Senior Contract Manager - U.S. Government
$127,500–$127,500 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end contract management for U.S. Government hydroelectric projects from bid preparation through execution, close-out, and warranty. Draft, review, and tailor commercial clauses; negotiate proposals, amendments, and instruments with customers, partners, and subcontractors. Interpret and administer Federal Acquisition Regulations, manage change documentation, claims, and equitable adjustments, and ensure compliance with flow-down requirements. Develop project-specific contract strategies to mitigate risk while protecting commercial interests, and collaborate with Project Management, Legal, Finance, and Procurement to align contractual execution with business objectives. Serve as the primary contract management lead, providing strategic guidance and resolving complex disputes in a matrix environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Law, Business, Finance, or a related technical field
- Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated experience in contract management within complex project environments such as Energy, EPC, Construction, Infrastructure, or large industrial projects
- Demonstrated experience supporting USG contracts, government-funded programs, or projects subject to federal contractual frameworks
- Strong working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR); familiarity with agency-specific clauses and additional federal contracting requirements
- Demonstrated ability to compile, structure, draft, substantiate, and negotiate complex, high-value amendments, changes, and contractual submissions in compliance with USG contractual standards and requirements
- Strong understanding of project financial aspects, including costs, margins, risks, opportunities, and commercial exposure, and how they relate to contract management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Demonstrated ability to analyze, structure, substantiate and solve complex contractual and commercial issues
- Proactive approach, strong sense of ownership, sound judgment, and willingness to drive improvements
- If required, ability to satisfy applicable USG security clearance, compliance, or eligibility requirements
- Ability to travel to project sites, customer meetings, and internal project reviews as required
- Travel requirement: approximately 15-25% depending on project and customer needs
- Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable)
Desired Qualifications
- Strong and proven experience in turnkey (EPC) or similarly complex project delivery models
- Experience in hydropower, renewable energy, large infrastructure, or industrial project environments
- Ability to negotiate effectively with internal and external stakeholders in complex, high-value project settings
- Sound judgment regarding contractual and commercial risks, with the ability to anticipate, assess, and proactively mitigate potential events
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Experience working within a complex matrix organization
- Ability to influence project teams and business stakeholders without direct authority
- Familiarity with export control, documentation discipline, and regulated project environments is an asset where applicable
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