Full-Time

Senior Contracts Administrator

Axle

Axle

201-500 employees

Translational research informatics and data science

Compensation Overview

$85k - $100k/yr

North Bethesda, MD, USA

In Person

In-office role at North Bethesda, Maryland, five days per week.

Bachelor's

Category
Legal & Compliance (1)
Required Skills
SharePoint

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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
  • 3-5 years of experience managing federal government contracts.
  • Demonstrated experience with or aptitude for AI and/or Technology focused solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
  • Hands-on experience with various contract types (Time and Materials, Firm-Fixed-Price, Cost-Reimbursable, etc.).
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey contract terms and implications to stakeholders.
  • High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint; experience with contract lifecycle management tools is a plus.
  • Organized, self-motivated, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
  • Ability to work in our North Bethesda, MD office 5 days/week.
Responsibilities
  • Draft, negotiate, and manage a variety of contractual documents, including NDAs, Teaming Agreements, Prime/Subcontracts, and Vendor Agreements.
  • Create and maintain accurate contract records in contract management database, ensuring data integrity in accordance with corporate policy and federal contracting requirements.
  • Ensure all contract actions are executed in accordance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards.
  • Leverage existing and/or identify new technologies to help drive departmental efficiencies and improve cross-functional workflows with other departments.
  • Stay informed on emerging Artificial Intelligence trends and other technologies related to contracts to help recommend strategies for performing functional tasks better, smarter, and faster.
  • Prepare documentation and assist and/or lead prime contract/task order kickoff meetings with internal program personnel.
  • Monitor subcontractor and vendor compliance, performance, and deliverables.
  • Assist with managing contract management tools and identify areas of improvement for automation where applicable.
  • Support ongoing internal audits, reporting, and other contract-related initiatives as needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • Demonstrated experience with Artificial Intelligence and/or automation tools to drive efficiencies in contract management.
  • Experience with contract lifecycle management tools is a plus.

Axle Informatics provides specialized informatics solutions for translational research, health informatics, and data science to biomedical research centers and healthcare organizations. Its offerings are customized software and data management platforms that help researchers collect, integrate, analyze, and visualize large research datasets, with end-to-end tools that automate data aggregation and deliver analytics, dashboards, and decision-support features. The company differentiates itself with an integrated, scientifically informed approach that bridges data science with application development, specifically focused on translational research and clinical data work rather than generic software. Axle’s goal is to advance public health by moving biomedical discoveries from the lab to bedside, improving healthcare outcomes.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Rockville, Maryland

Founded

2002

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What believers are saying

  • NIH awarded Axle the $11.2 million N3C Dynamic Workspaces task order on September 30, 2025.
  • NCATS extended Axle through June 27, 2026, signaling trust during transition risk.
  • SK pharmteco partnered with Axle and NIH on rare-disease gene therapy programs on May 7, 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Axle depends heavily on NIH funding; one recompete failure hits revenues by 2027.
  • NCATS limited-source notices in 2025-2026 show mission-critical work gets rebid fast.
  • A larger integrator like Dovel or Leidos can underprice Axle and compress margins.

What makes Axle unique

  • Axle embeds inside NIH, winning NCATS and NIAID support work in 2025-2026.
  • Its translational-research niche blends biomedical science, software engineering, and federal program management.
  • Repeated sole-source extensions show NIH treats Axle as operational infrastructure, not a commodity vendor.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

401(k) Company Match

Educational Benefits for Career Growth

Employee Referral Bonus

Flexible Spending Accounts

Company News

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Octo, in partnership with Unissant, Axle Informatics, and TRex, has been awarded an IT Infrastructure and Operations Call Order to support the NCI’s OCIO.

GlobeNewswire
Jan 12th, 2023
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For instance, in May 2020, Indica Labs (U.S.), a provider of digital pathology solutions, collaborated with information technology consulting companies, Octo (U.S.) and Axle Informatics (U.S.) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (U.S.), to develop an online collection of high-resolution histopathology images of tissues from COVID-19 patients using Indica’s HALO Link platform.