Description: What is it like to work in contracts at Lockheed Martin?

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems.

What does this role look like?

We have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Contracts Leader to join the Strategic and Missile Defense Programs (SMD) line of business supporting a diverse and exciting portfolio that continues to expand. The Missile Defense Programs (MDP) Contracts Manager will lead a team of geographically dispersed contracts management professionals supporting existing and future contracts with domestic customers.

Are you looking for a career where you can have a significant positive impact on nationally critical programs, and serve some of your country’s most important and dynamic security missions? A job where you can grow and learn? Join our Contracts team and become a part of something special in support of these missions. The HSWS Senior Contract Manager must have strong business acumen and a desire to grow themselves and coach others to their fullest potential.

At Lockheed Martin, we are passionate about innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward-thinking, everything is within our capacity – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training, education and background. Our culture supports employees to dream big, perform with excellence and build incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Basic Qualifications:

• Ability to work with US Government customer interface with prime or sub-experience across large multi-million / billion-dollar programs

• Leadership of prime or subcontracts organizations with oversight of direct reporting employees

• Ability to work with FAR/DFAR and/or intelligence community policies

• You will need to be a US Citizen, and have the ability to obtain and maintain a US SECRET clearance, to support these government contracts, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Desired Skills:

• 10+ years of contracts management, subcontract management, paralegal or other comparable experience within a law firm or legal department

• Master's degree, Juris Doctor, Paralegal certification or NCMA certification

• Significant experience briefing senior executives

• You will need to be a US Citizen, and currently posses and be able to maintain a US SECRET clearance, to support these government contracts.

• Preference for this requisition will be given to Space employees.

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Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities 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.

Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: SPACE

Relocation Available: No

Career Area: Contracts

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First