Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Base salary: $138,400–$173,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops reliable AI systems, high-quality data, and full-stack technologies for leading models, enterprises, and government applications.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and administer government contract lifecycle management processes and systems.
• Negotiate and administer agreements with customers, subcontractors, and vendors while ensuring compliance with company policies and government regulations.
• Maintain government registrations, reporting, and disclosures in SAM.gov, PIEE, CPARS, and related systems.
• Manage and improve public-sector contracting and signature systems, guide stakeholders through self-service contracting, and negotiate NDAs, task orders, modifications, prime contracts, and vendor agreements.
• Track post-signature obligations, contract milestones, deliverables, invoices, and cash collection.
• Support legal reviews of customer and security questionnaires and build internal processes, resources, and tools for the legal function.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Experience with a wide range of legal documents and contractual agreements, including NDAs, task orders, modifications, prime contracts, vendor agreements, and other commercial contracts.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management tools such as Ironclad.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of experience as a contracts manager, paralegal, or in a similar role.
• Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and other agency supplements.
• Knowledge of government contract and subcontract processes, including flow-downs, change management, inspection, acceptance, payment, warranty, close-out, and records retention.
• Experience with Organizational Conflict of Interest terms and mitigation plans.
• Resourceful, hands-on, collaborative, and low-ego approach to cross-functional work.

Nice to have

• Background working with SaaS or other technology companies.
• Experience with government acquisitions through Broad Agency Announcements, Commercial Solutions Openings, Other Transaction Authority, SBIR Phase 3, consortiums, and other competitive or non-competitive procurement types.
• Experience with GSA schedules, Government Wide Acquisition Contracts, BPAs, and other multi-award contract vehicles.
• Track record of taking initiative and using resourcefulness to accomplish ambitious goals.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Fluency with spreadsheets, basic statistics, and using data to drive decisions.
• Experience with Salesforce, Airtable, Jira, and other business tools.
• Understanding of contract basics and willingness to learn.
• Interest in AI, law, privacy, and intellectual property.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with base salary, equity, and benefits for eligible roles.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage and retirement benefits.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Generous paid time off and a possible commuter stipend.
• Inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

Hiring process

• Compensation is determined during the interview process based on work location, skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and education or training.
• Candidates must wait 90 days before being reconsidered for the same role.