Contracts Manager

Job Title: Contracts Manager

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)

Requirements/ Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree plus five or more years related work experience required.
• Minimum of three or more years’ experience working with contracts and subcontract administration.
• Knowledge of key Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and/or Other Transaction Agreement contract principles preferred.
• Exceptional computer skills, with an emphasis on the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, to co-workers and team members.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Experience working as a team member engaged in tasks requiring teamwork and performance to schedules.
• Ability to serve external and internal customers and prioritize these responsibilities, in order to meet deadlines.

Essential Functions:

• Independently administers, negotiates, and monitors various types of subcontracts, i.e. level of effort cost reimbursement type contracts (CPFF, CPAF, etc.); time and materials (T&M); indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ); firm fixed price (FFP); and Agreements issued under Other Transactions.
• Performs contract administration functions on less complex company programs that usually involve pre-defined research objectives.
• Facilitates pre-award and post-award activities in support of company programs.
• Reviews complex cost proposals and performs cost analyses with minimal guidance from supervisor except for unique situations.
• Works closely with customers, program team and subcontractors, regarding funding and budgetary issues for each program.
• Monitors contract budgets and supports budget formations.
• Negotiates and issues subcontract modifications.
• Plans and conducts post-award conferences and debriefings.
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload to accomplish organizational goals.
• Communicates with subcontractors and government contracting officers on routine administrative functions.

Additional Responsibilities

• Serve as mentor or Team Lead, including the review of pre-award and post-award contractual documentation
• Provides assistance, as required, to Director of Contracts
• Performs other duties as assigned.

CompQsoft provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and in the working environment to all employees and applicants. CompQsoft does not take any non-merit factors like race, color, religion, sex (gender), mental/physical disability, and age into account for purposes of recruitment, hiring and development