliance, and complex aerospace and defense programs.

You will independently own and manage a broad portfolio of customer contracts, supplier matters, regulatory compliance issues, and government-contracting advisory work, supporting government, national security, commercial, and international programs.

**Responsibilities**

- Serve as the legal advisor for assigned matters by the AGI General Counsel

- Advise on contract interpretation, performance obligations, schedule and cost issues, changes, claims, and dispute-avoidance strategies

- Draft, review, and negotiate U.S. government contracts, FAR/DFARS-based agreements, DFAR Supplement agreements, software licensing agreements, commercial contracts, and international customer agreements

- Review, draft, and negotiate subcontracts, teaming agreements, SLAs, NDAs, and other agreements as needed by the Contracts department

- Provide guidance on clause applicability, flow-down requirements, data-rights regimes, intellectual property allocation, warranty, risk, and remedies

- Support Business Development, Program Management, Supply Chain, and Finance during pursuits, proposals, negotiations, and execution stages

**Compliance, Regulatory, and Risk Management**

- Advise on FAR, DFARS, DFAR Supplement, procurement integrity, cost accounting, audits, cybersecurity (including government and CUI requirements), and other compliance topics

- Counsel stakeholders on contract administration, flow-down management, OCI issues, IP/data rights, and regulatory compliance obligations

- Partner with AGI Security and Export Compliance on matters involving classified information, CUI, export controls (ITAR/EAR), cybersecurity, and cross-border program activities

- Support government inquiries, audits, business-system reviews, internal investigations, mandatory-disclosure analyses, and disputes

- Develop scalable compliance processes, templates, policies, and training to support growing government-contracting operations

- Collaborate with Legal Operations, Compliance, Program Management, Contracts, and Supply Chain to ensure integrated, compliant systems and workflows

- Manage outside counsel and consultants for specialized government-contracting, investigations, or disputes work

- Assist as directed on HR related employment matters

**Minimum Qualifications**

- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain/maintain a security clearance

- JD from an accredited U.S. law school

- Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar

- 7+ years of total experience in government contracting; in-house, law firm, or government legal practice; or a mixed setting

- Demonstrated expertise with FAR/DFARS, government procurement principles, and federal contracting compliance

- Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating complex prime contracts and subcontracts

- Ability to independently own matters, exercise strong business judgment, and manage competing priorities

- Ability to collaborate effectively across technical, operational, and leadership teams

- Willingness to travel as needed

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or advanced-technology programs in both contracts and legal counsel roles

- Experience supporting aerospace and defense, or advanced-technology programs in a Proxy environment with DCSA

- Experience with commercial and government prime contracts, subcontracts, and program execution

- Knowledge of government IP and data rights, including software and technical-data licenses

- Experience with export controls, cybersecurity requirements, CUI, or international transactions

- Experience with internal investigations, government audits, ethics and compliance, or contract disputes

- Familiarity with classified or export-controlled programs

- A builder mindset for designing and improving legal, contracts, and compliance infrastructure in a growth environment

- Active TS security clearance

**Rewards and Benefits**

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs.

## Skills

### Required
- FAR/DFARS
- government procurement
- federal contracting compliance
- cybersecurity
- export controls
- ITAR/EAR
- CUI
- intellectual property
- contract administration
- compliance

### Nice to have
- aerospace
- defense
- advanced-technology programs
- Proxy environment
- DCSA
- commercial and government prime contracts
- subcontracts
- program execution
- government IP and data rights
- software and technical-data licenses
- internal investigations
- government audits
- ethics and compliance
- contract disputes
- classified or export-controlled programs

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