Senior Contracting Officer

Why RTI

RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world’s most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

We believe in the promise of science and technical solutions, and we push ourselves every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses in the U.S. and around the world. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real difference, RTI is the place for you.

The Senior Contracting Officer will support proposal submissions and provide guidance on various rules and regulations (the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) including the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) and supplementary regulations, OMB Circulars, commercial regulations, and contract terms and conditions) that may affect technical and cost strategies, contract negotiations, and may present risk to RTI that would require mitigation.

Here at RTI, we share your drive to make the world better. We work to solve challenges facing science and society. We strive to learn and grow in a diverse and inclusive global environment. We make that happen by investing in you, through dynamic professional development, employee wellness, and work/life balance support. We believe this empowers our employees to accomplish our shared mission.

This position can be in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina or in any other U.S. location or as a teleworker.

• Review highly complex solicitations, and work closely with the technical team, subcontracts and procurement teams, finance team, and other internal teams at RTI to analyze and provide expert guidance on acquisition requirements, both federal and commercial (the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) including the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) and supplementary regulations, OMB Circulars, commercial regulations, and other terms and conditions), strategies, and risk, suggesting alternatives that lead to the best solution or engaging necessary stakeholders.
• Review proposals, applications, and revisions before final submission and/or execution.
• Coordinate with post-award staff to advise of contract compliance or other issues which will continue upon contract execution, including financial issues, payment terms, deliverables, security levels or other issues.
• Develop and integrate contract management tools, templates, methods, and processes.
• Review, draft, edit, and negotiate contractual terms and conditions with external customers.
• Attend bid boards, proposal review team meetings, kick-off meetings, lessons learned, and project risk meetings, and contribute to these meetings by presenting and championing contract-related issues and identifying technical and financial issues that may have contractual implications.
• Prepare teaming agreements, non-disclosure agreements, correspondence with customers, and other documents.
• Understand the appropriate use of standard forms and templates and access current examples of contractual language as references for new transactions.
• Understand and apply RTI Policies and Procedures and organizational operating directives to the work as assigned.
• Escalate complex, risk related contracts issues appropriately to avoid unnecessary delays.
• Identify process improvements to maximize internal and external customer satisfaction and achieve increased effectiveness and efficiency.
• Share knowledge gained and lessons learned with other Office of Contracts staff, Finance, and other team members to enhance the contracting knowledge of RTI as a whole, and for individual contracts on topics including financial terms, payment terms, deliverables, security levels, or other issues.
• May provide some guidance to other lower lever positions, possibly as a mentor.

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 8…