Principal Contracts Manager; Signal Tech

Job Summary:

Mercury Systems is seeking a Principal Contracts Managerin support of Mercury's Signal Technology Business Unitprovidingprofessional Contract Management as an individual team contributor.

This position requires athoroughunderstanding ofDOWGovernment and Department of Warcontractingprovidedbyateam playerwho is alsoa strong independent contributor with leadership skills, problem-solving skills, and a proactive, detail-oriented approach.

• Manage Program and Project Contracts supporting Line of Business.
• Reviews complex solicitations and prepares specialized/non-routine proposal responses in conjunction with proposal team as well as reviews and approves contractual documents for adherence to customer specifications and requirements, compliance with Terms and Conditions,applicable FAR/DFARS clauses,specialprovisionsand adherence to company policyand procedures.
• Drafts and/or reviews and redlines customer agreements, negotiates complex agreements, including master agreements,with theobjectiveofprotecting the company's interests.
• Advises management and program teams of contractual rights, obligations, intellectual property protections, organizational conflicts of interest and general risks and risk mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrates effective and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Maintains deadlines for internal and external customer requests as well as contractual historical data; enters contract data into databases as required.
• Analyzes and tracks contract compliance in conjunction with other functions.
• Externally, interfaces directly with Government contracting officials, prime contractor procurement representatives and other customer representatives.
• Internally interfaces with Contracts team members, Legal, Program & Product Management, Capture, Finance, Pricing, Proposal, Property, Quality, Engineering and others as required.

• Bachelor sin Business, Management, or other related field(s).
• Typically requires a minimum of 6years of directly related experience in Contract Administration/Business Management/Finance role with direct Government Defenseor Prime customers.
• Experience with USG, Prime and Commercial contracts.
• Experience with standard defense contract typessuch asCost Reimbursable (CR), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF),Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF),Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Materials (T&M), incentive-type contracts, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), etc. and with all phases of contracting from pre-solicitation through completion/termination and contract closeout.
• Experience with US Government regulations (FAR/DFARS) required,with emphasis in acquisitions governed by Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Services and Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation.
• Required to be trusted tomaintainconfidentiality and adhere to company policies and Government acquisition laws and regulations.
• An ability to obtain a US Government Secret security clearance or higher. US Citizenship is required
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• Travel:
  As required, estimated less than 10%.

• Experience with FMS and Direct Commercial Sale international customers
• Expected to meet responsibilities in a highly interactive team environment, to work well under pressure within tight deadlines, and deliver on multiple priorities while producing quality work.
• Shallestablishand maintain effective relationships with internal and external customers to include management, technical and functional counterparts to communicate project status.
• Experience with SAM, D&B, Certs & Reps and Exostar preferred.
• NCMA Certification is a plus but not required. (National Contracts Management Association)

** We are also interviewing for Director, Contracts position. See job
-567. **