Contract Specialist

Defense Innovation Unit • Mountain View, CA

7d • Remote

About The Position

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is a Department of War (DoW) organization focused exclusively on accelerating the adoption of commercial technology throughout the military and growing the national security innovation base. As the Department’s gateway to leading technology companies across the country, DIU is focused on rapid prototyping, fielding, and scaling of commercial solutions that can save lives, lead to new operational concepts, increase efficiency, and save taxpayer dollars. DIU has a variety of missions which bring academic and private sector solutions to national security problems. To accomplish this mission, DIU seeks a wide variety of backgrounds including military experience, high technology product development and leadership, operations expertise, and general program management experience. The Federal Civilian Position of Contract Specialist ensures that contractual baselines meet with Federal law and applicable, regulations, policies, and standards. DIU specializes in agreements and contracts leveraging Other Transaction Authorities, predominately those authorized by 10 U.S.C section 4022. In coordination with Program Management, the Contract Specialist develops and implements contractual direction on all agreements. Example jobs in this career field include Contract Management and Contract Administration. This is not a job description for a specific job opening at DIU, but rather a collection of resumes for periodic openings.

Requirements

• Military experience
• High technology product development and leadership
• Operations expertise
• General program management experience
• Knowledge of Federal law and applicable regulations, policies, and standards related to contractual baselines
• Experience with Other Transaction Authorities, predominately those authorized by 10 U.S.C section 4022

Responsibilities

• Ensures that contractual baselines meet with Federal law and applicable, regulations, policies, and standards
• In coordination with Program Management, develops and implements contractual direction on all agreements

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees