Contracts Director
About The Position
The Contracts Director leads the contracts administration function for GDIT’s Space and Cyber Intelligence (SCI) Sector within the Intelligence and Homeland Security Division. The role provides executive oversight, develops and mentors a team of contract professionals, and supports intelligence-community missions by ensuring contracts align with mission outcomes and strategic organizational goals. The director accelerates business growth through customer engagement, opportunity shaping, proposal leadership, and complex negotiations. The position also protects mission and business interests through contractual due diligence, disciplined change control, and compliance with federal regulations and agency-specific requirements. It serves as a strategic partner to internal stakeholders and cross-functional leaders, providing guidance and helping resolve contract challenges. This is a hybrid role requiring work in GDIT’s Annapolis Junction, Maryland, and Herndon, Virginia offices as business needs require, with at least three onsite days per week and travel to meetings as needed. The role is based in Herndon, Virginia, with 10–25% travel and a 40-hour scheduled work week. An active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and U.S. citizenship are required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 10 or more years of Contracts Administration and Leadership experience.
- Advanced knowledge of contract types, applicable laws and regulations, terms, conditions, and policies governing assigned contracts, including the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and intelligence-agency acquisition manuals.
- Expertise negotiating complex terms and conditions.
- Strong ability to mentor and develop talent and lead team training initiatives.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Must be comfortable working onsite at least three days per week in the Annapolis Junction, MD, and Herndon, VA offices as business necessitates, and traveling to meetings as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with CSOs, OTAs, and CRADAs.
Responsibilities
- Provide executive oversight of the SCI Sector’s full contracts administration function.
- Empower, mentor, and develop a team of contracts professionals, including leading team training initiatives.
- Drive business growth through strategic customer engagement, opportunity shaping, proposal leadership, and complex contract negotiations.
- Conduct rigorous due diligence across contractual documents and maintain disciplined change control to protect mission and business interests and ensure compliance.
- Serve as a strategic partner to internal stakeholders and cross-functional leaders by providing expert guidance, resolving contract challenges, and strengthening decision-making.
- Align contract performance, processes, and outcomes with management objectives, federal regulations, and agency-specific requirements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Competitive pay.
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- Full flexible work weeks where possible.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
- Personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
