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General Dynamics Corporation

Contracts Director

herndon, VA

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Job description

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: USA VA Herndon

Full Part/Time: Full time

Job Req: RQ

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Contract Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Contract Administration, Contract Negotiations, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Leadership

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Drive Mission Impact. Shape Strategic Direction. Lead with Purpose.

Are you ready to guide the strategic direction of a business that supports some of the nation's most critical intelligence missions? As a Contracts Director at GDIT , you will be at the center of mission success, empowering government partners, enabling operational excellence, and accelerating your own career growth in Contract Management.

Make a Difference That Matters

In this role, you will lead a high-performing team of contract professionals within the National Intelligence Sector of our Intelligence and Homeland Security Division . Your expertise will directly support the intelligence community's most important initiatives, ensuring every contract strengthens mission outcomes and aligns with strategic organizational goals.

What You'll Lead and Deliver

Provide executive oversight of the full contracts administration function for the National Intelligence Sector, empowering, mentoring, and developing a team of contracts professionals.

Accelerate business growth through strategic customer engagement, opportunity shaping, proposal leadership, and the execution of complex contract negotiations.

Protect mission and business interests by driving rigorous due diligence across all contractual documents and maintaining a disciplined change-control process to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.

Serve as a trusted strategic partner to internal stakeholders and cross-functional leaders, offering expert guidance, resolving contract challenges, and strengthening decision-making.

Champion internal compliance by aligning contract performance, processes, and outcomes with management objectives, federal regulations, and agency-specific requirements.

Required Qualifications:

Education : Bachelor's degree

Experience : 10+ years of Contracts Administration and Leadership experience

Technical skills : Advanced Knowledge of various contract types, relevant laws, regulations, terms, conditions, and policies governing assigned contracts including the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Intel agency acquisition manuals

Expert in complex terms and conditions negotiations

Experience with CSOs/OTAs/CRADAs preferred

Strong ability to mentor, develop talent, and lead team training initiatives

Security Clearance : Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Location: This is a hybrid position working at our GDIT facility in Herndon, VA. Must be comfortable working onsite a minimum of (3) days a week and traveling to meetings as needed.

US citizenship required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off

Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.

The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA VA Herndon

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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Worksite address

herndon, VA, 22070, US

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