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Job Description
We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.
Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.
We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it's a state of mind.
We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a Senior Contract Manager for a Full-Time position.
Job Summary:
Provides overall contract and task order leadership across a multi-platform application services portfolio, with full authority for day-to-day operations. Accountable for delivery performance, compliance, staffing, financial oversight, and executive-level stakeholder communication. Serves as the single point of contact for all contract matters and as the primary escalation authority for delivery risk.
Key Responsibilities
· Own end-to-end delivery across all active task orders, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk performance against the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.
· Serve as primary point of contact for the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer's Representative; maintain contractual correspondence, modifications, and reporting cadence.
· Direct staffing strategy, including labor category alignment, resource pipeline maintenance, onboarding, substitutions, and surge and rampdown execution within committed timelines.
· Manage financial performance: burn rate tracking, funding utilization, invoice accuracy, and forecasting across Time-and-Materials and Firm-Fixed-Price work.
· Establish and enforce governance: performance metrics, monthly status reporting, risk registers, corrective action plans, and continuous process improvement.
· Lead distributed and multi-vendor teams; drive integration across platform-specific technical leads.
· Escalate and resolve issues affecting delivery commitments; lead recovery of at-risk efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
· Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, or a related field.
· Minimum Experience: Eight (8) or more years of experience managing federal IT contracts valued at $5M+ annually, including both Time-and-Materials and Firm-Fixed-Price contract types and teams of 50+ FTEs.
· Certifications - Required: Project Management Professional (PMP); Agile certification (CSM, SAFe, PMI-ACP, or equivalent).
· Certifications - Preferred: ITIL 4 Foundation; SAFe Program Consultant; federal acquisition program management credential.
· Required Skills: Federal contract management; multi-platform technology oversight; performance monitoring and metrics; staffing and subcontractor oversight; budgeting and financial management; distributed team management; executive stakeholder engagement; formal reporting.
· Preferred Skills: Demonstrated recovery of a troubled program; process improvements yielding 20%+ defect reduction or velocity gain; experience spanning low-code and high-code delivery portfolios.
Technical Environment
Microsoft Project; Jira and Confluence; Power BI executive dashboards; Smartsheet; SharePoint and Microsoft 365; enterprise financial and labor systems (e.g., Deltek Costpoint or equivalent); earned value and burn-rate reporting tooling.
Does this opportunity sound like a fit for you? If so, join our talent community and click to apply now!!
Our Profile:
We are an IT company with a unique mission-to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them. Learn More .
NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More about our Benefits and Culture!
Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.
We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it's a state of mind.
We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a Senior Contract Manager for a Full-Time position.
Job Summary:
Provides overall contract and task order leadership across a multi-platform application services portfolio, with full authority for day-to-day operations. Accountable for delivery performance, compliance, staffing, financial oversight, and executive-level stakeholder communication. Serves as the single point of contact for all contract matters and as the primary escalation authority for delivery risk.
Key Responsibilities
· Own end-to-end delivery across all active task orders, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk performance against the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.
· Serve as primary point of contact for the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer's Representative; maintain contractual correspondence, modifications, and reporting cadence.
· Direct staffing strategy, including labor category alignment, resource pipeline maintenance, onboarding, substitutions, and surge and rampdown execution within committed timelines.
· Manage financial performance: burn rate tracking, funding utilization, invoice accuracy, and forecasting across Time-and-Materials and Firm-Fixed-Price work.
· Establish and enforce governance: performance metrics, monthly status reporting, risk registers, corrective action plans, and continuous process improvement.
· Lead distributed and multi-vendor teams; drive integration across platform-specific technical leads.
· Escalate and resolve issues affecting delivery commitments; lead recovery of at-risk efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
· Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, or a related field.
· Minimum Experience: Eight (8) or more years of experience managing federal IT contracts valued at $5M+ annually, including both Time-and-Materials and Firm-Fixed-Price contract types and teams of 50+ FTEs.
· Certifications - Required: Project Management Professional (PMP); Agile certification (CSM, SAFe, PMI-ACP, or equivalent).
· Certifications - Preferred: ITIL 4 Foundation; SAFe Program Consultant; federal acquisition program management credential.
· Required Skills: Federal contract management; multi-platform technology oversight; performance monitoring and metrics; staffing and subcontractor oversight; budgeting and financial management; distributed team management; executive stakeholder engagement; formal reporting.
· Preferred Skills: Demonstrated recovery of a troubled program; process improvements yielding 20%+ defect reduction or velocity gain; experience spanning low-code and high-code delivery portfolios.
Technical Environment
Microsoft Project; Jira and Confluence; Power BI executive dashboards; Smartsheet; SharePoint and Microsoft 365; enterprise financial and labor systems (e.g., Deltek Costpoint or equivalent); earned value and burn-rate reporting tooling.
Does this opportunity sound like a fit for you? If so, join our talent community and click to apply now!!
Our Profile:
We are an IT company with a unique mission-to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them. Learn More .
NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More about our Benefits and Culture!
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