# Government Contracts Manager

**Company:** [Vannevar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vannevar)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Government Contracts, Far, Dfars, Sam.Gov, Piee, Cpars, Otas, Gsa Schedules, Gwacs, Bpas, Ofac, Export Control, Spreadsheets, AI/ML
**Posted:** 2026-09-01

> Manages federal contracts, compliance processes, registrations, and agreements across legal, capture, revenue, and finance teams. Requires a bachelor’s degree, at least three years of relevant experience, and knowledge of FAR, DFARS, and government contract vehicles.

## Job Description

## 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.

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