Director, Subcontracts

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space. Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space. As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace enables our world to launch, land and operate in space — anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, spacecraft, propulsion systems, and orbital vehicles serve commercial, civil, defense, and international customers across the entire mission lifecycle — from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. We are seeking an experienced Director of Subcontracts to build, lead, and scale Firefly's subcontracts function within Supply Chain. Reporting to the VP of Supply Chain, this executive will serve as the company's senior authority on subcontract strategy, structure, and execution across all supply chain and facilities business units — partnering with executive leadership to enable strategic growth while protecting Firefly's interests throughout the full subcontract lifecycle. The Director of Subcontracts provides strategic leadership and organizational direction for Firefly's subcontracts organization, owning the negotiation, administration, compliance, and execution of the company's supplier subcontracts, strategic sourcing agreements, and complex procurement instruments. This leader sets the enterprise subcontracting strategy, establishes governance and delegation-of-authority frameworks, and builds a scalable, high-performing team. The role partners at the executive level with Legal, Finance, Supply Chain, Facilities, Engineering, Quality, and Program Management to develop subcontracting strategies that accelerate Firefly's growth while managing contractual, financial, technical, and programmatic risk. The Director owns the development of subcontract templates, playbooks, and policies across a predominantly commercial portfolio that also includes government-funded programs, driving standardization across a rapidly expanding line of launch services, spacecraft, propulsion systems, and advanced space missions. The ideal candidate brings deep, progressive experience in commercial supplier subcontracting and complex procurement, a demonstrated record of building and scaling teams, and the working knowledge of government compliance protocols needed to manage a mixed portfolio. RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Leadership & Organizational Direction Own and set the enterprise subcontracts strategy supporting supply chain and facilities, aligning subcontracting approaches with Firefly's growth objectives, program milestones, and financial targets. Build, structure, and scale the subcontracts organization to match Firefly's growth—defining the right team model, roles, and levels over time rather than inheriting a fixed structure. Establish and maintain the subcontracts governance framework, including delegation-of-auth…

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