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Defcon AI

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11 - 50 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚗 Transport

Artificial Intelligence • Transport • Logistics

Defcon AI is a company focused on transforming logistics and supply chain operations using AI-driven technologies. The company addresses disruptions caused by natural disasters, unanticipated events, and opponents through sophisticated software modeling and intelligent agents. Defcon AI aims to integrate next-generation technologies within logistics and decision-making processes to improve response planning in complex and contested environments. Positioned at the convergence of AI, mobility, and logistics, Defcon AI collaborates with partners to provide efficient, reliable, and data-driven solutions tailored to specific needs. The company is committed to enhancing resilience and efficiency in the logistics sector.

📋 Description

• Own Contract & Subcontract Operations • Manage the full lifecycle of contracts and subcontracts, teaming agreements, and consulting arrangements • Draft, review, negotiate, and administer subcontract agreements and modifications • Translate prime agreement requirements into executable subcontract structures • Maintain subcontract records, deliverables, milestones, and commercial terms • Drive Milestone & Invoice Readiness • Develop and manage milestone tracking and contract execution artifacts • Coordinate acceptance-package development across technical, program, and finance stakeholders • Build invoice-support packages and readiness documentation • Identify and flag contractual and compliance risks including terms ambiguity, flow-down gaps, undocumented scope changes, and invoice or acceptance exposure before they become program or legal issues • Maintain audit-ready records and submission documentation • Build Scalable Contract Operations • Design templates, trackers, governance processes, and escalation paths • Build process that fits where the program is today while laying the foundation for where it needs to go • Improve discipline around contract execution without slowing delivery • Establish standards for documentation, reporting, and contract governance • Operate independently and effectively without established playbooks, defined predecessors, or a contracts team to hand work off to • Support Program Leadership • Conduct change-impact assessments and modification analysis • Develop decision-ready recommendations for leadership review • Support customer correspondence, clarification requests, and issue resolution • Escalate complex issues with facts, options, and recommended courses of action

🎯 Requirements

• Experience administering and negotiating contracts and subcontracts in a U.S. defense contracting environment • Experience drafting, redlining, and negotiating contract language • Experience translating prime contract requirements into subcontract flow-downs • Experience supporting milestone-based deliverables and contract execution • Experience building lightweight repeatable processes in fast-moving or immature environments • Ability to operate independently within a matrixed organization • Comfortable operating in ambiguity, making defensible decisions without complete information, and adjusting as the program evolves • US Citizen

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer paid, comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family • Unlimited PTO, with your manager’s approval • Flexible work environment where you manage your work day • 14 weeks of fully-paid parental leave