Subcontracts Manager

Worker Type Regular Job  Description Summary The  Subcontracts Manager will lead a team of 2–3 subcontract professionals and serve as the primary interface between Program Management, Subcontracts, Contracts, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Supply Chain, and subcontractors. This position is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of subcontracts, including proposal development, source selection, negotiations, award, execution, performance management, changes, and closeout. The Subcontracts Manager will develop subcontracting strategies aligned with the overall program plan, company policies, and applicable FAR/DFARS requirements.

The Subcontracts Manager will manage subcontract baselines during the proposal phase to ensure scope, budget, capacity, risk management, delivery requirements, and payment terms are aligned with program needs. The position will evaluate potential sources for selection, negotiate and award subcontracts, and monitor subcontractor performance to ensure cost, schedule, technical, quality, delivery, and contractual requirements are met.

Position Responsibilities Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 2–3 subcontract professionals, including workload planning, prioritization, performance management, and professional development.

Develop and execute subcontracting strategies aligned with program objectives, company policies, and applicable FAR/DFARS requirements.

Manage the full subcontract lifecycle from proposal development and source selection through award, execution, modifications, performance management, and closeout.

Support and monitor technical performance baselines while comparing key subcontract technical performance measures, assessing execution status, and taking appropriate action to maintain conformance with the baseline.

Communicate, monitor, and promptly resolve issues across all functional elements within the program, including the supplier.

Manage and balance communications with stakeholders through organized and disciplined processes, ensuring subcontract information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored, and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets subcontract and stakeholder needs while protecting the company’s contractual rights.

Effectively plan, define, establish, communicate, monitor, and control subcontractor scope to ensure that all required work, and only the required work, is performed.

Analyze subcontractor changes and develop alternatives that balance technical, cost, schedule, quality, and contractual requirements.

Track subcontractor performance, including technical reviews, delivery milestones, quality performance, corrective actions, and key performance indicators.

Monitor subcontractor cost performance against budget and Estimates at Completion to ensure financial performance remains on target.

Provide financial control and maintenance of subcontract budgets, including customer funding, cost analysis, Earned Value Management metrics, and Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report evaluation, as applicable.

Lead subcontractor program reviews and performance reviews, including the development of agendas, briefing materials, action items, and recovery plans.

Adhere to subcontract scope and manage changes through established change-control and control-board activities.

Address subcontract uncertainty through an organized and analytical, forward-looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages and communicates risks and opportunities throughout the subcontract lifecycle.

Prepare executive-level briefings and develop mechanisms for monitoring subcontractor progress, identifying risks, supporting intervention, and resolving issues with functional leads, business…