Senior Contracts Specialist

The Atlas Group is a global provider of complex aerospace products, serving both commercial and defense markets. We specialize in manufacturing flight-critical, precision assemblies and components for a wide range of aircraft platforms. We deliver complex aerospace solutions with a commitment to quality, timeliness, and customer success, partnering with major OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to ensure performance and reliability across the industry.

About the Role:

Atlas is undergoing a strategic transformation aimed at strengthening operations and positioning for long-term success. This newly created role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact. The individual will play a pivotal role in driving improvements, implementing best practices, and shaping the future of the company.

Operational Leadership

• Lead the development, review, and negotiation of complex customer and supplier contracts, including fixed-price, cost-reimbursable, time-and-materials, and IDIQ arrangements.
• Interpret contract terms and conditions, recommend alternative language, and drive negotiations to resolution.
• Support proposal teams by developing contract strategies, preparing contract volume input, and identifying contract strategies, preparing contract volume input.
• Manage the full contract lifecycle—from proposal through closeout—ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, regulations, and internal processes.
• Serve as the primary contractual interface with internal teams, customers, suppliers, auditors, and government representatives.
• Provide guidance to program management and executive leadership on contract interpretation, risk exposure, and strategic considerations.
• Ensure safety guidelines and company safety policies are being followed
• Consistently acts in accordance with business professionalism principles including during business hours, at company events, meetings, off-site meetings, audits, etc.
• Consistently provides professional business communications to internal and external customers, staff, peers and company leadership

Continuous Improvement:

• Ensure adherence to federal regulations, export controls (e.g., ITAR, EAR), and customer-specific requirements.
• Lead change management initiative to adapt to evolving industry standards
• Identify contractual, financial, schedule, and performance risks; develop recommendations for resolution.
• Collaborate with legal, finance, supply chain, engineering, and program management to review and enforce corporate policies and compliance standards.

Knowledge, Skills and Other Abilities:

• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Negotiation and conflict-resolution abilities
• Strategic thinking and risk assessment
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration
• Solid understanding of the contract lifecycle and application of industry best practices

Preferred Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
• Preferred Master’s degree or JD.
• 3-5 years of experience in contract management, preferably in aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated industries.
• Strong knowledge of FAR/DFARS, government contracting requirements, and commercial contract law.
• Proven experience negotiating complex agreements with domestic and international partners.
• Ability to interpret technical specifications, statements of work, and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with contract management systems and Microsoft Office tools.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.