Job Title: Sr Specialist, Contracts
Job Code: 17677
Job Location: Rochester, NY
Job Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job
Contracts professional looking to expand and grow strategic footprint within the organization. Self-starter capable of high-level independent work managing DoD, Commercial and CAS covered contracts. Support large program efforts, regularly contribute in business strategy formation and tactical implementations at all levels.
Essential Functions:
- Provide business, contractual and risk mitigation guidance.
- Manage the quality of contract formation activities, such as defending Commercial Item positions, maximizing negotiated outcomes, and providing broad based business judgement.
- Participate in the proposal development process by identifying areas of risk, and promoting innovative solutions to internal and external customers.
- Self-starter capable of high-level independent work with strong organizational and computer skills.
- Outreach and partner with other key functional areas, such as Finance, Programs and Sales on new and continuing programs to ensure desired objectives and outcomes are achieved.
- Continue to advance commercial pricing strategies and support commercial item procurement justifications where applicable. Analyze new laws, regulations and contract trends for potential impact on business goals and objectives.
- Work in partnership with legal counsel to provide recommendations from a Contracts perspective on legal issues, intellectual property defense, disputes, claims, protests, and lawsuits.
- Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant Contracts experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related Contracts experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related Contracts experience
Preferred Additional Skills:
- MBA preferred
- Security Clearance