Description
The Health & Services Sector of Leidos is seeking a Director of Contracts to lead and manage the Contracts function and team for the Government Services & Solutions Business Area.
The Director of Contracts will be responsible for:
- Leading a team of contracts professionals at all stages of career development
- Providing oversight and review of all proposals, monitoring significant contracts, leading and/or assisting in key negotiations, resolving contract or personnel performance issues, identifying risks and associated mitigations, ensuring compliance with Leidos policies and procedures as well as government and contract requirements
- Coaching the team on negotiating terms
- Providing mentoring, advice, and counsel to Business Area and Sector counterparts, and Contracts staff
- Establishing measurement and functional performance goals for the team, including career development, inclusion, and team retention, and providing regular feedback and conducting performance reviews
- Regularly interacting with program managers, program financial analysts, financial & business operations directors, capture/business development teams, human resources directors, and with customer leadership
- Applying strong interpersonal and communication skills to deal effectively with both internal stakeholders and external customers
- Collaborating with the Contract & Supply Chain Directors for the Health & Services Sector, and across Leidos
- Attending early capture sessions to determine specific information and requirements to apply the correct contracts skillsets, techniques, capture methods, and resources to meet Leidos' and the customer's expectations and objectives
- Supporting internal/external audit activities and data requests from internal/external customers
- Demonstrating the values of the company and the organization
The successful candidate will have:
- Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
- Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related experience OR Master's with 10+ years or prior relevant experience
- Expert knowledge within the government contracting arena with particular emphasis on contract execution and proposal support
- Experience with ID/IQ contracts
- Excellent negotiation skills, including experience negotiating complex terms and conditions
- Minimum of 4 years' experience supervising or leading teams
- Demonstrated ability to manage geographically dispersed teams of professionals
- Experience with all contract types and a working knowledge of FAR/DFARS
- Experience with non-disclosure agreements and teaming agreements
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
- Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with executive management and teams regarding the Contracts function
- Ability to analyze and mitigate OCI risk
- Ability to establish relationships internally and externally
- Proficiency in Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Acrobat
Preferred qualifications include:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration OR a related field
- Location within commuting distance to Reston, VA
- Direct, recent experience with Federal Government customers
The pay range for this position is $139,100.00 - $251,450.00.