Contracts Management Leader

Job ID: 710100BR Date posted: Nov. 18, 2025
Description: What is it like to work in contracts at Lockheed Martin?

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems.

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What does this role look like?

We have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Contracts Leader to join the Strategic and Missile Defense Programs (SMD) line of business supporting a diverse and exciting portfolio that continues to expand. The Missile Defense Programs (MDP) Contracts Manager will lead a team of geographically dispersed contracts management professionals supporting existing and future contracts with domestic customers.

Are you looking for a career where you can have a significant positive impact on nationally critical programs, and serve some of your country’s most important and dynamic security missions? A job where you can grow and learn? Join our Contracts team and become a part of something special in support of these missions. The HSWS Senior Contract Manager must have strong business acumen and a desire to grow themselves and coach others to their fullest potential.

At Lockheed Martin, we are passionate about innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward-thinking, everything is within our capacity – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training, education and background. Our culture supports employees to dream big, perform with excellence and build incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
Basic Qualifications:
- Leadership experience
- FAR / DFARS knowledge
- Experience working with Government Contracts or any other type of contracts
Desired Skills:
- Experience with different Contract Types FFP or FPIF or CPAF or CPFF or T&M or any other contract types
- Leadership (management) experience
- 10 years or more of contracts management professional experience
- Ability to provide leadership, coaching, mentorship, and support to members of the team in a fast-paced environment
- Significant experience with USG procurement regulations in all aspects of the contract life cycle including proposals, administration, and close-out.
- Significant contracting or negotiation or management experience with or within various Government agencies
- Experience negotiating with both internal and external customers to support business objectives
- Significant experience with USG procurement regulations or FAR/DFARS and/or other transaction authority (OTAs) in all aspects of the contract life cycle
Clearance Level: None
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Contracts
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First