Contracts Manager - Munitions

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Arlington, VA, US

Manager of Contracts, Munitions

Location:Pine Bluff, AR or Arlington, VA

Reports to:
Vice President of Contracts

FLSA status:Exempt

Clearance:Ability to obtainU.S. Government Secret (U.S. citizenship required)

Position Summary

The Manager of Contracts, Munitions, will lead the contractual architecture of the Company’s munitions and energetics portfolio from capture and proposal through production, delivery, and closeout, within the authority delegated by the Company. The Manager serves as principal business advisor to munitions program leadership and leads negotiations with the Army ammunition acquisition and contracting enterprise, including the Portfolio Acquisition Executive Agile Sustainment and Ammunition (PAE AS&A), the Capability Program Executive Ammunition and Energetics (CPE A&E), Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI), Army Sustainment Command (ASC), and their successor organizations, and prime and subcontract counter parties.

• Lead the full contract lifecycle, including planning, solicitation, negotiation, award, administration, modifications, and closeout, for production, development, engineering, and service-related contracts.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, and exclusivity arrangements with U.S. and international companies, including integrators and system suppliers, ensuring alignment with program requirements, schedule, cost targets, and technical obligations.
• Negotiate and administer Other Transaction Agreements under 10 U.S.C. 4022, including consortium-managed prototype projects and follow-on production awards, preserving competitive posture for 10 U.S.C. 4022(f) transition.
• Structure, negotiate, and execute production contracts, IDIQ vehicles, multiyear procurements, and undefinitized contract actions for ammunition, propellant, and energetic materials programs.
• Formulate negotiation strategy and concession parameters and lead fact-finding and final negotiations with Government contracting officers.
• Direct compliance with first article testing, lot acceptance, and DCMA quality assurance regimes, together with the contractual implications of nonconforming lots and requests for variance (deviations and waivers).
• Administer DPAS-rated orders under 15 CFR Part 700 and manage priority-performance obligations across competing production commitments.
• Govern domestic sourcing exposure, including specialty metals restrictions, Buy American requirements, restrictions on covered materials such as tantalum and tungsten (10 U.S.C. 4872), and domestic nonavailability determinations for energetic precursors and critical inputs.
• Advise on contractual mechanisms for industrial base expansion, facilitization, and capital investment, including Government-furnished property, special tooling, and the allocability of capital costs under CAS.
• Ensure contractual alignment with ammunition and explosives safety requirements, including DoDM 6055.09 and DFARS , and associated DCMA oversight.
• Coordinate with export compliance on ITAR, EAR, licensing, and technical data controls arising from parent-company and licensor collaboration, including deemed-export exposure.
• Operate within the Company’s FOCI mitigation instrument in all dealings with the foreign parent and its affiliates, including affiliated-operations limits, the Electronic Communications Plan, visitation procedures, and the Technology Control Plan.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage technology license, know-how, and engineering services agreements with international licensors, including intellectual property and field-of-use terms, governing law and dispute resolution, and allocation of export control obligations.
• Structure and administer intercompany agreements with the parent companies supporting technology transfer, personnel support and program execution, consistent with FOCI mitigation requirements.
• Establish and sustain contractor business system readiness for contracting, estimating, and purchasing, including DFARS  and  compliance, Contractor Purchasing System Review preparation, and DCAA and DCMA audit support.
• Flow down and administer cybersecurity and CUI requirements, including DFARS  and CMMC requirements under DFARS .
• Recruit, develop, and evaluate subordinate staff and establish performance standards for the munitions…