🕒 6 days ago
The Senior Contracts Manager will lead the commercial contracting function, managing a diverse portfolio of agreements while advising cross-functional teams on risk and negotiation strategies.
Contracts Specialist
📅 May 27
Contract NegotiationContract Lifecycle ManagementRegulatory ComplianceFAR
📜 Description
- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial and government-adjacent agreements, including NDAs and subcontracts.
- Manage all legal contract lifecycle management (CLM), including amendments, renewals, and close-out activities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, particularly in government-facing environments.
- Maintain organized contract files and support configuration management processes.
- Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to align contract terms with operational realities.
- Support the development of contract templates, playbooks, and workflows.
🛠️ Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics or related field.
- 10+ years of experience working with commercial contracts in a government‑facing or government‑adjacent environment.
- Experience in defense, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, or other regulated sectors with significant government interfaces.
- Demonstrated expertise with common contracting frameworks, including familiarity with FAR, DFARS, ITAR/EAR, or similar regulatory structures.
- Meticulous record-keeping skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage complex matters with minimal oversight.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfort working cross‑functionally.
- High integrity, sound judgment, and professionalism in handling confidential or sensitive information.
✨ Benefits
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial and government‑adjacent agreements, including NDAs, purchase orders, teaming agreements, consulting agreements, and subcontracts.
- Manage all legal contract lifecycle management (CLM), including amendments, renewals, change orders, and close‑out activities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies, particularly in government‑facing environments (e.g., FAR/DFARS‑related frameworks).
- Maintain organized contract files and support configuration management processes for contract‑related documentation.
- Coordinate closely with cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure alignment between contract terms, operational realities, and compliance requirements.
- Support development and continuous improvement of contract templates, playbooks, checklists, and workflows.
- Provide guidance to internal teams regarding contract interpretation, obligations, and risk assessments.
- Assist with due diligence, regulatory disclosures, and accountability documentation as needed.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, and Program Managers to ensure contract deliverables, reporting obligations, and milestones are properly understood and tracked.
Full job description
Who We Are:
Venus Aerospace is revolutionizing rocket engine propulsion. With the first generational leap in rocket engine technology since Apollo, our proprietary Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine and Venus Detonation Ramjets deliver historic efficiency and performance across aerospace applications. We are building the next generation of propulsion platforms that enable breakthrough capabilities in space, defense, and commercial high-speed flight. Our team thrives on solving the toughest engineering challenges and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in aerospace. At Venus, we’re looking for bold engineers and innovators who want to make history and redefine the future of propulsion.
ITAR Requirements
This position involves access to technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be able to meet ITAR requirements (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State). You can learn more about ITAR here.
Venus Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please email careerassistance@venusaero.com or call (281) 203-0027.This email and phone number were created exclusively to assist job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Messages or any other purposes, such as following up on an application, third party staffing agencies, website technical issues, or any other issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response. Messages will be returned within five business days.
For additional information about our Equal Opportunity Employment Policy, please visit our EEOP page.
The Role: Contracts Specialist
Venus Aerospace is seeking an experienced Contracts Specialist to join our Legal team and support a broad range of commercial and government contracting activities, with a strong emphasis on government‑facing and government‑adjacent agreements. This is not an attorney role but is ideal for a seasoned contracts professional with deep experience in the defense, aerospace, or other regulated industries where U.S. Government contracting frameworks are central.
In this role, you will report to the General Counsel. You will work closely with Finance, Operations, Business Development, and Engineering teams to manage the full lifecycle of complex contracts that touch federal agencies, defense primes, and other highly regulated stakeholders.
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