Principal Contracts Administrator

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Principal Contracts Administrator to support our team in Herndon, VA or Lexington Park MD.

This is a hybrid role based out of the Washington, DC, Maryland, or Virginia metro to attend periodic meetings.

Responsibilities to include but not limited to:

• Administer assigned contracts, including contract modifications, ensuring compliance with prime contract requirements, proposal preparation, and contract negotiations with existing or prospective clients.
• Review, draft, and negotiate pre-award related contractual agreements including NDAs, TAs, and MOUs while assisting with OCI plans and mitigation strategies.
• Monitor company performance for conformance to original proposals, maintaining continual review to ensure all terms comply with legal requirements and government regulations.
• Prepare contractual modifications, task orders, and contract close-outs while maintaining status tracking on all contract actions.
• Coordinate with contracting officers, subcontracts administrators, program managers, auditors, and other personnel for all matters pertaining to contract administration.
• Recommend appropriate activities to resolve performance difficulties and respond to internal/external data calls.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS preferred) or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of contracts administration experience in a government contracting environment.
• 3+ years of experience collaborating with key stakeholders and program leadership to solve complex issues.
• Strong working knowledge of FAR and DFARS regulations.
• Proven experience managing a variety of contract types including CPFF, CPAF, CPIF, FFP-LOE, and FFP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or relevant professional certification in Contract Management (e.g., CPCM or CFCM).
• Demonstrated experience handling complex contract negotiations and strategic customer relationship management.
• Experience with enterprise contract management software systems and internal reporting tools.
• Experience with non-traditional contract types such as OTAs, CSOs and SWP

Clearance Requirements

• Secret Clearance to start with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 50% of the time.
• Must be able to work under pressure and operate a computer and other office productivity machinery continuously.
• Must be able to communicate, converse, and exchange accurate information with peers and senior management.

The projected compensation range for this position is $109,000.00-$181,500.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECH’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

MANTECH considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

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