Contracts Manager

Raft Company Website
United States
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with government contract administration and managing subcontracts, with a focus on compliance and collaboration in a remote, US-based setting.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5-7 years of government contracting experience and a track record of managing subcontracts.
    — “5-7 years of professional experience performing contracts administration in a government contracting environment”
  • Professionals adept at interpreting and ensuring compliance with complex legal and regulatory frameworks.
    — “Review and edit current and future contracts to ensure accurate contractual rights, and obligations and provides an interpretation of contract terms and conditions”
  • Individuals who thrive in remote work arrangements and can balance independent work with collaborative team dynamics.
    — “Remote, hybrid, and flexible work options”

Things to consider

  • U.S. citizenship is mandatory due to the clearance and employment eligibility requirements.
    — “All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment”
  • The role may require occasional travel, with up to 10% of time spent on client sites.
    — “May require up to 10% travel”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with FAR and DFARS compliance in your resume and interview responses.
    — “Working knowledge of FAR and DFARS”
  • Demonstrate your ability to manage multiple contract types, such as T&M, LH, and FFP-LOE.
    — “Experience managing a variety of contract types including T&M, LH, CPFF, CPAF, CPIF, FFP-LOE”
  • Showcase your proficiency with Unanet and Microsoft 365 tools like Word and Excel.
    — “Strong Microsoft 365 Skills: Word, Excel”
  • Emphasize your experience in proposal preparation and cost analysis for government contracts.
    — “Prepare and review price proposals for government solicitations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and competitiveness”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful contract administration
  • accurate contract modifications
  • compliance with legal requirements
Typical background
5-7 years of professional experience in contracts administration

Skills & requirements

Required

Contracts AdministrationProposal PreparationContract NegotiationContract ComplianceContract Performance MonitoringContract CloseoutsCost AnalysisContractual Agreements

Preferred

FAR And Dfars KnowledgeUnanet Experience

Stack & domain

Contracts AdministrationProposal PreparationContract NegotiationCost AnalysisMicrosoft 365UnanetLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkGovernment ContractingLegalFinance

About the role

Original posting from Raft Company Website via Greenhouse

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:

Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in McLean, VA. Our range of clients include innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting edge tech stack, and cloud native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

We’re looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to support our growing efforts and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a game-changing organization where we put our customers and people first.

What we are looking for: 

Experienced contracts professional with cradle to grave contract administration.

Administering assigned contracts and subcontracts to include but not limited to contract modifications, ensuring compliance with prime contract requirements, proposal preparation, and contract negotiation with existing or potential clients 

Review and edit current and future contracts to ensure accurate contractual rights, and obligations and provides an interpretation of contract terms and conditions 

Reviews and advises Raft leadership on contractual rights and obligations and provides interpretation of contract terms and conditions 

Monitor contract performance and maintain continual review to ensure that terms and conditions are met and that the contract is in accordance with legal requirements, customer specifications, and government regulations 

Advises leadership on appropriate activities to resolve performance difficulties 

Adheres to contract policies, procedures, methods, operating practices, and performance standards for areas of responsibility 

Responds to all external government requests, disputes and requirements to help resolve disputes between prime and subcontractors; facilitates contract closeouts; conducts contract diligence for group/corporate transactions 

Experienced in proposal activity support, ensuring compliance with the Solicitation requirements, company internal objectives and processes, and writing cover letters and risk mitigating assumptions, preparing management volumes

Prepare and review price proposals for government solicitations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and competitiveness.  Developing comprehensive pricing strategies for government contracts that align with organizational goals, comply with regulatory requirements, and maximize competitiveness.

Conduct detailed cost analysis to determine the direct and indirect costs associated with contract proposals, including materials, labor, overhead, and other expenses.

Reviews, drafts, and negotiates pre-award related contractual agreements to include NDAs, TAs, and Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), 

Highly preferred:

5-7 years of professional experience performing contracts administration in a government contracting environment  

Experience managing subcontracts

Experience managing a variety of contract types including T&M, LH, CPFF, CPAF, CPIF, FFP-LOE, FFP 

Working knowledge of FAR and DFARS 

Go-getter with a GSD mentality 

Strong Microsoft 365 Skills: Word, Excel 

Experience with Unanet

Salary Range: $115,000.00 - $130,000.00

Clearance Requirements: 

Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance

Work Type:

Remote

May require up to 10% travel

What we will offer you:

Highly competitive salary

Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage + 401(k)

Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays

Education & training benefits

Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs

Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work

Remote, hybrid, and flexible work options

Team off-site in fun places!

Generous Referral Bonuses

And More!

Our Vision Statement:  

We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission. 

Our Customer Obsession: 

We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Our culture will enable our success and set us apart from other companies.

How do we get there? 

Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to innovate and solve complex problems. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm. 

Raft’s core philosophy is Ubuntu: I Am, Because We are. We support our “nadi” by elevating the other Rafters. We work as a hyper collaborative team where each team member brings a unique perspective, adding value that did not exist before. People make Raft special. We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration. 

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Source: Raft Company Website careers (Greenhouse)

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