Principal Specialist, Contracts

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🚀 Aerospace

Aerospace • Defense • Sustainability

RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Lead contract management across the acquisition lifecycle, including drafting, interpreting, negotiating, and administering Prime Contracts, Subcontracts, Non‑Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)/Proprietary Information Agreements (PIAs), and related agreements. • Provide contractual guidance, risk mitigation, and interpretation of rights, obligations, regulations, and policies to internal stakeholders while ensuring compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and corporate procedures. • Support proposal development by reviewing Requests for Proposal (RFPs), conducting front‑end assessments, managing cost volumes, coordinating with pricing/estimating, and preparing submission documents under tight deadlines. • Collaborate with Program Management, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Legal, and other cross‑functional partners to ensure aligned contract execution and business objectives. • Manage customer communications, contract changes, issue resolution, and flowdown of requirements, while professionally representing the company in negotiations and external interactions. • Analyze and negotiate terms and conditions, identify and manage contractual and business risks, and ensure compliant execution of contract scope across multiple contract types including Cost‑Plus‑Fixed‑Fee (CPFF), Cost‑Plus‑Incentive‑Fee (CPIF), Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF), Firm‑Fixed‑Price (FFP), and Level of Effort (CPFF-LOE & FFP‑LOE).

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience • Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date • Experience in contracts management or related fields such as subcontracts, procurement, estimating/pricing, finance, or business/program management, including administering U.S. Government contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). • Experience preparing and negotiating proposals and contract actions of medium to high complexity, including sole‑source proposals subject to the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act (formerly TINA), and direct engagement with customers. • Active or prior Top Secret (TS) or TS/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance and experience working in closed or secure environments. • Strong communication, interpersonal, business judgment, and problem‑solving skills, with proven ability to build and maintain high‑performance internal and external customer relationships. • Strong organizational and time‑management capabilities, with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and PDF editing software. • Advanced degree such as a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master’s Degree, Juris Doctor (J.D.), or relevant industry certifications such as National Contract Management Association (NCMA), International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees • Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option • Tuition reimbursement program • Student Loan Repayment Program • Life insurance and disability coverage • Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection • Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits • Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning • Adoption Assistance • Autism Benefit • Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions • Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program • Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits • Bright Horizons, child and elder care services • Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program • Eligible for relocation assistance • And more!