Contract Advisor

Overview

Senior contracts professional managing government/commercial agreements and mentoring team

Key Responsibilities

• contract administration
• proposal support
• document drafting
• compliance management
• process scalability
• mentorship

Tasks

-Mentorship & Collaborative Leadership – Foster meaningful peer relationships by sharing knowledge and guiding colleagues through proposals, contracts, and agreements—especially those aligned with U.S. Government requirements, research contractual topics and policy updates, and serve as a reliable resource for answering questions and providing clarity to peers as needed. Lead alongside others, offering contractual insights, encouraging mutual growth, and nurturing a collaborative environment that keeps stakeholders aligned and engaged. -Contract Administration: Advise colleagues on OTECH’s contractual rights and obligations, as well as those of the customer, to enable the team to make fully informed decisions about contract execution. Ensure contracts are actively administered including managing constructive changes, submitting requests for equitable adjustments and ensuring all obligations are met by the parties. -Proposal Support: Work closely with colleagues in other departments to shape contract strategies for new opportunities and prepare compliant and competitive proposals. Strategize and plan for negotiations in concert with the team. -Writing & Negotiating Contractual Documentation: Support the drafting, review, analysis, revision, negotiation, and summarization of a variety of contractual documents—including correspondence, contracts, Statements of Work, terms and conditions, NDAs, Teaming Agreements, OTAs, and other essential documentation. Contribute to achieving favorable contractual outcomes while ensuring alignment with applicable policies and stakeholder direction. -Learning & Development: Actively contribute to a culture of continuous improvement within the Contracts Department by identifying relevant training topics, sharing key takeaways from real-world experiences, and developing engaging learning materials and presentations—both independently and collaboratively with peers. -Ensure Compliance & Scalability of Processes: Support a cultural of continuous improvement, including scalable processes, while ensuring compliance with changing regulations. Contribute to the refinement of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) practices and maintain efficient, audit-ready contract filing and documentation systems.

Requirements

• cfcm
• costpoint
• top secret
• 5+ yrs
• far
• u.s. citizen

What You Bring

-Expertise in administering government contracts with emphasis on FAR Part 15 contracts and cost-reimbursable contracts. -U.S. Citizenship. -5 + years of progressively responsible contracting experience. -Certified Federal Contract Manager (CFCM) from National Contract Management Association (NCMA) (or similar). -Experience in drafting, revising, and negotiating commercial and government contract terms and conditions, ensuring alignment with company guidelines and industry standards, while also balancing management's strategic goals with the customer's desired outcomes. -Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software (preferably CostPoint) and leveraging software for contract management. -Experience contracting with the U.S. Government as both a prime contractor and a subcontractor and under a variety of contract types (CPFF, CPIF, FFP, etc.) and for both supplies and services. -Ability and willingness to obtain and/or maintain Top Secret security clearance. -Current active Top Secret security clearance. -Professional competencies including strong ability to synthesize and analyze complex information and communicate it clearly and succinctly; problem solving, writing skills; relationships, collaboration, team building, sound judgement, exercise of diplomacy, creative thinking and a solution-oriented mindset, and efficient time management and prioritization and proactive big picture thinking. -Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university. -Familiarity of the FAR system and government regulations.

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