Lead, Contracts

L3Harris • Palm Bay, FL

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About The Position

Serves as senior level contracts professional responsible for providing expert guidance and oversight across the full contract lifecycle on complex government, commercial and international contracts. Reports to Senior Manager or higher. Communicates within and outside of organization to explain and influence changes to policies, practices, or approaches. This position reports directly to Manager of Contracts and functions as a key business advisor, ensuring all contractual action aligning with corporate objective, regulatory requirements and risk management strategies. Will collaborate closely with Program Management, Legal, Finance and Supply Chain to ensure sound business decisions and compliant execution. Essential Functions: The ability to perform advanced contract management activities including reviewing solicitations and preparing compliant proposals, leading contract negotiations and ensuring that all contractual documentation supports company and customer objectives. Responsibilities include interpreting contact terms, identifying and mitigating risks, managing contract modifications and advising internal teams on contractual rights and obligations. The candidate must possess a high degree of independence, professionalism, and technical expertise with the ability to operate in a fast-paced organization. This role requires a strong attention to detail, superior communication skills and the capacity to influence and inform senior-level decision making without direct supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience.
• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Requires management and leadership knowledge in Department of Defense Contracts.
• Extensive experience with a wide range of contract types and efforts, e.g. CPFF, FFP, IF, AF, etc. development, production, engineering services, commercial and non-commercial, etc.
• Negotiation experience with FAR Part 15 programs.
• Secret clearance required

Nice To Haves

• Government and Industry Contracting

Responsibilities

• reviewing solicitations and preparing compliant proposals
• leading contract negotiations
• ensuring that all contractual documentation supports company and customer objectives
• interpreting contact terms
• identifying and mitigating risks
• managing contract modifications
• advising internal teams on contractual rights and obligations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees