Factory
Federal Compliance Lead
Washington, DC · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years.
About the job
Build and operate Factory’s federal compliance program, ensuring government sales and product practices meet acquisition, security, and ethics requirements.
What you'll do
- Develop policies, procedures, and monitoring for federal sales compliance; support transactions from qualification through award.
- Review solicitations and contracts for compliance obligations, clauses, commercial-item determinations, and risk; advise sales and Deal Desk.
- Coordinate with Engineering and Security on federal product authorization requirements, ethics programs, and emerging AI and cyber supply-chain policies.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in federal procurement compliance, government contracts management, or federal sales operations at an enterprise SaaS, cloud platform, or high-growth defense tech company.
- Deep working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, commercial software contracting, OTA mechanisms, and federal subcontract flow-downs.
- Track record operationalizing cloud software compliance frameworks; familiarity with FedRAMP authorization pathways, DoD Impact Levels, and NIST compliance frameworks.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Nice to have
- Active U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret), or ability to obtain one.
- Strong preference for Washington, D.C. location.
Tools
FAR, DFARS, FedRAMP, NIST, ITAR, FIPS, SOC, DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG / IL levels)
AI focus
Track federal AI governance directives, including OMB memos and agency-specific AI acquisition guidelines, and translate evolving policy into operational guidance.
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