Manager Contract Administration 3

Northrop Grumman C4 Missile Defense (C4MD) Business Unit (BU) is seeking a Manager Contract Admin 3 to join its team of qualified and diverse individuals to support the BU Contracts Director in Huntsville, AL.  The C4MD BU delivers innovative Battle Management mission capabilities extending into adjacent missions, arenas, customers and is a global leader in Advanced Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Management Systems.  

This position requires extensive experience with U.S. Government contracts.  The selected candidate will oversee and direct the daily activities of the Contracts Managers to ensure proper contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer requirements. The successful candidate will abide by the highest ethical standards for personal conduct, be self-motivated, proactive, and be able to work independently, demonstrating strong leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.  In addition, the successful candidate must be able to lead an engaged, geographically dispersed team and develop highly effective customer relations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of relevant professional experience in contracts administration/contracts management or a Master's Degree and 6+ years of relevant professional experience in contracts administration/contracts management.
• In-depth understanding and ability to perform analysis, interpretation, and application of U.S. Government acquisition policies, FAR/DFARs, other U.S. Federal Government contract regulations, and proposal compliance requirements.
• Extensive negotiation experience.
• Proven leadership skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to mentor and train contracts management employees.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the experience in using them in informing, presenting, and negotiating to all levels of management.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret level security clearance. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing people.
• Experience with international contracting.
• Active DoD Secret or Top-Secret security clearance.
• Experience with international contracts and offsets.
• Familiarity with SAP based systems.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.