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Salary: USD 148,000 - 196,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a rapidly growing defense technology company, is seeking a Contracts Manager for its Maritime Division to support a diverse portfolio of Department of Defense, international, and commercial contracts. The Maritime Division focuses on autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and autonomous surface vessel (ASV) products.
In this role, you will oversee the full contract lifecycle for Anduril's government and commercial contracts, ensuring compliance, minimizing risk, and optimizing contract performance. You will provide contract support for various contract types including Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Time-and-Materials (T&M), Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) government contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Other Transaction Agreements, and commercial contracts.
Key responsibilities include executing contract management throughout each contract's lifecycle, completing contract reviews and acceptance, overseeing and preparing contract proposal planning and management, ensuring compliance with government regulations and company policies, maintaining comprehensive contract documentation, providing contract summaries and briefs to program managers and executives, offering guidance on FAR/DFARS requirements, cultivating relationships with internal and external customers, providing contractual guidance and risk mitigation strategies, and negotiating complex contractual terms with federal agencies, prime contractors, and subcontractors.
You will work closely with legal and proposal teams as well as across accounting, business operations, program, and engineering teams. This is an on-site position based in Costa Mesa, CA.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, government, or related field
- 5+ years of experience with full lifecycle contract management for CPFF, FFP, and T&M government and commercial contracts
- Strong working knowledge of US Government contracting including FAR/DFARS experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities
- U.S. Person status (required for access to export-controlled data)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with U.S. DoD major weapons platforms
- NCMA certifications (CPCM, CFCM, or CCCM)
- Graduate degree in business, law, government, or related field
- Experience with Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), FAR cost allowability rules, and Certified Cost or Pricing Data Proposals
- Secret or Top Secret security clearance
