Manager, Government Contracts

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Per Scholas candidates must reside in one of the following states, provided the position does not carry a specific office location requirement:AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, WA.

Per Scholas is seeking a Manager, Government Contracts & Compliance to support holistic grant and contract management across federal, state, and city funding streams. This role is responsible for ensuring strong contract performance, regulatory compliance, and accurate revenue recognition.

The Manager will work collaboratively with Program, Finance, Legal, and Leadership teams to ensure contracts are executed effectively, performance goals are met or exceeded, and revenue is realized in alignment with contractual terms, with a strong focus on maximizing contract value and achieving high levels of earned revenue (targeting ~80% or higher recognition across the government portfolio where applicable). This position plays a critical role in safeguarding funding, strengthening internal processes, and ensuring operational excellence across the government portfolio.

Coordinate and facilitate grant and contract execution and the fulfillment of administrative requirements for funded grants from government funders. Ensure that Per Scholas meets all grant compliance and reporting requirements. Establish process improvements and new approaches to managing grants and contracts for the organization.

• Independently own an assigned portfolio of grants end-to-end: execution, funding agency communication, kickoff facilitation, monitoring, and renewal.
• Support negotiation and legal review on assigned awards, escalating high-risk terms to the Director per established triage standards.
• Conduct first-pass review of low-risk contract documents on assigned awards (e.g., standard renewals with no material changes), escalating flagged terms to the Director/Legal.
• Partner with Fiscal to ensure accurate revenue recognition on assigned awards, aligned with contract terms.
• Coordinate document preparation and lead team prep calls in response to funding-agency audit and monitoring notices for assigned grants, within the funder's notice window.
• Maintain reliable tracking of deadlines, reporting schedules, and deliverables for assigned caseload.
• Communicate performance updates and risk on assigned grants to the Director in a clear, timely manner
• Coordinate with Fiscal, Development, and Managing Directors on assigned grants.
• Represent assigned grants in monthly status meetings and other…