Corporate Counsel and Director of Contracts

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Full Time Professional Glen Burnie, MD, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

The Corporate Counsel and Director of Contracts is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the CEO and serving on Skyline’s leadership team. This position owns Skyline’s enterprise legal and contract risk: advising the CEO and leadership team on legal exposure, managing the full contract lifecycle, overseeing subcontractor and vendor risk, and protecting Skyline’s legal and regulatory standing as a state, local, and federal government contractor.

The role is exempt, full-time, and remote work eligible.

You can expect to spend your time accomplishing the following:

• 55% of the time on Objective 1:
  Contract Lifecycle Management
• 20% of the time on Objective 2:
  Enterprise Legal, Risk & Compliance
• 15% of the time on Objective 3:
  Vendor & Subcontractor Management
• 10% of the time on Objective 4:
  Executive Leadership & Governance

Job Responsibilities - What to Expect

• Manage the review and negotiation of contracts and legal agreements.
• Coordinate with third-party legal counsel as needed to ensure legal compliance and resolve contract issues.
• Oversee MBE/VSBE goal compliance for all contracts.
• Manage current contracts for CPI increases and renewals.
• Manage the insurance and bonding programs to support contract requirements.
• Oversee and advise on the change order process.
• Manage contract management team members to ensure their performance and job satisfaction.
• Support the opportunity review process by performing RFP reviews for risk, bonding/insurance compliance and developing Teaming Agreements.
• Support the proposal development process by performing RFP for contract exceptions and completing required forms for submission.
• Support contract aspects of the BD to Delivery process.
• Manage mandatory contract reporting for compliance with revenue reporting and usage fee payment.
• Advise on organizational conflict of interest (OCI) mitigation across teaming, subcontracting, and proposal pursuits.
• Support and assist internal educational opportunities to improve personnel awareness in handling enterprise legal, contract risk, subcontract risk, and other related matters.
• Lead SITCH Software license agreement development and conversations from a legal perspective.
• Oversee company corporate legal status and operating agreement.
• Support HR, Cyber and Business Development legal support requests.
• Oversee state licensing requirements.
• Develop and/or maintain legal and contract policy, including delegation of authority, signature authority, organizational conflict of interest, ethics and code of conduct, records retention, and litigation hold.
• Manage litigation, claims, and government disputes (including bid protests) in coordination with outside counsel.
• Serve as primary legal advisor on False Claims Act exposure, including legal review of company representations and attestations to government customers.
• Advise on data privacy and cybersecurity regulatory obligations. During cybersecurity incidents, advise the Incident Commander on privilege, breach notification determinations, and regulatory, client, and insurer disclosure.
• Serve as primary legal advisor on Maryland state and local procurement matters, including COMAR requirements and the bid protest process.
• Provide legal backstop to HR on employment matters and to leadership on corporate governance, entity maintenance, and board-level matters.
• Partner with the Director of GRC on cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance requirements in solicitations, contracts, flow-downs, and third‑party…