Employment at ILS

Current Job Openings

Title: Contracts Manager

Description of the Position:

• Manages the complete function of complex international commercial agreements in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws and customer requirements while maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the contract process.
• Understands basic principles of finance, accounting, marketing, management and stays abreast of contracting and legal developments affecting the company, its clients, and the industry allowing for current advice on compliance matters.
• Balances numerous projects concurrently while successfully working directly with clients and staff.
• Requires travel. 
• May require working nights, weekends, holidays as mission requires

Responsibilities:

• Responding to complex inquiries regarding contract obligations and revisions.
• Preparing commercial price proposals, negotiate high-value agreements and managing customer relationships, performing post-execution contract management, problem solving, identifying risk exposures, coordinating and responding to launch insurance inquiries and issues. 
• Interfacing with internal and external customers and management as well as external customers and tracking contractual issues and financials, and evaluating financial and risk implications of potential contract restructuring actions, identifying risk and issues, suggest alternatives that lead to the best solution.
• Prepare and disseminate information regarding contract status, compliance, modifications to ensure all terms and conditions are met.
• Develop and integrate contract management tools, templates, methods and processes for the engagement

Skills:

{Must Have}

• Excellent communication (written, oral and presentational) skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with all levels of colleagues and customers.
• Excellent MS Office, Adobe Acrobat and Electronic Contract documentation.
• Strong collaborative work style, fostering cooperation and teamwork while meeting deadlines.
• Strong ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, mathematical and analytical skills while being detail oriented with a high degree of accuracy and the ability to extract, compile and analyze data.
• Ability to prioritize a demanding workload while being flexible and work in a problem solving environment.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills, including a professional demeanor.
• Ability to exercise discretion and good judgment, with an ability to understand the effect of decisions overall in the company.
• Possess an international cultural awareness and is an active learner.

{Nice to Have}

• Comprehensive knowledge of government and commercial contracting regulations, principles, and subcontracting practices.
• Legal graduate degree in business or finance and or experience in the commercial space industry.
• CPCM certification.
• Interest in space, rockets and satellites a plus.

 Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in applicable contracting experience.
• Must have solid transactions, contracts drafting, and negotiation experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Advanced degree a plus.
• Only US resident respondents with at least a four year college degree, substantial experience in contracting, strong computer skills, and that can pass a background check.  Preferred qualifications include a legal or graduate degree in a relevant field, financial experience and/or experience in the commercial space industry.

Please send cover letter and resume to s.langley@ilslaunch.com