Description:

The Role:
A Shipbuilding Company seeks an experienced and dynamic attorney to act as Director and Assistant General Counsel at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Division in Newport News, Virginia.

The selected attorney will have overall responsibility, accountability, and authority for legal matters regarding negotiation, administration, and compliance across NNS's portfolio of government contracts. This position will report directly to the Vice President and Chief Counsel of NNS.

Responsibilites:

Provide legal expertise, business counsel, and training to NNS's Contracts and Pricing and Business Management organizations on all aspects of government contracting including fiscal law, changes, data rights, nuclear indemnity, cost and pricing issues, false claims, cost accounting standards, and the nuances of sole source contracting.
Provide business-centric counsel to a broad group of business partners. Train, mentor, and partner with colleagues and clients across the business, at all levels of expertise.
Build a broad and deep understanding of significant legal considerations and seamlessly integrate practical business advice into legal counsel with an emphasis on positioning the business to avoid potential problems in addition to meeting day-to-day challenges.
Provide strategic and day-to-day legal and business counsel to NNS's Submarine leadership team, including the Vice President level.
Provide primary counsel and review of unique terms and conditions for commercial Supply Chain contracting. Advise both entry-level buyers and senior experts on emergent supply chain issues such as cybersecurity, supplier quality, warranty, delay, prime contract flow down requirements, and other contract enforcement matters.
Draft, review, and advise on teaming agreements, letters of intent, memorandums of understanding, non-disclosure agreements, and similar agreements adjacent to, but outside of, the traditional instruments of government contracting and standard supplier terms and conditions.
Provide assistance with other significant NNS matters and assume additional law department responsibilities as needed; additional duties may include advising functions such as operations, facilities, intellectual property, or ethics.

Must Have:

Juris Doctor Law degree and 10 years of experience as a practicing attorney with substantial experience in Government Contracts law, and experience in commercial contracting and counseling.
Virginia State Bar membership (or the ability to obtain state corporate counsel license)
Active security clearance OR the ability to obtain/maintain a security clearance.