Description:

The Opportunity:
Are you passionate about combining your federal procurement law expertise with big picture business thinking to empower innovation, drive critical missions, and deliver enduring growth and value? At An American Management & Information Technology Consulting Firm, you'll join a team of experienced professionals motivated to excel and realize values-driven change for our clients, colleagues, and communities. We bring bold thinking to complex challenges across analytics and artificial intelligence, cyber, digital solutions, engineering, and consulting, and with industries ranging from defense and national security to health, energy to international development.

As a member of our Government Contracts Practice Area (“GCPA”), you'll help propel our forward-thinking and purpose-driven team as we advance our clients' missions. You'll serve as a government contracts attorney providing support and leveraging experience with federal procurement transactions at all stages, as well as regulatory compliance, as part of a broader legal department and the team of government contracts attorneys supporting the federal business across civil, defense, and intelligence “Sectors”. You'll support as the lead GCPA point of contact for Markets within our Global Defense Sector and work on a wide range of complex transactional issues at the prime and subcontract levels and provide legal advice and counsel for Market leaders and their teams. You'll anticipate business needs and develop practical solutions with agility and action. You'll establish trusted partnerships across the firm and collaborate with fellow members of the Legal, Ethics & Compliance team to protect and advance the company while navigating the complex, multifaceted, and often novel legal and compliance risks we face today. Guided by An American Management & Information Technology Consulting Firm's purpose and values, together we'll anticipate and proactively prepare for the issues we'll encounter tomorrow. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

Work with us as we empower the future.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

8+ years of experience practicing law in a law firm, corporate, or government environment
Experience with government contracts law, including FAR, DFARS, federal procurement statutes and regulations, and bid protest jurisprudence
Experience leading or assisting with prime contract and subcontract negotiations, pre-award support such as RFP reviews, and post-award counseling such as debriefings and protest assessments
Experience partnering closely with business leaders to develop comprehensive solutions to problems
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to evaluate risks and root causes, and to aid in designing and implementing practical mitigation strategies or action plans
Ability to listen actively and ensure that the right questions are being asked and answered
Ability to translate legalese or regulations into succinct, clear, and workable business solutions
Ability to execute against clear goals, priorities, and success metrics and KPIs, and manage against program plans
J.D. or LL. B degree from country of residence, including active bar admission with any U.S. state bar

Nice If You Have:

Experience with commercial contract negotiation, including federal or non-federal
Experience with government contracting, including in a professional services firm
Experience with government contracts regulatory framework, especially rules and considerations for Post-Government Employment and competition and antitrust, organizational, and personal conflicts of interest, or gifts and antikickbacks
Experience advising on information security statutes, regulations, and compliance frameworks, including FISMA, DFARS, and NIST
Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment
Ability to obtain a security clearance