Hatch IT
Senior Contracts Manager
$130K–$150K
Washington, DC · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- At least five years of progressively responsible experience in federal contracts and subcontracts management.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Contract Management, or a related field.
About the job
Leads Expression’s contracts function, managing federal contracts and subcontracts across the full lifecycle while supporting business development, proposals, compliance, and risk management.
What you'll do
- Manage federal prime contracts and subcontracts, including negotiations, administration, modifications, compliance, and closeout.
- Support opportunity and proposal work by reviewing solicitations and preparing or negotiating teaming and other pursuit agreements.
- Maintain contract processes, records, reporting, and stakeholder updates; identify risks and coordinate mitigation.
What they ask for
- At least five years of progressively responsible federal contracts and subcontracts management experience, including hands-on experience supporting a federal contractor.
- Experience independently managing a contract portfolio, advising internal stakeholders, and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating nondisclosure agreements, teaming agreements, and subcontracts.
- Strong working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, subcontract flow-down requirements, and firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials/labor-hour, and cost-reimbursement contracts.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel; active Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
Nice to have
- CFCM or CPCM certification; experience as a sole contracts professional or establishing and improving a contracts function.
- Experience with federal technology programs, IDIQ contracts, software licensing, government data rights, Unanet, SAM.gov, or PIEE.
Pay
USD 130,000–150,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
FAR, DFARS, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Unanet, SAM.gov, PIEE
AI focus
Preferred experience supporting federal technology programs involving artificial intelligence.
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