Varda Space Industries
The Senior Contracts Specialist will own first-of-kind agreements for microgravity pharmaceutical manufacturing and hypersonic reentry vehicles, managing the full contract lifecycle from pre-award strategy to post-award execution. This role involves leading negotiations with government and commercial customers, ensuring compliance with FAR, DFARS, and export-control regulations, and advising leadership on contractual rights and obligations. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to clear blockers and protect the company's interests while advancing missions.
Headquarters
El Segundo, California, United States
Company Size
51-200 employees
Founded
2021
Varda Space Industries is a microgravity-enabled life sciences company that processes materials in orbit and returns them to Earth. The company operates the world's first orbital manufacturing and reentry platform, offering solutions for biopharma (discovering unique drug morphologies and crystal structures in microgravity), government customers (hypersonic reentry and orbital flight testing), and microgravity research. Varda's mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind by commercializing space-based processing and partnering with industry to bring space-derived products to market.
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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