Government Contracts Manager

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain government contract management processes from pre-contract activities through final milestones and deliverables.
• Build AI-native workflows into contract management and compliance processes to reduce manual review.
• Maintain government contract registrations, reporting, and disclosures in SAM.gov, PIEE, CPARS, and similar systems.
• Assist with negotiating and administering agreements with customers, subcontractors, and vendors while ensuring compliance with company policies and government regulations.
• Provide frontline support for contract-related requests from internal stakeholders and respond to inquiries from customers, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Monitor performance on complex government contracts and identify or escalate risks to performance.
• Design and implement policies and procedures supporting federal business compliance, including export control, OFAC, FAR, and DFARS requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in government contracting, contracts management, defense contracting, paralegal work, or legal operations.
• Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and other agency supplements.
• Experience with Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), GSA Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), BPAs, and other multi-award contract vehicles.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects.
• Strong initiative, resourcefulness, organizational skills, and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Fluency with spreadsheets, basic statistics, and data-driven decision-making.
• Interest in AI/ML, law, privacy, and cybersecurity.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Broad Agency Announcements, Commercial Solutions Openings, SBIR Phase 3, consortiums, and other government procurement types.
• Knowledge of government contract and subcontract processes, including flowdowns, change management, inspection, acceptance, payment, warranty, closeout, and records retention.
• Experience at a startup, defense contractor, or high-growth technology company.
• Experience negotiating subcontracts on federal programs.
• Active security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Willingness to travel onsite.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Remote-friendly work environment with WeWork access.
• Unlimited PTO, federal holiday downtime, and company-wide end-of-year time off.
• 401(k) match.
• Lifestyle and wellbeing stipends.
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty.
• Fully paid parental leave.
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel.