Director, Government Contracts

About Verra Mobility

Verra Mobility is a global frontrunner in smart mobility solutions, creating technology-driven products that facilitate safe and efficient movement worldwide. The company collaborates with law enforcement and municipalities to implement over 4,000 safety cameras monitoring red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm violations across North America. Additionally, Verra Mobility manages tolling transactions and violations for more than 8.5 million vehicles, serving major commercial fleets and rental companies, processing nearly 165 million transactions annually across 50+ tolling authorities.

Company Culture

Operating with an entrepreneurial mindset and a people-first philosophy, Verra Mobility embraces core values including doing what's right, leading with grace, winning collaboratively, and taking ownership. The organization pursues aggressive growth through organic means and acquisitions, emphasizing a bias for action, customer orientation, teamwork, results-driven performance, and excellence.

Position Summary

The Director of Government Contracts, based in Mesa, Arizona within the Legal Department, leads a team responsible for managing Verra Mobility's global government contracts portfolio. This role involves collaboration across business units and legal teams to review and advise on proposals, contracts, awards, certifications, and related documents ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The role demands urgency balanced with precision to meet contractual and regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage contract managers and staff engaged in government contracting, promoting a culture of compliance and continuous improvement.
• Manage the entire government contract lifecycle—from proposal evaluation, negotiation, award, and administration to modification, performance tracking, and close-out—ensuring adherence to all relevant federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Act as the subject matter expert on government contracting compliance and regulatory frameworks, aligning business practices accordingly.
• Assess contract provisions to identify legal, financial, operational, and compliance risks, devising mitigation tactics and providing clear guidance.
• Negotiate contract terms directly with customers, serve as Contracting Officer when necessary, and coordinate consents and notifications.
• Prepare and negotiate prime contract flow-downs.
• Conduct reviews of customer certifications and vendor integrity documents, performing company-wide due diligence to support these processes.
• Ensure invoices comply with contract terms.
• Utilize and enhance contract lifecycle management systems and other automation tools to track obligations, approvals, milestones, and compliance metrics.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve contract request, preparation, approval, and management workflows.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to support effective contract administration and compliance programs.
• Foster and maintain strong relationships with customers.
• Develop innovative solutions for complex contract-related challenges.
• Travel requirement is less than 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Juris Doctorate or Master's in government procurement preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading government contracting functions.
• Experience in customer or supplier-facing contract negotiations.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, growing environment, anticipating challenges and offering pragmatic, creative business solutions.
• Adept in cross-functional collaboration, understanding diverse business objectives and risks to synthesize stakeholder information.
• Proven experience designing and implementing efficient processes promoting transparency and driving results.
• Skilled in issue identification, complex research and analysis, risk assessment, and recommending alternative actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Commitment to maintaining expertise in specialized areas, while adapting to evolving company needs.
• Organized with strong record-keeping skills, capable of managing multiple simultaneous projects.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365, project management, and contract management software.
• Experience with technical writing, including standard operating procedures and policy documentation, is preferred.

Additional Information

In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Core Values Alignment

• Own It: Deliver high performance and accountability, focus on customers, and foster innovation.
• Do What's Right: Uphold integrity, ethical behavior, sound judgment, and courage.
• Choose Courage Over Comfort: Address challenging conversations and decisions proactively to advance business goals.
• Win Together: Emphasize collaboration, global thinking, inclusiveness, and development of others.

Privacy and Equal Opportunity

Candidate personal data will be retained only for legitimate business purposes for up to two years post recruitment closure or until other job opportunities arise. Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment considerations are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.