Foxhound Partners · 1 month ago
Contract Specialist Project Manager
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expFoxhound Partners is a company seeking a Contract Specialist Project Manager. The Project Manager will lead and manage a team of contracting professionals, serving as the liaison for company and client leadership, while overseeing policies, data, training, and systems related to federal acquisition and contract administration.
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U.S. Citizen OnlyHiring Manager
Latonia White
Responsibilities
Responsible for the overall performance management of all team members. For direct reports, this includes providing onboarding support, on-going feedback, coaching, training, goal setting, delivering formal performance reviews and teambuilding. Ensure that Team Leads are fulfilling their role in the performance management of their direct reports
Work with Team Leads and Human Resources to hire for any team openings: approve position descriptions, conduct interviews, and complete all evaluations. Make or approve Team Lead’s hiring recommendations
Regularly check in with Team Leads to receive any team status updates and/or resolve any risks or issues. Review and approve any contractually mandated or requested reporting materials (i.e. monthly), deliverable reports, annual performance metrics, etc
Monitor timekeeping of direct reports, approve all timesheets
Identify, develop, and apply industry best practices and standards to the execution and delivery of work products. Identify current and future improvements to services provided and to the client division
Provide internal support to the company on an ad hoc basis for various initiatives such as proposal development, leadership meetings, training/development, etc
Qualification
Required
Ten or more years of direct experience in cradle to grave federal acquisition and contract administration experience
At least one of these years must be specialized experience equivalent to the Federal Government GS-15 grade level
FAC-C (Professional) or DAWIA in Contracting (Professional) certification, DAWIA or FAC-C Level I certification (now defunct), or other non-Federal certifications/qualifications, such as NCMA CFCM and CPCM is required
US Citizenship required
Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
A bachelor's degree with a major in any field and 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizations and management
Mastery knowledge of contracting principles, laws, statues, Executive Orders, regulations, and procedures applicable to pre-award and/or post-award actions sufficient to procure and/or administer contracts for a variety of supplies, equipment, services, and/or construction and to conduct studies of problem areas and help develop standard methods and operating procedures
Cradle to grave contracts administration and acquisitions experience
Grants experience
Expert leadership skills to manage other PSCs, provide authoritative consultation, and offer procurement policy interpretations
Mastery of contracting methods and contract types which require specialized knowledge of Federal contract administration policy, procedures, techniques, and evaluation/control methods sufficient to coordinate and monitor prime and subcontractor performance on complex, long-term contracts
Knowledge of contracting and oversight management processes to oversee and monitor supplies, equipment, services, and/or construction requirements
Knowledge of business practices and market conditions applicable to program and technical requirements sufficient to evaluate such actions
Knowledge of contracts and pre-and post-award contracting policies and procedures to plan, execute, and administer contracts and contract modifications
Knowledge of program and technical strategies and requirements to evaluate capabilities and performance and to provide technical advice to program offices and staff
Skill in the use of negotiation techniques to protect the Government's interests and to ensure best value awards
Skill in written and oral communications to present analysis and findings
Ability to meet and deal with representatives of the private sector and with Government experts or managers to support the procurement of supplies, services, and equipment
Ability to analyze difficult acquisition issues and identify alternative courses of action, modify standard contracting procedures and terms to solve a variety of contractual problems and effect streamlined acquisitions
Ability to expect uncertainties and to research and apply changes in the contracting principles, laws, statues, Executive Orders, regulations, and procedures applicable to pre-award and/or post-award actions
Ability to accomplish work with modest level of independence while balancing competing priorities with short lead times
Knowledge of laws, regulations, rules, policies, procedures, and methods governing the administration of Federal grants, cooperative agreements, and awards
Knowledge of grants/assistance management processes and techniques consistent with sound business and industry practices
Knowledge of financial methods, procedures, and practices to assess the financial stability of recipient of Federal grants or cooperative agreements
Preferred
Desired – A postgraduate degree with a major in any field and 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizations and management
Company
Foxhound Partners
Foxhound Partners provides permanent placement, executive search, and subcontracting solutions to commercial software product firms.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase