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L3Harris Technologies

Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech

Principal Contracts Administrator

Contract ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCA$88.5k - CA$138.5k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in business administration or law and at least 10 years of relevant prior experience, or a graduate degree and at least 6 years of related experience.
  • Strong negotiation skills and knowledge of legal terms and conditions.
  • Fluency in spoken and written French and English.
  • Business acumen and strong business-writing skills.
  • Must be eligible for registration in the Controlled Goods Program.
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain Canadian government Reliability Status and Secret Level II / NATO Secret security clearance.
  • Must be able to meet U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Influence successful business outcomes to achieve key commercial and financial objectives for orders, revenue recognition, operating profit, and free cash flow across new and ongoing programs.
  • Provide advice on business and contractual strategies and risk mitigation.
  • Analyze new laws, regulations, and contract trends to determine their potential impact on business-unit goals and objectives.
  • Protect company interests by understanding and interpreting contract terms and conditions.
  • Analyze significant or unique contract requirements, special provisions, terms, and conditions to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and company policies and procedures.
  • Manage contract review of solicitations, proposal development, contract change-control processes, and overall contract administration.
  • Establish and maintain the primary contractual interface with the customer.
  • Maximize cash flow by forming and negotiating innovative contracts to achieve business objectives.
  • Review proposed terms and conditions in responses to solicitations to assess contractual and legal implications and provide appropriate feedback to management.
  • Manage complex, large-scale project initiatives of considerable organizational importance with minimal supervision or direction.
  • Negotiate contract terms and document each step.
  • Draft contract clauses and various project-management documents.
  • Track SAM invoices and customer invoice payments.
  • Communicate and liaise with customers to gather feedback on company performance.
  • Contribute to identifying and developing new business opportunities.
  • Ensure that each project's risks are covered by contractual terms.
  • Communicate within and outside the organization to explain and influence changes to practices, processes, and approaches.
  • Make significant improvements to processes, systems, or products.
  • Explain and interpret policies, procedures, and practices and obtain stakeholder cooperation.
  • Contribute to developing new products and processes and implement operating plans with measurable impacts on business or functional results.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate nondisclosure agreements.

Desired Qualifications

  • Ten years of experience reviewing, negotiating, drafting, and summarizing contractual agreements.
  • Experience with development, production, support, and services contracts.
  • Experience managing contracts in aerospace and defense, international markets, and Canadian and U.S. government sectors.
  • Strong negotiation skills and experience covering terms and conditions, requirements, pricing, intellectual property, and data rights.
  • Ability to provide risk-mitigation plans for programs related to source selection.
  • Ability to work and communicate effectively across internal and external functions.
  • Ability to work in a high-pressure environment, meet deadlines and expectations, and multitask.

About the Company

L3Harris Technologies

Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech

L3Harris Technologies provides advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems for governments and commercial customers. Its products include sensors, communications, and propulsion—such as tactical radios, night-vision gear, satellite payloads, missile defense, and space propulsion—delivered as integrated systems for operations across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company blends legacy technologies from two joining giants with newer capabilities, faster acquisition cycles, and a focus on missiles, space, and resilient communications to field solutions quickly. Its goal is to be a trusted, scale-ready provider of next‑generation defense and intelligence capabilities for national security and related customers.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Melbourne, FL
Founded
1895

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