Contracts Representative

Leidos

$59K — $106K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • US Citizenship required
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance
  • BA degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience or Master's with less than 2 years
  • Experience with FAA contracts focusing on proposal support
  • Solid negotiation skills for complex terms and conditions
  • Familiarity with all contract types and working knowledge of FAR/AMS
  • Strong interpersonal skills for dealing with management and staff

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate task order execution and support services
  • Provide direct support to the onsite contracts manager for the FAA
  • Engage with various departments including finance and business development
  • Attend early capture sessions to gather necessary information for contract skills
  • Develop and review prime contract flowdown documents
  • Support internal and external audit activities
  • Handle data requests from internal and external sources

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work within a dynamic Federal Civilian IT environment
  • Engagement in strategic capture sessions for project acquisition
  • Work closely with executive management and cross-functional teams
  • Exposure to varied contract types and structures in a government context
Full Job Description
Leidos is seeking a contracts professional to join our Federal Civilian IT contracts team within the Digital Modernization Sector. This position is an individual contributor.

***Remote candidate must be located within the greater Washington D.C. or Baltimore metro areas and able to support occasional in-person meetings at Leidos and customer sites within Washington D.C.***

In this role as a Contracts Representative, you represent the "selling side" of the procurement interaction. This role will be responsible for a portfolio of task orders. Your primary objectives will be to build productive working relationships with internal and external customers, to negotiate changes where necessary, and to provide business recommendations and risk assessment regarding contract structure, clauses, requirements, proposals, and performance problem resolution.

Primary Responsibilities

- Provide task order coordination and related support services through task order execution.

- Direct support of the onsite Leidos contracts manager supporting the FAA

- Regularly interact with programs, contracts, project control, finance, business development and with customers as required.

- Attend early capture sessions to determine specific information and requirements to apply the correct contracts skills, techniques, methods and resources for the group thus meeting Leidos' as well as the customer's expectations and objectives.

- Develop or review prime contract flowdown documents to ensure compliance with prime contract requirements and to minimize company liability

- Support internal/external audit activities as well as data request from internal / external customers.

Basic Qualifications

-Must be US Citizen

-Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance

- Typically requires a BA degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.

- Experience within FAA contracts with emphasis on proposal support.

- Solid negotiation skills, including experience negotiating complex terms and conditions.

- Must have experience with all contract types and a working knowledge of FAR/AMS.

- Ability to work in fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

- Must have interpersonal skills to deal effectively with executive management and staff regarding

- Ability to establish relationships internally and within the Leidos community.

- Proficient in Excel/Word/PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

- Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and/or Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract types

- Non-disclosure agreements and teaming agreements

- Analyzing and mitigating Organizational and Conflict of Interest (OCI) risk

- Identifying and mitigating risks associated with technical requirements and contractual agreements

- Negotiating changes

- Coordinating reviews and approvals in accordance with corporate policy and procedures

- Soliciting and understanding information from many sources to solve problems using sound business judgments

Original Posting:
April 30, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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