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Type of Requisition:
RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphPublic Trust/Other Required:
NoneJob Family:
Contract ManagementJob Qualifications:
Skills:
Contract Administration, Contract Negotiations, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), LeadershipCertifications:
NoneExperience:
10 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
YesJob Description:
Drive Mission Impact. Shape Strategic Direction. Lead with Purpose.
Are you ready to guide the strategic direction of a business that supports some of the nation’s most critical intelligence missions? As a Contracts Director at GDIT, you will be at the center of mission success, empowering government partners, enabling operational excellence, and accelerating your own career growth in Contract Management.
Make a Difference That Matters
In this role, you will lead a high‑performing team of contract professionals within the National Intelligence Sector of our Intelligence and Homeland Security Division. Your expertise will directly support the intelligence community’s most important initiatives, ensuring every contract strengthens mission outcomes and aligns with strategic organizational goals.
What You’ll Lead and Deliver
- Provide executive oversight of the full contracts administration function for the National Intelligence Sector, empowering, mentoring, and developing a team of contracts professionals.
- Accelerate business growth through strategic customer engagement, opportunity shaping, proposal leadership, and the execution of complex contract negotiations.
- Protect mission and business interests by driving rigorous due diligence across all contractual documents and maintaining a disciplined change‑control process to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.
- Serve as a trusted strategic partner to internal stakeholders and cross‑functional leaders, offering expert guidance, resolving contract challenges, and strengthening decision-making.
- Champion internal compliance by aligning contract performance, processes, and outcomes with management objectives, federal regulations, and agency-specific requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree
- Experience: 10+ years of Contracts Administration and Leadership experience
- Technical skills:
- Advanced Knowledge of various contract types, relevant laws, regulations, terms, conditions, and policies governing assigned contracts including the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Intel agency acquisition manuals
- Expert in complex terms and conditions negotiations
- Experience with CSOs/OTAs/CRADAs preferred
- Strong ability to mentor, develop talent, and lead team training initiatives
- Security Clearance: Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Location: This is a hybrid position working at our GDIT facility in Herndon, VA. Must be comfortable working onsite a minimum of (3) days a week and traveling to meetings as needed.
- US citizenship required
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Travel Required:
10-25%Telecommuting Options:
HybridWork Location:
USA VA HerndonAdditional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.Â
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Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.Â
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About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.
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