--- title: 'Contracts & Legal Operations Specialist at Black Canyon Consulting' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/contracts-legal-operations-specialist-black-canyon-consulting-bcc-q62403brefnw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-16' --- # Contracts & Legal Operations Specialist at Black Canyon Consulting - **Company:** Black Canyon Consulting - **Location:** Bcc - **Posted:** 2026-08-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting/jobs/7979152003 ## Job description Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a Contracts & Legal Operations Specialist to support a growing organization. The role will provide contract administration, project coordination, purchasing, and operational support across leadership, engineering, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, comfortable working across multiple priorities, and able to drive tasks from initial review through completion. We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today! Job Responsibilities Contract Administration & Review - - Manage NDAs, vendor agreements, consulting agreements, statements of work, purchasing agreements, licensing agreements, and other business contracts through review, approval, execution, renewal, and recordkeeping. - Review and redline agreements for completeness, consistency, and alignment with approved company requirements, templates, and standard terms. - Identify nonstandard or potentially problematic provisions involving confidentiality, intellectual property, ownership, licensing, data use, indemnification, limitation of liability, termination, and similar business terms, and coordinate appropriate escalation. - Coordinate with outside counsel on contract matters, document requests, legal research and information gathering, signature packages, and other assigned legal matters. - Prepare contract summaries and abstracts identifying key terms, obligations, deadlines, renewal provisions, and other items requiring ongoing monitoring Project & Operational Coordination - - Develop and maintain project task lists, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and status documentation for operational and product-related initiatives. - Coordinate activities across leadership, engineering, vendors, contractors, and operations; track outstanding deliverables and follow up with responsible parties to maintain progress. - Identify scheduling conflicts, missing information, unresolved decisions, and other risks that could delay work, and escalate issues when appropriate. - Organize meetings as needed, document decisions and action items, and provide leadership with clear visibility into project status, upcoming milestones, open issues, and decisions required. Purchasing, Vendors & Administrative Operations - - Coordinate purchasing of equipment, materials, and services, including obtaining quotes, communicating with vendors, and tracking orders through delivery. - Review vendor invoices against purchase orders, quotes, contracts, statements of work, and delivered goods or services; identify discrepancies and coordinate resolution. - Support vendor onboarding and maintain organized purchasing, vendor, invoice, payment, and supporting documentation. - Assist with administrative and operational activities associated with office and production operations, including reports, trackers, correspondence, scheduling, and other assigned workstreams. Required Skills and Experience - - 3+ years of experience reviewing and administering commercial contracts, NDAs, vendor agreements, or similar business agreements, with additional experience in project coordination, business operations, or administrative support. - Experience reviewing and redlining contracts against established company requirements. - Working knowledge of confidentiality, intellectual property, ownership, licensing, and other provisions commonly found in commercial agreements, with the judgment to identify issues requiring escalation. - Strong project coordination skills, including managing deadlines, dependencies, milestones, multiple stakeholders, and competing priorities. - Experience coordinating vendors, purchasing, invoices, or related business administrative activities. - Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, written and verbal communication, and ability to handle confidential and highly sensitive information. - Ability to independently follow tasks and issues through resolution while recognizing when leadership or outside review is required. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office and common project management and document management tools. ## Preferred Qualifications - - Bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent professional experience. - Experience as a corporate paralegal or supporting an in-house legal department, contracts function, or outside counsel. - Experience in a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, engineering, manufacturing, or other highly regulated environment. - Experience supporting a startup, early-stage company, rapidly growing organization, or product development/manufacturing environment. - Familiarity with contract lifecycle management, document control, quality management, or project management platforms. - Experience establishing or improving operational processes, trackers, responsibility matrices, or administrative systems. ## About Black Canyon Consulting ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a privately held, woman-owned small business that delivers innovative program and IT management support services to federal research and development programs. - **Entity Type**: Private (Woman-Owned Small Business, SBA-certified WOSB) - **Headquarters**: Fairfax, Virginia, United States - **Founded**: 2017 [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/) - **Founders**: Manish Salhotra (Managing Director, Co-Founder) and Haley Esser (Principal / CEO) [sba.gov](https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_profile.cfm?SAM_UEI=WB3LFMA4KM45) | [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Federal IT consulting and program management support for life sciences, bioinformatics, tool development, and environmental sciences. - **Target customers**: U.S. federal government agencies (e.g., NIH, HHS) and other R&D-focused organizations. - **Mission/purpose**: “Integrity, Impact, Innovation” – providing agile, adaptive, customer-focused support to advance national missions. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/) ## Products & Services - **Program Management Support**: Strategic and tactical program oversight, administrative management, and consulting for federal R&D initiatives. - **IT Management Support**: Custom computer programming, systems design, cloud engineering, DevOps, data engineering, AI/ML, and cybersecurity services. - **Proprietary Technologies**: BCC leverages its own IT system tools, workflows, and a distributed network of consulting resources to deliver turn-key enterprise solutions. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/) - **GSA Schedule Holder**: Contract #47QTCA18D00JA, providing a streamlined procurement vehicle for federal clients. [gsaelibrary.gsa.gov](https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do/contractorInfo.do?contractNumber=47QTCA18D00JA&contractorName=BLACK+CANYON+CONSULTING+LLC&executeQuery=YES) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private company). - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not disclosed; total funding not applicable (bootstrapped / organic growth). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors; key certifications include WOSB, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000-1:2018, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, FISMA compliance, and SOC readiness. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/) - **Growth Signals**: LinkedIn reports 42 employees (+75% year-over-year growth), 65 active job postings on Greenhouse, and a +50% increase in job postings monthly/quarterly. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc) | [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting) ## Competitive Advantages - **Certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB)**: Provides set-aside contracting advantages in the federal market. - **Deep Federal R&D Focus**: Over 125 years of combined experience in supporting NIH and other research programs. - **Compliance & Security**: Holds multiple ISO certifications and FISMA, NIST, and PCI-DSS compliance, enabling work on sensitive government systems. - **Agile Delivery**: Proprietary workflows and IT tools allow rapid, high-value execution for complex program needs. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/) ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Expanding support for NIH bioinformatics, data platforms (e.g., DailyMed, RxNorm, SRA), and AI/LLM initiatives. Actively hiring for roles like AI/ML Specialist, FHIR API SME, and Platform DevEx Engineer. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting) - **Growth direction**: Continuing to secure federal contracts, growing the consulting workforce, and deepening capabilities in cloud, DevOps, and data science. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes “Integrity, Impact, Innovation” with a collaborative, mission-driven environment focused on supporting national research priorities. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/) - **Work location**: Most roles are based in Bethesda, Maryland (NIH campus) or Fairfax, Virginia. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely on-site or hybrid given federal client requirements. - **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on high-impact federal R&D programs (e.g., NIH’s National Library of Medicine), professional growth in a rapidly expanding company (75% YoY headcount growth), and exposure to cutting-edge technologies (AI, cloud, bioinformatics). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc) - **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on software development, DevOps, data engineering, and AI/ML. Teams are organized into divisions like Software Engineering, Platform & DevOps, and Information Engineering. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting) ## Sources 1. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/) 2. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting) 3. [sba.gov](https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_profile.cfm?SAM_UEI=WB3LFMA4KM45) 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc) 5. [gsaelibrary.gsa.gov](https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do/contractorInfo.do?contractNumber=47QTCA18D00JA&contractorName=BLACK+CANYON+CONSULTING+LLC&executeQuery=YES) ## Other roles at Black Canyon Consulting - [Senior Program Manager – Strategic Planning & Analytics](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-program-manager-strategic-planning-analytics-black-canyon-consulting-3d7cx1d6yrgy) — Bethesda, MD - [Embedded Systems Engineer (Medical Devices)](https://feeny.ai/job/embedded-systems-engineer-medical-devices-black-canyon-consulting-ashburn-w18ke9nmmb2r) — Ashburn, VA - [QA Analyst (CTG)](https://feeny.ai/job/qa-analyst-ctg-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-snwnzqn23b1k) — Bethesda, MD - [Front-End Technical Lead – Wagtail CMS](https://feeny.ai/job/front-end-technical-lead-wagtail-cms-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-3yarp4nfjvnw) — Bethesda, MD - [Full Stack Developer – Wagtail CMS](https://feeny.ai/job/full-stack-developer-wagtail-cms-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-6px5ydn9hsg7) — Bethesda, MD - [Senior Windows Systems Administrator](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-windows-systems-administrator-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-rm7ttb762h8n) — Bethesda, MD - [Computational Biologist (SRA Bioinformatics)](https://feeny.ai/job/computational-biologist-sra-bioinformatics-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-7tmwwbc53sva) — Bethesda, MD - [Junior/Mid Full Stack Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/junior-mid-full-stack-software-engineer-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-3mfn5d4a5338) — Bethesda, MD - [Systematic Review Analyst](https://feeny.ai/job/systematic-review-analyst-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-ry1se1hxn6sy) — Bethesda, MD - [Research Literature Technical Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/research-literature-technical-specialist-black-canyon-consulting-bethesda-apbe8kvp61pq) — Bethesda, MD