Subcontracts Manager, Public Sector

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day relationships with subcontractors supporting large Public Sector programs, including defense primes and specialized technical partners.
• Ensure subcontractor scopes, interfaces, deliverables, dependencies, and acceptance criteria align with the overall technical solution.
• Translate prime contract milestones and requirements into subcontractor deliverables and timelines.
• Integrate subcontractor activities into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and identify dependencies, risks, and schedule impacts.
• Hold subcontractors accountable for scope, timelines, deliverables, status reporting, and corrective actions.
• Establish operating cadences covering status reviews, action tracking, risk management, decision logs, and escalations.
• Drive resolution of technical and programmatic blockers across internal teams, subcontractors, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Lead subcontractor onboarding, including program context, systems access, security requirements, documentation, and operating processes.
• Coordinate flow-down and tracking of security, access, compliance, and program requirements.
• Manage administrative workflows such as invoices, billing questions, documentation requests, staffing changes, and access issues.
• Provide program managers with visibility into subcontractor performance and proactively escalate risks.
• Build productive relationships while maintaining accountability for execution.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, technical program management, subcontractor management, defense acquisition, systems integration, or a related field.
• Experience managing external organizations against defined scope, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, Work Breakdown Structures, Statements of Work, deliverable tracking, and formal program reviews.
• Strong technical acumen across software, systems integration, interfaces, dependencies, and technical program plans.
• Experience managing integrated program plans with multiple teams, workstreams, and external dependencies.
• Ability to influence organizations outside of a direct reporting chain and hold external partners accountable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail across commitments, documentation, financial workflows, and schedule management.
• High ownership and a record of proactively identifying and resolving risks.
• Willingness to work onsite in the Washington, DC area as required and travel to subcontractor facilities.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with major defense prime contractors or traditional defense primes.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense or Intelligence Community contracts.
• Familiarity with government contracting structures, subcontract administration, FAR/DFARS requirements, and flow-down obligations.
• Experience managing technically complex software, AI/ML, data, or systems integration subcontractors.
• Familiarity with AI/ML systems, generative AI, agentic workflows, APIs, data pipelines, and modern software architectures.
• Experience supporting classified programs and coordinating security requirements, personnel access, and secure environments.
• Familiarity with subcontractor invoicing, cost tracking, forecasting, and financial reconciliation.
• Domain knowledge related to homeland layered defense.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary range: $166,400–$249,000 USD.
• Compensation may include base salary, equity, and benefits; final compensation depends on location, skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and education or training.
• Benefits include health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, generous PTO, and potentially a commuter stipend.