Senior Subcontracts Growth Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology • Falls Church, VA

6h • $81,349 - $89,999 • Hybrid

About The Position

Keep growth on track and your career in motion as a Senior Subcontracts Growth Lead at GDIT. In this senior role, your leadership in shaping strategic subcontracting approaches for complex captures and proposals will directly power enterprise growth, enhance competitive positioning, and secure long‑term mission success for our customers. As a Senior Subcontracts Growth Lead, you will serve as the primary subcontract strategy authority for high‑visibility pursuits. You will drive early shaping with industry partners, influence bid strategy, ensure compliant and compelling submissions, and mentor other team members. Your work will inform executive decision-making and strengthen GDIT’s subcontracting excellence across the Growth organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, contracts, supply chain, government acquisition, or related business field. In lieu of degree, 9+ years of experience supporting federal subcontracting, procurement, or proposal development, with strong familiarity in FAR‑based environments required.
• 5+ years supporting federal subcontracting, procurement, or proposal development, with strong familiarity in FAR‑based environments
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience developing RFX’s to suppliers, analyzing subcontractor proposals, negotiating agreements or terms, working in source‑to‑pay or contract management systems
• Strong understanding of subcontracting processes throughout capture and proposal phases, including price analysis, competitive sourcing, and compliance considerations
• Ability to identify risks, troubleshoot issues, and proactively elevate challenges to capture and procurement leadership
• Ability to clearly communicate with internal teams, external partners, and executive leadership

Nice To Haves

• Capture Strategy
• Contract Negotiations
• Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior subcontracting advisor to the Growth Strategist and capture leadership, providing expert guidance on sourcing strategies, competitive positioning, partner alignment, and risk mitigation
• Lead development of advanced subcontracting strategies for large, complex, or enterprise‑level captures—including multi‑tier subcontracting, strategic partnerships, and innovative pricing and performance models
• Conduct early market research, supplier intelligence analysis, and competitive assessments to influence capture shaping and teaming decisions. Drive outreach to new and emerging partners to strengthen GDIT’s supplier ecosystem.
• Oversee all subcontract-related inputs for major proposals, ensuring accuracy, compliance with FAR/DFARS, and alignment with GDIT’s business objectives, technical solutioning, and customer requirements
• Direct negotiation strategy and lead high‑visibility engagement with subcontractors, including teaming agreements, pricing strategies, NDAs, and data call execution
• Identify and elevate subcontracting risks, gaps, and dependencies across the capture lifecycle, partnering with Contracts, Legal, Pricing, and Technical solution teams to ensure timely resolution. Provide regular executive‑level risk briefings.
• Leverage advanced analytics and artificial intelligence tools to evaluate supplier performance, detect misalignment between subcontractor commitments and customer requirements, and forecast pricing or compliance risks
• Prepare and deliver briefings on subcontract strategy, partner positioning, pricing insights, risk posture, and recommendations to senior leadership, capture teams, and color‑team reviewers
• Drive continuous improvement efforts across the Growth organization by refining subcontracting playbooks, templates, workflows, and best practices. Mentor junior team members and help elevate the overall quality of subcontracting contributions.
• Ensure complete, timely, and accurate documentation and reporting within GDIT’s source-to-pay, capture, and proposal systems. Strengthen data quality and visibility for leadership across the pursuit lifecycle.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay
• Paid time off
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior