Interim Contracts Manager

Job Description

This is a short-term, high-impact engagement for a Contracts professional with strong experience in defense and government contracting.

The selected candidate will take ownership of contract activities, ensure compliance with defense contracting standards, and support the business during a critical transition period.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of government contracts, including drafting, review, and execution

• Ensure adherence to defense contract standards and regulatory requirements

• Support contract negotiations with prime contractors and subcontractors

• Provide day-to-day contract guidance during organizational transition

• Partner closely with Legal and business leadership, including Head of Legal

• Help facilitate smooth handover and documentation of processes

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Skills and Requirements

• 5+ years of defense contracts management experience

• Strong understanding of defense contract standards and compliance requirements (FAR/flowdowns)

• CMMC framework (Levels, scoping, assessments)

• Experience with contract drafting, negotiation, and lifecycle ownership

• Ability to operate independently and own the contracts function

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Cybersecurity & Data Protection (Nice to have)

• NIST SP 800 171 / 172

• Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) handling

• Supply chain cybersecurity risk

• SSPs (System Security Plans) & POA&Ms

• Coordinating engineers, IT, and compliance stakeholders

Supply Chain & Industrial Base Expertise(Nice to have)

• Subcontract management and flow down compliance

• Domestic source restrictions (Buy American Act, Berry Amendment)

• Specialty metals compliance

• Supplier risk assessments

• Industrial base resilience consulting

• Counterfeit parts mitigation (DFARS View phone number on click.appcast.io)