Senior Manager, Contracts & Compliance

Washington, DC

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Senior Manager, Contracts & Compliance

About Palladium:Palladium is a global company working todesign, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods ofpeople around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, andinfrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutionsand market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the naturalworld. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,200 talented,motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and genderidentities.

This Opportunity:The Senior Manager,Contracts & Compliance is responsible for providing full life-cyclecontract administration with various USG agencies including USAID, CDC, and DOD, as well as commercial clients. The Senior Manager will also deliverContracts and Compliance training to project delivery and business developmentstaff. This person must bring strong interpersonal and communication skills anddemonstrated experience working effectively within and across teams.

Location and Compensation:

The position is based in Palladium's Washington D.C. office.

For our prospective employees in the United States, please notethat the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expectedto range from $100,000 - $150,000, and successful candidates may also beeligible for additional, variable incentive compensation dependent on the role.For part-time employees, the salary will be prorated based on the actual numberof hours worked.

Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based onvarious factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education,experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium's business ororganizational needs.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the compensationfor this position, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We value yourinterest in our company and appreciate the opportunity to discuss thisopportunity with you.

You and Your Career:
If you enjoy working collaboratively within and across teams andhave a proven track record of implementing contractingsolutions while mitigating risk, we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunitiesfrom the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources,and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting Lines:

This role reports into the Director, Contracts & Compliance. It may supervise an Associate, Contracts and Compliance.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

Contract Administration

Administer pre- and post-award activities for various types of contracts, including but not limited to GSA, OASIS, IDIQ, CPFF, FFP and T&M, and ensure all contractual terms and conditions are adhered to during award implementation
Maintaining central contract and subcontract files
Prepare, negotiate, and administer agreements with subcontractors and consultants, in compliance with corporate and client
regulations
Review, negotiate and process contracts and subsequent modifications, for corporate signature
Advise project teams as needed on complex compliance-related inquiries and contractual issues
Support project management staff with contract start up, implementation and close out activities
As needed, review and advise on draft documents and requests that are submitted to the Contracting Officer (CO) to include, but not limited to, the following: International travel approvals, salary justifications, notification and approval of project local compensation plans, Third Country National/Cooperating Country National (TCN/CCN) Waivers, source/national waivers for restricted commodities, CO's approval for restricted commodities, notification/approval of key personnel changes, purchase of non-expendable items that require prior CO approval, non-expendable disposition requests, annual inventory reports, limitation of funds/cost notification submissions, budgets/cost proposals for realignments/add-ons, specific requests for separate maintenance allowance, severance CCN leave payouts, allowances, and other documents for which the CO has authority.
Identify and escalate risks to Director of Contracts and Compliance

Capacity Building and Training

Provide on-job training to project management staff on contractual tasks and responsibilities
Provide input on the development of contract training materials
Provide training to staff on regulatory requirements for project administration with an emphasis on US government work and building knowledge & capacity amongst staff

Business Development

Review and analyze USAID solicitations to understand the terms and conditions and convey any risk areas to proposal teams
Review contractual clarification questions in response to requests for proposals.
Review cost proposal for compliance and responsiveness, as needed.
Review and approval NDAs/PTAs

EssentialCriteria:

USAID contracts experience
Strong knowledge of federal contracting and procurement laws, regulations, policies, and procedures
Ability to solve problems, prioritize, quickly understand regional/country context and local sensitivities, and negotiate effectively combining logic and reason with interpersonal sensitivity
Experience providing full-cycle support of the contracts function for multiple contract types
Experience anticipating and mitigating risk
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Embraces collaboration and organizational change
Displays integrity in the workplace always; demonstrates respectful communication, both verbal and non-verbal

Desirable Criteria:

DoD, CDC, and HHS agency contracting experience highly preferred
Commercial client contracting experience preferred

Equity,Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, andinclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections ofsociety and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity,success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achievediversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receiveequal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personalcharacteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economicbackground, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity,sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenousstatus.

Shouldyou require any adjustments or accommodation to be made due to a disability oryou are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please emailour team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we willbe in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We defineSafeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect ourpeople, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committedto ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladiumare treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject toan enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and arigorous due diligence process.

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