Senior Contract Management Specialist

at  Boeing

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The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Senior Contract Management Specialist in Albuquerque, NM; Kent, WA or El Segundo, CA to support the Space Mission Systems Business Unit.
This position is a key member of the contracts team, serving as prime consultant and external spokesperson for the company on highly significant matters relating to various contracting actions to include tasks such as developing and negotiating complex timely and quality proposals leading to the contract administration/execution of these transactions. This role requires a keen sense of urgency while maintaining a mindset that promotes leadership, safety, first time quality, working to emphasize speed and agility, honesty and candor. The candidate chosen for this position will need to travel to New Mexico and Washington several times each month.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• Able to travel up to 10% of the time
• 5+ years of experience building, developing and maintaining customer relationships
• 5+ years of experience in business related function (including but not limited to: Finance, Contracts, Estimating, Procurement Financial Analysis, Business Operations, Supplier Management, Marketing & Sales)
• Experience leading or managing proposal development and negotiating government contracts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Experience coaching and mentoring less experienced employees
• Experience performing with a significant amount of autonomy and exercise good judgment in determining objectives and approaches to assignments
• Experience advising all levels of management on contractual rights and obligations, risk avoidance and mitigation, strategy, and problem solving

TYPICAL EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 10 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+8 years’ related work experience, 14 years’ related work experience, etc.).

• Exercises appropriate signature authority, oversees, and participates with a strategic perspective in negotiating and contracting for the sale and support of aerospace products, services, technologies, financing and the licensing of intellectual property to support company strategies
• Oversees the presentation and development of complex business solutions to preserve and expand the business
• Represents the company in external negotiations to a diverse set of customers
• Oversees and performs on teams participating in the preparation, negotiation, execution, interpretation and administration of legally binding contractual agreements of a highly complex nature for The Boeing Company
• Ensures strategic alignment and partnership with other internal functional disciplines
• Summarizes highly complex contractual issues, oversees and consults on the development of creative solutions and coordination of contractual risk mitigation
• Serves as prime consultant and external spokesperson for the company on highly significant matters relating to policies, programs, capabilities, and long-range goals and objectives