Principal, Contracts Manager – Surveillance

Location: Phoenix, Arizona or Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems for safety-critical commercial and military aviation, including surveillance systems such as TCAS, Mode S transponders, ADS-B, and integrated surveillance solutions.

What you will do

• Manage complex commercial contracts across proposals, drafting, negotiation, execution, administration, compliance, and closeout.
• Develop contract strategies that support growth, deal velocity, cash flow, EBITDA protection, and risk management.
• Lead customer negotiations and manage terms, conditions, flow-downs, amendments, and related contract documents.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Program, Sales, Operations, and customers to resolve issues and close deals efficiently.
• Use CLM tools, digital workflows, data, automation, and approved AI-enabled capabilities to improve contract quality, cycle time, reporting, and compliance.
• Mentor cross-functional partners and maintain accurate contract records for approvals, audits, retention, reporting, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience, or a graduate degree and at least 10 years of related experience.
• Strong knowledge of commercial contracting principles, UCC concepts, and international commercial contract considerations.
• Experience negotiating and administering complex commercial contracts, long-term agreements, non-standard terms, and customer conditions.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, business judgment, decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple high-impact matters, work in a fast-paced matrixed organization, and maintain a strong compliance focus.
• Ability to work on-site in Phoenix, Arizona, or Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Nice to have

• Experience with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, contract repositories, CLM platforms, workflow tools, reporting dashboards, and database systems.
• Experience using approved AI-enabled tools for contract review, drafting, research, clause comparison, risk identification, workflow automation, and knowledge management.
• Process-improvement experience focused on scalable solutions, cycle time, and stakeholder experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative partnership across Legal, Finance, Program, Sales, Operations, and customer organizations.
• Emphasis on integrity, ethical behavior, candid communication, practical judgment, and compliance.
• Pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks may apply where allowed by law.
• hirify.global is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and an E-Verify employer.