Subcontracts Lead

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation.

With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect.

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.

The candidate for this position will have significant experience in supply chain contracts with emphasis on aviation vendors and suppliers, including the negotiation, drafting, and closing of a wide variety of vendors and other commercial contracts. The Subcontracts Lead will be expected to work closely with the Heads of Contracts, Supply Chain and Logistics, and Legal to identify contract risks needs and to support the global operations for the enterprise and the supply chain.

Broad general experience with all types of aviation and commercial contracts, related intellectual property issues including protection of enterprise IP as well as export control related to this work is required. The candidate will also ideally have a general understanding of the use of consultants and service providers agreements. Experience supporting companies focused on cutting edge technologies including software development, digital innovation, and infrastructure is also highly desired.

• Partner with our experienced and talented Supply Chain and Global Logistics team alongside various Metrea Capability Areas and will need to learn the various work streams and requirements for the entire global enterprise.
• Address all contractual issues that arise from a global enterprise relating to Supply Chain and Commercial contracts to include drafting, negotiating and executing Contractual Agreements
• Support team members, suppliers, service providers and various governments across both the US and Internationally
• Manage shifting and competing priorities that align with the business strategy
• Work closely with the broader Contracts Team to support one another on regular interactions and with enterprise needs.
• Build and lead a team of Subcontract Specialists to deliver against our growing business and increased volume of contracts
• Strong understanding of the business to help highlight and develop plans or business counsel against contractual risks

• 7‑10 years of hands‑on experience managing subcontracts for both the US and international governments.
• At least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role leading subcontract teams.
• Hold a degree from an accredited university in Business, finance or another related field.
• Deep experience with negotiating and drafting vendor contracts, supplier terms and conditions, codes of conduct, leases, and creating framework for regular negotiation of such contracts and wording.
• Experience in negotiating and drafting consultant agreements and other related service‑related agreements.
• Aviation and Defence contracting experience.
• Experience with negotiating and enforcing contracts across US, UK, and foreign jurisdictions and supporting global enterprises.
• Seasoned commercial awareness.
• Experience interacting with and counselling senior business leaders.

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally

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