Sr. Contract Specialist at Cigna in St. Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

The Sr. Contract Specialist role will reside on the Contract Administration team within Express Scripts' Military and Veteran Division focusing on contract administration for Federal contracts. This role will support multiple client contracts.

Duties include but are not limited to advising the organization on matters of moderate to significant contractual complexity, providing guidance to less experienced contracting professionals regarding the administering of federal contracts, participating in the development and negotiation of Statements of Work, developing and overseeing small business plans and Organizational Conflict of Interest mitigation plans, SCA contract administration, ensuring contract deliverables are delivered on time and with high quality, leading the Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) process, conducting FAR/DFAR/VAAR compliance reviews pending the client, drafting and submitting proposals, leading discussions and negotiations with clients, financial oversight, and other ad hoc projects as assigned. This role will also be responsible for drafting internal and client-facing communications on complex topics that may require extensive amounts of research. Lastly, this position will seek to implement process improvements, mitigate contractual and financial risks while creating efficiencies.

The qualified candidate must be able to demonstrate they are able to work independently and perform their work with minimal oversight. This employee will have access to advice from more experienced team members and peer reviews. Tasks involve a degree of forward planning and anticipation of needs/issues. This role will also work closely with cross-functional partners including the Law Department, Audit, Finance, and the Account Team regarding the requirements of the contracts.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in business, contracting, legal, communications, or related field with 7 yrs. or more experience.


• Experience working in the Government Contracting field is desired but not required.


• National Contract Management Agency (NCMA) or Defense Acquisition University (DAU) certificates are also beneficial but not required.


• A proven track record of being a high performer with strong initiative and desire to excel is a must.


• Candidate should be detailed oriented with strong analytical skills.


• Candidate must have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to work internally and externally.


• The ability to work independently on a multitude of projects with minimal supervision is necessary.


• This role will require some work to be performed at home and in the office at a Cigna location or client location.


• There may be some travel associated with this role.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.