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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in managing high-dollar, high-risk subcontracts while ensuring compliance with federal regulations and organizational objectives. Proven ability to lead teams, negotiate strategic agreements, and communicate effectively with senior management and stakeholders.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Subcontract ManagementFederal Acquisition Regulation (FAR/DFARS)Negotiation SkillsTeam LeadershipCPSR Compliance
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Hard Skills
Subcontract AwardingRisk MitigationProposal ManagementSupplier Performance AnalysisContract Management
Soft Skills
Organizational SkillsClear CommunicationTeam Development
Tools & Technologies
Deltek CostpointIvaluaERP Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
CPSMCPCMCFCMISMPMI PMP
Industry Keywords
Department of DefenseFederal ProgramsDefense/AerospaceProcess ImprovementSupplier Relationship Management
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERPPMP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Manage a team of Subcontracts professionals and provide strategic leadership
- Serve as a key interface between Leidos management and senior Contracts and Global Supply Chain management
- Act as the primary liaison between subcontractors and multiple programs
- Contractually manage high-dollar, high-risk, and complex agreements
- Collaborate with Contracts, Program Management, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Manufacturing, Growth, and Business Development
- Directly manage subcontracts on select programs and support special projects and corporate initiatives
- Align subcontract outcomes with program, business area, and sector objectives
- Manage team workload, assign work, set expectations, hold staff accountable, oversee quality, conduct performance reviews, and develop team members
- Apply federal subcontracting knowledge and ensure compliance with prime customer requirements and commitments
- Lead negotiations and execution of strategic long-term supplier agreements
- Integrate supplier strategies into capture, proposal, and program lifecycles
- Identify and mitigate complex subcontract portfolio risks
- Translate supplier data into executive-ready insights, recommendations, and action plans for savings, supplier performance, compliance, and risk reduction
Requirements
What you’ll need- Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 5+ years of prior relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of prior relevant experience
- Generally 2+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects
- Active and current Secret clearance; must be a US Citizen
- Experience awarding and managing subcontracts in a government-approved purchasing system (CPSR)
- Advanced knowledge of FAR/DFARS, other Federal agency requirements, and small business participation
- Successful negotiating skills to maximize organizational return, minimize risk, and improve price and terms and conditions position
- Track record managing various subcontract types and interfacing with internal customers, functional support staff, and suppliers
- Experience independently leading the subcontracts portion of proposal efforts
- Organizational skills to manage concurrent projects and prioritize subcontract management issues
- Ability to communicate clearly and present status updates and issues to senior management, internal partners, and suppliers
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US DoW security clearance
- Preferred: experience supporting Department of Defense and Federal programs, programs of record, capture pursuits, and large government acquisitions in Defense/Aerospace
- Preferred: CPSR compliance, NIST SP 800-171, and cyber/supplier readiness knowledge
- Preferred: Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process improvement methodologies
- Preferred: CPSM, CPC, CFCM, ISM, APICS, PMI PMP, or other relevant professional certification
- Preferred: experience with RF, electronic warfare, missile, radar, SATCOM, aviation, space, manufacturing, or advanced defense technology supply chains
- Preferred: supplier relationship-building experience
- Preferred: experience supervising or leading teams
- Preferred: ERP systems experience, ideally Deltek Costpoint and procurement systems such as Ivalua