Subcontract Administrator, Senior

Subcontract Administrator, Senior | Lockheed Martin

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What is the mission?

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more— we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We're creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision.

What is it like to work in Subcontract Administration ?

What does this role look like?

The Subcontract Administrator is responsible for the end‑to‑end administration of non‑prime (sub‑tier) subcontracts that support various LM Space Programs. The role serves as the primary liaison between external suppliers, while being an internal POC for program teams, engineering, legal/compliance and finance ensuring timely, compliant, and value driven subcontract execution. The role ensures that all subcontract documents are created, reviewed, approved, executed, and maintained in compliance with company policy, federal acquisition regulations, and customer contractual requirements. This role will prepare subcontractor Request for Proposal (RFP) packages, conducts bidders' list to ensure competitive outreach, develops evaluation criteria, and analyzes and evaluates proposals to determine best-value subcontractor for Program. Additionally, the role includes all execution tasks supporting negotiating subcontract terms and conditions and price, supporting all authorization to proceed (ATP) tasks for multiple contract types through hardware delivery. This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near one of our Lockheed Martin Space facilities in either: • Denver, CO, • Rocket City USA: Huntsville/Courtland AL, or • Sunnyvale, CA . and be expected to work in the office as needed and as appropriate.

To be effective, ideally, you should also have:

• Prior experience with FAR and DFARS.
• Knowledge of space hardware products and familiarity with the LM Space Programs.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment and work well under pressure.
• Proven exceptional strategic communication skills, both written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels of peers, program and executive management, with an ability to persuade and motivate action.
• Previous professional experience in Subcontract Management and/or Project Management.
• Demonstrated skills to drive culture change supporting enterprise initiatives (i.e. hardware commonization and insertion into programs, shift to "we vs. me" behaviors).
• You bring positivity and enthusiasm to every assignment. Possess effective relationship-building skills with peers, stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Implement continuous improvement leading to improved team and supplier performance.
• By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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