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Hadrian · 1 week ago

Legal Counsel, Government Contracts

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$256K/yr - $305K/yr

8+ years exp

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to revolutionize manufacturing for aerospace and defense companies. The Legal Counsel, Government Contracts will lead legal strategy and ensure compliance with U.S. procurement and export control regulations while supporting federal contracting operations.

AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machinery ManufacturingManufacturingSupply Chain Management

Diversity & Inclusion

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Be a key founding member of the Hadrian Legal Team

Support Federal Sales team to efficiently capture new contracts, grow existing contracts, and set up follow-on opportunities for future contracts. Assist in the strategy development for new business, including overseeing and evaluating major proposals and white papers with the Federal Sales team

Manage relationships with procurement office representatives at Government agencies. High-trust professional relationships with Government contracting and procurement offices are critical to Hadrian’s continued success, and you will be called upon to develop and foster these relationships throughout your tenure

Provide legal counsel and day-to-day management of the entire acquisitions lifecycle - scoping, drafting, negotiations and execution. Lead or assist in key negotiations, resolve performance issues, identify risks and mitigations, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies

Develop software contracting approaches for delivering software to the Department of Defense and negotiate those agreements with contracting officers and program counsel

Manage end-to-end government contract lifecycles — scoping, drafting, negotiation, and execution

Advise leadership on FAR/DFARS, ITAR, and export control requirements

Support proposal, pricing, and program management teams to ensure compliance readiness

Lead audits, investigations, and mandatory disclosures

Develop and maintain government contract templates, clause libraries, and workflows

Partner with agencies and outside counsel on contracting issues and disputes

Deliver training and compliance programs for government contracting and ethics

Qualification

Government contracts experienceFAR/DFARS knowledgeITAR complianceLegal counselContract negotiationRelationship managementCompliance programsTraining delivery