Lead Subcontracts Administrator - Federal

Description & Requirements

The Lead Subcontracts Administrator (Federal) serves as a senior contracts professional responsible for guiding complex subcontract activities across proposal, operational, and compliance functions.

This role requires a seasoned subcontracts professional with strong cross-functional experience-including project management, procurement, business operations, and client delivery-who can navigate matrixed environments and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders at all levels.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience supporting federal programs, strong working knowledge of FAR/DFARS, and the ability to independently drive solutions in fast-paced settings with incomplete or evolving information.

This position plays a critical role in shaping subcontracting strategies, ensuring regulatory compliance, influencing project outcomes, and representing the organization with subcontractors, auditors, and internal leadership.

This is a remote position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage the policies for the company, ensuring compliance with FAR, DFARS, and other regulations and company directives.
- Oversee review of proposals and contract actions processed for the company prior to signature or negotiation and ensure that all factors have been considered and all necessary information has been gathered.
- Implement contract policies, procedures, and other business and contractual or compliance matters affecting the business unit.
- Manage and direct subcontract completions and close-out process.
- Oversee and monitor negotiation of contractual agreements on terms and conditions that are in the best interest of the company and its client.
- Work on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
- Implement strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Establish and assure adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
- Regularly interact with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions, and/or customers.
- Involved in developing, modifying, and executing company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effect.

Senior management reviews objectives to determine success of operation.

Key Responsibilities:

- Compile, analyze, and maintain subcontract data and historical documentation.

- Identify and resolve complex subcontract issues independently, engaging stakeholders as needed.

- Prepare and administer subcontract awards, task orders, and modifications in line with government regulations and Maximus policies.

- Monitor subcontractor performance, addressing disputes, discrepancies, and performance issues.

- Evaluate subcontractor proposals based on pricing, capabilities, compliance, and performance history.

- Collaborate with project managers, procurement, and finance to align s...