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Manages complex federal and Department of Defense proposal efforts from solicitation analysis through final submission. Develops compliance matrices, outlines, schedules, content plans, storyboards, and win strategies; coordinates stakeholders, teaming partners, reviewers, and color team evaluations. Writes and edits proposal content, oversees graphics and production quality, ensures compliance, manages multiple deadlines, and coaches proposal staff. Provides leadership support, training, and process improvement while partnering with capture and senior business development teams.

Lead federal capture activities from opportunity shaping through contract award, focusing on Base Operations, Construction, and Logistics. Develop win strategies, solution architectures, competitive analyses, price-to-win approaches, teaming agreements, and capture plans. Build customer relationships, influence pre-RFP requirements, coordinate cross-functional technical, management, cost, and proposal teams, and guide proposal reviews to ensure compliant, compelling submissions.

Processes ACH, check, wire, and foreign exchange payments; manages vendor setup, bank details, payment returns, discrepancies, confirmations, and financial records. Handles payment posting, voids, credit applications, Concur reimbursements, commercial cards, 1099 reporting, audit support, accruals, intercompany invoicing, and payment automation activities while coordinating with vendors and internal stakeholders.

Supports the full recruiting lifecycle, including job postings, candidate sourcing, phone screening, interview coordination, background checks, offers, onboarding, and recruiting events. Maintains candidate pipelines, applicant tracking system records, compliance documentation, and recruiting metrics. Partners with hiring managers and senior recruiters while delivering a positive candidate experience and learning government contracting recruiting practices.

Leads procurement, subcontracts, supplier management, and supply chain operations supporting Department of Defense programs. Owns purchasing systems, procure-to-pay processes, supplier qualification, contract compliance, audits, cost analysis, export controls, cybersecurity flow-downs, and Costpoint workflows. Builds and mentors teams, manages supplier performance and risk, supports proposals, drives cost optimization, and ensures compliance with FAR, DFARS, CPSR, CMMC, and government audit requirements.

Leads global trade compliance across export controls, sanctions, and customs regulations. Serves as Empowered Official, manages export authorizations and international shipping reviews, advises leadership, interfaces with regulators, supports audits and M&A, investigates disclosures, delivers training, and supervises global trade personnel. Requires extensive ITAR, EAR, defense services, licensing, government systems, and DoD-related compliance experience.

Administers a portfolio of government subcontracts across IDIQ, cost-plus, fixed-price, and time-and-material arrangements. Supports proposal preparation, pricing, negotiations, FAR/DFARS compliance, subcontractor due diligence, invoice review, risk assessment, reporting, and flow-down of contractual requirements. Coordinates with program stakeholders, contracts administrators, accounting, and domestic and foreign subcontractors. Requires strong understanding of government contracting, CPSR environments, small-business regulations, SCA wage schedules, and compliant subcontract files.

Leads the contracts function for Valiant’s Mission Support business, managing a team and a complex portfolio of U.S. government contracts. Responsibilities include cradle-to-grave contract administration, reviewing awards and modifications, negotiating with government agencies and prime contractors, ensuring compliance, mitigating risk, supporting business development, and coordinating with operations, finance, and legal. The role also oversees staff development and requires expertise in federal acquisition regulations, government contracting practices, and defense-related compliance.

Designs and builds secure enterprise AI architecture, integrations, agents, retrieval pipelines, and workflows. Owns AI technical delivery, evaluates platforms, establishes reusable architecture standards, and integrates AI with enterprise systems. Ensures deployments protect CUI and comply with NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, DFARS, and organizational security requirements. Partners with governance, security, and compliance teams while monitoring solution performance, cost, and reliability.