Senior Government Partnerships & Task Order Specialist

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🐸 Why Join Our Team?

When joining Leap Group, you're joining a team that is passionate, innovative, and connected. Some words we've heard our teammates use to describe our culture are welcoming, collaborative, flexible, and dog-friendly (warning: your interview may be accompanied by a wagging tail🐕)

We give our team the ability to make an impact with clients, while expanding their experience and depth of knowledge in the process. We like to show our appreciation for everything our teammates do by offering supportive and inclusive benefits that allow them to thrive. This includes things like:

🩺 Health, dental, vision, and ancillary benefits
🐣 Paid maternity and paternity leave
🌞 Unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays
🌻 Autonomy and flexibility
🧠 Company-paid access to coaching and therapy
💸 401k plan with match and 1:1 access to investment advisor
📚 Professional development opportunities
💻 Remote-hybrid flexibility

🌈 Diverse and Inclusive Marketing Comes from Diverse and Inclusive Teams

We recognize our teammates are our greatest assets in helping our clients market less and matter more. Diverse backgrounds, opinions and perspectives on our team allow us to expand our own perspectives and, in the process, create solutions that are innovative, creative, and strategic.

We're constantly working to transform our agencies and industry into spaces that are more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, and we welcome the addition of YOUR unique voice and perspective. Don't forget to ask us about our focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion during your interview.

🎧 Accommodation Requests

Leap Group complies with the ADA and ADAAA. If you need reasonable accommodation to apply, interview, or do the job, please include your accommodate request in the corresponding application question.

🌍 Where is This Role?

While we service clients nationally and internationally, Leap Group has a footprint in the Midwest, with offices in:

📍 Louisville, KY
📍 Cincinnati, OH
📍 Indianapolis, IN
📍 Chicago, IL

Our roles are typically open to remote candidates located and authorized to work in the U.S. However, strong preference is always given to candidates in or near our physical footprint. This is because we’ve found the ability to seamlessly collaborate in-person is very valuable to the nature of our work.

Regardless of location, onsite time and periodic travel for things like client meetings, collab sessions, production work, pitches, and team gatherings is important and expected. Our hybrid work model is core to how we deliver impact.

💻 Check Us Out

To learn more about our agencies and work, visit www.leapgroupnetwork.com

💎 Who is the Senior Government Partnerships & Task Order Specialist?

The Senior Government Partnerships & Task Order Specialist is a strategic, relationship-driven professional who knows how to turn government contract access into meaningful business opportunities. You’ll help expand our presence in the federal market by buildi
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• Demonstrated success building relationships that have supported federal contract pursuits and generated new business opportunities.
• Experience leading or managing task orders and awarded government contract vehicles.
• Strong knowledge of federal procurement processes, prime/subcontractor relationships, and government contracting requirements.
• Working knowledge of contract vehicles such as IDIQs, MACs, GSA MAS, statewide contracts, vendor pools, and similar procurement vehicles.
• Strong familiarity with FAR and federal subcontracting requirements.
• Experience influencing capture strategy, bid and go/no-go decisions, pricing, and proposal development.
• Experience negotiating teaming arrangements, workshare, pricing, or other partnership terms.
• Strong relationship-building and networking skills with the credibility to engage government stakeholders, contracting professionals, prime contractors, and senior business leaders.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to identify market opportunities, develop partnership strategies, and recommend paths to new business.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organization and follow-through with the ability to manage multiple high-value relationships, opportunities, and contract vehicles.
• A proactive, growth-oriented approach to government business development and relationship management.
• Ability to work effectively across executive leadership, business development, proposal, and agency teams.
• Willingness and ability to travel periodically for government meetings, conferences, industry events, and relationship development.

Important note: if you think you have what it takes to be a great in this role but don't necessarily meet all of these qualifications, please still apply! While we work hard to eliminate unnecessary requirements from our job ads, our teams and needs are constantly evolving, and we'd always love the opportunity to connect and see what might be a fit.