Senior Contracts Specialist – Federal & Professional Services
About The Position
Join Esri's Professional Services organization as a senior contracts partner supporting complex technology and services agreements. You'll manage contracts throughout their lifecycle, lead negotiations, identify and mitigate contractual risk, and collaborate across the business to help structure successful customer engagements. You'll support a diverse portfolio of Professional Services contracts while applying expertise across contract negotiation, risk management, contract administration, and where applicable, federal procurement requirements. Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Redlands, CA area for this position.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in contract administration, with increasing responsibility
- Demonstrated success in negotiating and managing a variety of contract types and structures
- Solid understanding of contract law, risk management, and procurement best practices
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, legal studies, political science, or a related field
- Must be authorized to work in the US; visa sponsorship is not available for this position
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in business administration, legal studies, political science, or a related field
- Familiarity with federal contracting and large systems integrator terms and conditions
- Experience working with federal agencies and federal regulations including FAR/DFAR, SBA, EAR, ITAR, and Defense Security Service
- Understanding of professional services contract terms, cloud computing terms, software licensing, intellectual property, and subcontracting
Responsibilities
- Manage contracts from RFP to proposal through negotiation, execution and closeout
- Review and negotiate complex contract terms and statements of work
- Identify contractual, commercial and operational risk
- Develop practice approaches to mitigate contract risk
- Partner across delivery, finance, legal and other business functions
- Support commercial, public sector and federal contracting requirements
- Apply FAR/DFARS knowledge where applicable
- Contribute to improvements in contracting processes, practices and tools
Benefits
- Relocation Assistance Program
- medical
- dental
- vision
- basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
- 401(k)
- profit-sharing programs
- minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
- twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- opportunities for personal and professional growth
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
