Principal Specialist, Contracts

Date Posted:

2024-06-27

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ859: RMS Rita Road Bldg 9022 9000 South Rita Road Building 9022, Tucson, AZ, 85747 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Specialist, Contracts within our Naval Air Missiles (NAM) Contracts organization supporting Tomahawk® development contracts.  The person in this role will be a strategic member of the Tomahawk Contracts team, with leadership responsibility over their contracts. Tomahawk is an extremely complex, legacy franchise missile program with development, production, and sustainment activities interwoven.

This role requires business acumen, subject matter expertise, the ability to provide guidance and influence outcomes to achieve program and financial objectives, and the ability to influence and maintain internal and external customer relationships.

This is a Hybrid position in Tucson, AZ, which will require the successful candidate to be in the office at the Rita Rd. facility 2-3 days per week.

Our Raytheon Contracts teammates are valued business partners, influencing and executing balanced business deals, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, all in support of the products and services we deliver to our customers. With a global portfolio of customers, partners, and suppliers, the development opportunities for our Contracts professionals are endless, both domestically and abroad.

We value diverse skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you.

What You Will Do:

• Provide support to senior management regarding contractual and business issues.
• Advise management of contractual rights and obligations and possible mitigation of contractual or programmatic risks.
• Build relationships with regular communication with key leaders both internally and externally, interfacing with customers for correspondence, contractual changes, and contractual issues. 
• Analyze Request for Proposals (RFP), proposal reviews and coordination, contract negotiation, estimate at completion (EAC) reviews, support program management and execution reviews and general contract administration. 
• Maintain and drive a robust change management process across the portfolio in order to recognize and eliminate ambiguities or unauthorized changes that could result in cost overruns, delivery and performance problems, and/or schedule delays in this development program. 
• Develop and implement strategies to deal with complex issues that require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation. 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or related field and five (5) years of prior experience, OR an Advanced degree and three (3) years of applicable business experience in contracts administration or management 
• Experience with administrating and negotiating US Government (USG) contracts and proposals, FAR and / or DFAR 
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Sound business acumen to provide guidance, recommendations, and influence outcomes 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with proficiency in contracts fundamentals 
• Juris Doctor or MBA 
• Contracts certifications (i.e., CPCM, CFCM CCCM) 
• Experience in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and shared databases 
• Knowledge of the FAR and DFARS 
• Direct experience with customer relationship management 
• Ability to understand the financial aspects of contracts 
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective relationships with customers and internal partners based on understanding and trust