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Senior Contracts Manager, Government Programs

Amca

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a lead
  • contract
  • negotiator with Contracting and Agreement Officers across the Air Force, Navy, and Army on
  • including
  • IDIQ contracts and task orders, SBIR and STTR Phase II and Phase III awards,

OTAs

  • and follow-on production authority, and basic ordering agreements.
  • Serve as the contract authority on government proposals, including solicitation interpretation, terms and conditions, clause exceptions,

certified

  • cost or pricing data obligations, TINA thresholds, and certification and sweep discipline.
  • Support Amca and its factories on various government contracting matters, including prime flow-downs, DCMA audits, and FAR and DFARS interpretation.
  • Own
  • Amca's

Own the contract after award, including

  • regulatory or compliance obligations,
  • modifications, delivery and performance obligations, invoicing and DD250 submission through PIEE, requests for equitable adjustment and claims under the Contract Disputes Act, terminations for convenience and default, and closeout.
  • Stand up
  • Amca's

Preferred

  • Experience as a Contracting Officer.
  • NCMA certification (CPCM, CFCM, or CCCM) or DAWIA contracting certification.
  • Substantive technical data rights and SBIR Phase III experience.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; active clearance a plus.

Overview

Amca is working with the

DoW and services on multiple government contracts. You will be the person who supports scaling this. Reporting to the General Counsel, you are

Amca's first and only dedicated government contracts hire the sole in-house authority on the FAR and DFARS, the lead contract negotiator across the table from every Contracting Officer we deal with, and the owner of every government contract we sign from solicitation through closeout. You will also help us build the government contracting infrastructure for a high-growth startup.

Responsibilities

  • the full range of negotiated procurements,
  • technical data and intellectual property rights position, including assertion tables and rights allocation, Government Purpose Rights, and SBIR data protection.
  • government contracting function.

Basic Qualifications

  • 7+ years of government contract administration and negotiation, including a track record of negotiating directly with Procuring and Administrative Contracting Officers.
  • Demonstrated depth in the FAR and DFARS.
  • Hands-on experience across both cost-type and fixed-price vehicles, including the compliance obligations attached to each.
  • Builder who is c omfortable operating in an ambiguous environment, where processes and procedures are still being developed
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain a contractual position to engineers, executives, and government customers.
  • Onsite five days a week in El Segundo, CA or Washington, D.C.

JD

a plus.

Annual Salary Range

$160,000 - $200,000 USD

+ Equity

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as: any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America prohibits discrimination or harassment based on the following categories: race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

Annual Salary Range

$160,000

$200,000 USD

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a US person as: any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or. any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or. any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3).

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America prohibits discrimination or harassment based on the following categories: race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.