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Job Title: Manager, Contracts

Job Code: 41626

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80- work 9 out of every 14 days (totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off)

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a highly skilled Contracts Manager to oversee a team of contracts professionals, provide guidance and review work to ensure compliance and quality. This position will serve as a key point of contact within and outside the organization to communicate, negotiate, and influence contract terms, policies, and procedures. The individual is instrumental in identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance contract management efficiency and effectiveness, developing and executing short-term operational plans that support business objectives and deliver measurable results. Success in this role will require strong management and leadership skills, as well as in-depth knowledge of contract law, negotiation, and administration within the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of contracts professionals and provide expertise, guidance, training, and leadership to implement strategies to advance critical business objectives.
• Provide guidance to develop overarching negotiation strategies and objectives.
• Be innovative to develop solutions to complex contracting issues while ensuring solutions are consistent with organization strategic and operational objectives.
• Lead complex negotiations and develop contract management strategies to mitigate risk.
• Provide direction to team members to address and influence major contractual and business issues encountered in the proposal and execution of contracts of all types and complexity.
• Undertake special assignments as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience (in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience)
• Management and leadership experience in Department of Defense Contracts.
• Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract experience
• Experience in FAR/DFAR
• Negotiation experience with FAR Part 15 programs.
• Extensive experience with a wide range of contract types and efforts, e.g. CPFF, FFP, IF, AF, etc. development, production, engineering services, commercial and non-commercial, etc.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Proven business negotiator while exercising sound business judgement with experience engaging at high organizational levels or with persons of influence both internally and externally.
• Highly developed critical thinking and communication skills with ability to influence and shape favorable business outcomes.
• Excellent communication, presentation, team building and leadership skills, with the ability to perform in a complex cross-functional business environment.
• Expert knowledge of FAR/DFAR regulations
• Experience with complex contracts and proposal preparation and execution
• Experience mentoring and training junior staff members
• Ability to interact professionally and effectively at all levels of the organization
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, solicitations/RFPs, or governmental regulations.
• Active security clearance (preferred / not required)

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