Senior Manager of Contracts
Location: Rosslyn, VA (On Site)
Position Summary
The Senior Manager of Contracts, is responsible for building and maintaining strategic relationships with U.S. Government counterparts to support, enable, and secure capital investments in the HDUSA shipbuilding enterprise. The individual will serve as a key liaison between the company and federal stakeholders to ensure alignment on needs, funding pathways, and long‑term modernization goals. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, builds strong cross-functional relationships, engages confidently with senior government contracting authorities, and persistently leads initiatives from concept through execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of business cases for enterprise and strategic investments, including capability development, digital infrastructure, facilities, real estate, and mission-enabling capital initiatives.
- Partner with enterprise functions to shape long-range financial planning aligned to investment.
- Track legislative, budgetary, and policy developments affecting shipbuilding capital funding.
- Lead the full contract lifecycle, including planning, solicitation, negotiation, award, administration, modifications, and closeout, for production, development, engineering, and service-related contracts.
- Review solicitations, proposed awards, subcontracts, and agreements; identify contractual, compliance, operational, and business risk; and recommend corresponding negotiation positions.
- Draft, negotiate, and manage prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, and exclusivity arrangements with U.S. and international companies, including integrators and system suppliers, ensuring alignment with program requirements, schedule, cost targets, and technical obligations.
- Negotiate and administer Other Transaction Agreements, including prototype and follow-on production structures.
- Manage and remain accountable for the performance of assigned contracts and programs, including change management and resolution of disputes and interpretive issues.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, law, public administration, or related discipline.
- Ten or more years of progressive government contracting experience.
- Command of FAR, DFARS, and related regulatory regimes.
- Experience developing strategic business cases and investment recommendations.
- Experience negotiating and administering Other Transaction Agreements (OTA).
- Experience with cost or pricing proposals, contractor business systems, and DCAA or DCMA audits.
- Must be willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed to support program and capture needs.
- U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- J.D. or MBA.
- NCMA Certified Professional Contracts Manager
- Experience with foreign-owned or FOCI‑mitigated defense contractors.
- Familiarity with international technology licensing and export-controlled collaboration.
Hanwha Defense USA is committed to pay transparency and equitable compensation practices. The salary range listed for this position represents a good faith estimate of the base pay we reasonably expect to offer for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on relevant skills/experience, education and certifications, market conditions, geographic location and internal pay equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for discretionary annual bonuses, benefits, and other forms of compensation as part of Hanwha Defense USA's total rewards package.
Hanwha Defense USA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, law, public administration, or a related discipline
- Ten or more years of progressive government contracting experience
- Command of FAR, DFARS, and related regulatory regimes
- Experience developing strategic business cases and investment recommendations
- Experience negotiating and administering Other Transaction Agreements
- Experience with cost or pricing proposals, contractor business systems, and DCAA or DCMA audits
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
- J.D. or MBA
- NCMA Certified Professional Contracts Manager certification
- Experience with foreign-owned or FOCI-mitigated defense contractors
- Familiarity with international technology licensing and export-controlled collaboration
What We Do
Hanwha Defense USA supplies combat-proven military platforms and defense capabilities to the U.S. warfighter, spanning land systems, maritime solutions, and munitions. Its portfolio includes armored vehicles, artillery, naval systems, shipbuilding, and manned and unmanned platforms. The company emphasizes advanced technology, scaled manufacturing, resilient supply chains, and building domestic industrial capacity through local workforces and supplier partnerships to strengthen U.S. defense readiness and national resilience.
