Sr Specialist - Contracts (REMOTE)

Description & Requirements

The successful candidate will serve as the primary Contracts point of contact to support proposal activities, as well as perform the contracting life cycle from award and execution to close-out and archiving.

The Sr.

Specialist will work with Contracts Department Managers, Directors and VP, Business Development, Proposal Leads and client facing company VPs, Directors and Program Managers on contractual activities both pre- and post-award.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Lead compliance tracking in all areas of performance required by the contracts and vendor agreements.

- Provide client, project, operations and corporate compliance reporting and analytics.

- Monitor and reports on Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

- Meet with subcontractors, vendors and third party auditors.

- Develop business continuity, disaster recovery and document archiving reports.

- Oversight of external auditors and vendor quality assurance audits.

- Deliver regular compliance updates to project management.

- Ensure staffing/operations/quality management plans appropriately updated.

-Provide client, project, operations and corporate compliance reporting and analytics.

- Monitor and reports on Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

- Meet with subcontractors, vendors, and customers

- Work directly with Legal and Proposal operations team in developing bid responses, specifically as it relates to compliance, legal representations, operational and legal risk, identification of proprietary materials and coordinating research.

- Provide para-legal support for the legal department in a variety of contexts, including contract drafting, contract review for issue spotting, negotiation of subcontract agreements, assist with risk assessment procedures and compilation of project data related to corrective action plans and service level compliance tracking

- Maintain high level of support-responsiveness, timeliness, and customer service

- Act as subject matter expert in preparation and analysis of proposals

- Support process improvement projects (templates, standard terms, system updates, etc.) to drive such operational efficiencies and standardization of RFP responses

- Performs other related duties and assignments as required

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience.

- Advanced degree or professional designation preferred.

- Para-legal certification with legal experience e.g., para-legal, contracts management, etc.

preferred

- 5+ years of state and/or Federal proposal coordination and management experience, to include demonstrated experience completing forms and documentation related to proposal submissions

- Strong understanding and experience with RFPs for commercial and government contracts

- Must be able to work independently, multitask and prioritize workload

- Strategic and analytical problem solver with strong business acumen

- Demonstrated customer relations skills and ability to work easi...