Government Contracts Specialist

Stratasys•Minnetonka, MN

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Government Contracts Specialist supports Stratasys’s U.S. government and defense business as a member of the Legal team. The role provides practical contract, proposal, intake, records, and compliance support for U.S. government, Department of Defense, prime contractor, subcontractor, reseller, and channel partner matters. The Specialist works with government contracting and defense compliance concepts including FAR, DFARS, SAM, CAGE, DD Form 2345/JCP, CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, CUI, ITAR/EAR, data rights, quality certifications, and supply chain traceability. The position helps the business obtain accurate and timely answers, maintain approved information, track open issues, and coordinate across Legal, Sales, Certs & Reps, IT/Security, Trade Compliance, Quality, Procurement, Finance, and Operations. It is intended to provide a knowledgeable Legal support point for Government and Defense matters while reducing unsupported certifications, inaccurate customer-facing statements, unmanaged flow-downs, and avoidable government contracting risk. The Specialist supports Legal review and administration of government and defense contracts, proposals, related documents, and records; helps identify and coordinate review of legal, compliance, operational, cybersecurity, export control, and certification risks; and maintains readiness information, approved response guidance, issue trackers, escalation paths, renewal calendars, approval records, and records of customer-facing representations. The role may support drafting and negotiation but does not independently take legal positions or approve non-standard government contracting obligations without attorney review. It does not own company credentials or assume login responsibility for official registration systems unless expressly approved by Legal leadership and the relevant functional owner. The position is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with four days onsite and one day remote. Travel is 10%. Access to ITAR- or EAR-controlled information or technology requires the successful candidate to be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Stratasys provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State, due to access to ITAR- or EAR-controlled information and/or technology.
Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Responsibilities

Support Legal review and administration of U.S. government and defense contracts, subcontracts, modifications, task orders, NDAs, teaming agreements, quote terms, proposal materials, customer terms, prime contractor flow-downs, and related records.
Review incoming requests to identify FAR, DFARS, data rights, cybersecurity, export control, quality, sourcing, certification, set-aside, reseller, and channel partner issues.
Coordinate with the assigned attorney and business owners to prepare approved responses, track open legal issues, and escalate terms or requests that create legal, compliance, operational, cybersecurity, export control, or certification risk.
Support drafting and negotiation when needed, without independently taking legal positions or approving non-standard government contracting obligations without attorney review.
Maintain working knowledge of approved Government and Defense readiness information, including registrations, certifications, compliance materials, data rights positions, and quality certifications, as applicable.
Help maintain the status and ownership matrix for items in place, in progress, or opportunity-specific.
Support Certs & Reps by confirming approved information, routing questions to the correct owner, and identifying requests requiring review by Legal or relevant business functions.
Serve as the Legal coordination point for Government and Defense intake issues, recurring customer questions, compliance information, and status tracking requiring Legal involvement or cross-functional alignment.
Maintain approved response guidance, issue trackers, escalation paths, renewal calendars, approval records, and records of customer-facing representations.
Improve processes so Sales, Government Business, and Certs & Reps can obtain timely answers without bypassing Legal or creating unsupported commitments.
Follow up with accountable owners and escalate gaps, overdue items, inconsistent answers, unvalidated readiness claims, cybersecurity assurances, export control statements, quality commitments, classified contracting questions, and other higher-risk requests to the assigned attorney and Legal leadership.