Senior Contracts Manager

Parsons Corporation

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About The Position

Parsons is looking to hire a Senior Contracts Manager, to lead and perform both procurement and contract management duties for a major public sector infrastructure program located in Sacramento, CA. What You'll Be Doing This includes the solicitation and selection activities leading to the award of contracts for the agency-required services involving alternative delivery methodology, engineering services, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and vendors, and providing oversight of these contracts post-award through the application of effective management and contract compliance practices. In the procurement phases, provide planning and advice on procurement strategies, including alternative delivery methods. Provide for an appropriate, open, and fair solicitation process leading to a competitive selection process consistent with the objectives and policies of the agency owner, project, and public contracting laws. In the contract execution phase, implements effective contract management practices and compliance, prepares and provides for the mitigation and settlement of changes and claims through the appropriate use of project correspondence, documentation practices, change management, and dispute resolution processes, and effective collaboration with program staff and owner contracting officials. Performs reviews of project contract documents and establishes program guidelines, processes, and procedures by which contract management and compliance practices will be administered by the program team over the agency owner’s contracted parties. Serve as the point of contact for the procurement and contracts team and coordinates the interface between the contract management function and other technical, management, and control functions of the program team on contractual issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Law, or a related field.
15+ years of prime contract administration experience within a large international engineering and construction firm.
Comprehensive knowledge of industry business practices and the negotiation of prime contracts.
Strong written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and a working knowledge of PC software packages typically associated with contract administration.
Capable of independently negotiating the most-complex contractual issues.
Ability for managing and directing work involving complex situations.

Responsibilities

Lead and perform both procurement and contract management duties
Solicitation and selection activities leading to the award of contracts
Provide oversight of contracts post-award through the application of effective management and contract compliance practices
Provide planning and advice on procurement strategies, including alternative delivery methods
Provide for an appropriate, open, and fair solicitation process leading to a competitive selection process
Implements effective contract management practices and compliance
Prepares and provides for the mitigation and settlement of changes and claims
Performs reviews of project contract documents and establishes program guidelines, processes, and procedures
Serve as the point of contact for the procurement and contracts team and coordinates the interface between the contract management function and other technical, management, and control functions of the program team on contractual issues.