Company Summary Arlo Solutions (Arlo) is an information technology consulting services company that specializes in delivering technology solutions. Our reputation reflects the high quality of the talented Arlo Solutions team and the consultants working in partnership with our customers. Our mission is to understand and meet the needs of both our customers and consultants by delivering quality, value-added solutions. Our solutions are designed and managed to not only reduce costs, but to improve business processes, accelerate response time, improve services to end-users, and give our customers a competitive edge, now and into the future. Position Summary The Director of Contracts & Governance serves as the company’s authoritative FAR, SBA, and contractual governance authority, responsible for overseeing the full contract lifecycle while establishing and enforcing enterprise contract governance, internal controls, and risk management frameworks. This role ensures the organization operates with discipline, consistency, and audit defensibility across FAR/DFARS compliance, SBA 8(a) execution, Joint Ventures, and Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) structures, supporting both current small business operations and long-term transition to full-and-open competition. Location: REMOTE Key Responsibilities: Contract Governance & Internal Controls - Establish and maintain a formal contracts governance framework, including policies, approval authorities, escalation paths, and risk tolerance thresholds. - Define and enforce contract review boards, delegation of authority matrices, and signature authorities. - Ensure consistency and compliance across all contract actions, including primes, subcontracts, JVs, and MPP entities. - Serve as the executive owner of contractual internal controls, supporting audit readiness and enterprise risk management. FAR, DFARS & Regulatory Authority - Act as the company’s primary FAR/DFARS authority, providing definitive interpretation and guidance. - Ensure compliance with FAR Parts 1–16, 19, 31, 44, 52, DFARS, and agency supplements. - Provide governance oversight for contract type selection, pricing structures, and clause applicability. - Review and approve deviations, exceptions, and non-standard terms in alignment with governance standards. 8(a), JV & Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) - Governance Oversee governance and compliance for SBA 8(a) contracts, including eligibility, performance of work, and reporting obligations. - Govern Joint Venture and MPP contractual structures, ensuring alignment with SBA approvals, operating agreements, and workshare requirements. - Ensure compliance with FAR 52.219-14, SBA affiliation rules, JV profit distribution, and mentor/protégé responsibilities. - Coordinate with executive leadership on SBA annual reviews, data calls, and compliance reporting. Pre-Award & Proposal - Governance Lead contractual governance for proposal development, including RFP review, compliance matrices, and contractual risk assessments. - Establish standards for go/no-go decision support, documenting contractual and regulatory risk posture. - Ensure proposals align with corporate governance policies, approved contract types, and risk tolerance. Post-Award Administration & Risk Management - Govern execution of contracts, modifications, options, novation's, and closeout activities. - Lead negotiations with Contracting Officers and prime contractors within approved authority limits. - Oversee claims, disputes, and protests in coordination with Legal and executive leadership. - Ensure governance controls over data rights, intellectual property, and security obligations. Subcontracts & Supplier Governance - Establish governance standards for subcontracting, including flow-downs, make/buy decisions, and workshare compliance. - Ensure subcontract execution aligns with FAR 52.244-2, SBA requirements, and JV agreements. - Oversee supplier risk management, performance monitoring, and corrective actions. Audit Readiness & Enterprise Risk Management - Maintain audit-ready contract files and governance documentation supporting DCAA, DCMA, SBA, and agency reviews. - Partner with Finance to ensure governance alignment on allowable costs, SCA wage determinations, indirect rates, and billing compliance. - Lead corrective action planning and continuous improvement efforts related to contractual findings. Leadership & Governance Maturity - Build and lead a Contracts team with strong FAR, SBA, and governance discipline. - Develop and maintain contracts policies, SOPs, templates, training, and governance artifacts. - Support enterprise maturity initiatives aligned with ISO, CMMI, and internal cont. Responsibilities and/or Success Factors: - FAR decisions are consistent, defensible, and audit-ready, with minimal corrective actions required. 8(a), JV, and Mentor-Protégé Program structures remain fully compliant, with no eligibility, workshare, or affiliation findings. - Contract risks are identified early, documented, and mitigated prior to award or execution. - Proposals demonstrate strong contractual compliance and clear risk positioning, supporting wins without downstream issues. - Audits (DCAA, DCMA, SBA) are supported with complete, well-organized documentation and timely responses. - Contract documentation, approvals, and records are complete, accurate, and audit-ready at all times, with governance workflows consistently followed and no material findings related to file management, approvals, or version control. - Governance processes are applied consistently across the enterprise, including primes, subcontracts, JVs, and MPP entities. - The Contracts function operates as a trusted business partner, enabling growth without compromising compliance. - Executive leadership receives clear, actionable guidance on contractual, regulatory, and governance risk Required Qualifications Including Certificates: - Bachelor’s degree in business, Legal Studies, Finance, or related field (JD or Master’s preferred) - 10+ years of federal government contracting experience with deep FAR application. - Demonstrated experience supporting SBA 8(a) contracts and compliance activities. - Direct experience with Joint Ventures and SBA Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) structures. - Proven experience establishing contract governance frameworks and internal controls. - Strong working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, SBA regulations, and agency supplements. - Experience supporting audits, protests, claims, and disputes. - Executive-level communication and decision-making capability. Desired Qualifications: - Experience guiding organizations through small business to full-and-open transitions. - NCMA certification (CPCM, CFCM, CCCM). - Experience with DoD and civilian agencies. - Familiarity with Deltek Costpoint, ServiceNow, and GovCon CRM tools. - Experience supporting ISO, CMMI, or similar governance frameworks AAP Statement We are proud to be an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and as such, we evaluate qualified candidates in full consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other protected status.

At Space Inch, we prioritize alignment with both our clients and our team, ensuring a deep understanding of needs and goals. We are committed to delivering exceptional work while supporting the personal and professional growth of our team members. Collaboration, accountability, and clarity are at the core of everything we do. About Working at Space Inch - Our team is around 80 people, primarily based in Croatia, but also with members in South America, Serbia, and the US; the product team mostly being in the US, and engineering in Croatia and Brazil - We are remote-first, but occasional travel may be required, e.g. for our annual company retreats - We work on end-to-end projects with a long-term vision - We prioritize work-life balance, even with a globally distributed team About the Job The Director of Finance is a critical executive role at the heart of Space Inch’s growth strategy. Success in this role looks like one thing above all else: fast, accurate, and reliable financial information that drives real decisions.  This is an agency business, and the primary strategic mandate is clear: improve margins. That means identifying cost inefficiencies, optimizing resource allocation, understanding project-level profitability, and driving financial discipline across a lean, distributed organization. You should be equally comfortable fielding high-level, ambiguous questions from the C-suite and diving into the details yourself; owning both strategic insight and hands-on execution without losing precision. Reporting directly to the CPO/COO and collaborating closely with the CEO and CTO, this role sits at the very center of executive decision-making. This is a unique opportunity to step into a lean, dynamic organization of ~80 employees with multi-million-dollar revenue and a global footprint and build something that lasts. Key Responsibilities - Drive margin expansion and operational leverage: Identify cost inefficiencies across the P&L, analyze project profitability, optimize resource allocation, and surface actionable opportunities to improve financial performance across all revenue streams and delivery models. - Own financial reporting with speed and precision: Ensure invoices are accurate and timely, produce management dashboards and financial statements that are fast and reliable, and proactively keep the executive team informed without waiting to be asked. - Lead financial planning and forecasting: Own the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, cash flow management, and financial modeling across project delivery cycles, product roadmaps, MVP launches, and legacy modernizations. - Streamline and strengthen the finance function: Build internal controls, clean up processes, and establish an operating model built for speed and accountability. - Embed AI fluency and systems thinking: Actively leverage AI tools to improve the accuracy, speed, and depth of financial analysis and reporting. Partner with engineering to evolve internal financial systems as part of Space Inch’s broader AI-driven transformation. - Provide strategic financial guidance to non-finance leaders: Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for product, design, and engineering leadership to support agile decision-making, selective project intake, and high-quality commitments. - Manage liquidity and evaluate investments: Oversee cash flow, evaluate capital expenditure decisions, and drive ROI analysis for AI/UX initiatives, engineering resources, and technology investments. - Ensure compliance and risk management: Maintain adherence to relevant financial regulations, accounting standards, and best practices (including those applicable to NAICS 541511 custom software development) with robust internal controls. - Participate actively in executive decision-making: Contribute to management meetings, present financial updates with clarity and confidence, and engage in high-level strategic planning with the executive team and board.

At Space Inch, we prioritize alignment with both our clients and our team, ensuring a deep understanding of needs and goals. We are committed to delivering exceptional work while supporting the personal and professional growth of our team members. Collaboration, accountability, and clarity are at the core of everything we do. About Working at Space Inch - Our team is around 80 people, primarily based in Croatia, but also with members in South America, Serbia, and the US; the product team mostly being in the US, and engineering in Croatia and Brazil - We are remote-first, but occasional travel may be required, e.g. for our annual company retreats - We work on end-to-end projects with a long-term vision - We prioritize work-life balance, even with a globally distributed team About the Job The Director of Finance is a critical executive role at the heart of Space Inch’s growth strategy. Success in this role looks like one thing above all else: fast, accurate, and reliable financial information that drives real decisions.  This is an agency business, and the primary strategic mandate is clear: improve margins. That means identifying cost inefficiencies, optimizing resource allocation, understanding project-level profitability, and driving financial discipline across a lean, distributed organization. You should be equally comfortable fielding high-level, ambiguous questions from the C-suite and diving into the details yourself; owning both strategic insight and hands-on execution without losing precision. Reporting directly to the CPO/COO and collaborating closely with the CEO and CTO, this role sits at the very center of executive decision-making. This is a unique opportunity to step into a lean, dynamic organization of ~80 employees with multi-million-dollar revenue and a global footprint and build something that lasts. Key Responsibilities - Drive margin expansion and operational leverage: Identify cost inefficiencies across the P&L, analyze project profitability, optimize resource allocation, and surface actionable opportunities to improve financial performance across all revenue streams and delivery models. - Own financial reporting with speed and precision: Ensure invoices are accurate and timely, produce management dashboards and financial statements that are fast and reliable, and proactively keep the executive team informed without waiting to be asked. - Lead financial planning and forecasting: Own the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, cash flow management, and financial modeling across project delivery cycles, product roadmaps, MVP launches, and legacy modernizations. - Streamline and strengthen the finance function: Build internal controls, clean up processes, and establish an operating model built for speed and accountability. - Embed AI fluency and systems thinking: Actively leverage AI tools to improve the accuracy, speed, and depth of financial analysis and reporting. Partner with engineering to evolve internal financial systems as part of Space Inch’s broader AI-driven transformation. - Provide strategic financial guidance to non-finance leaders: Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for product, design, and engineering leadership to support agile decision-making, selective project intake, and high-quality commitments. - Manage liquidity and evaluate investments: Oversee cash flow, evaluate capital expenditure decisions, and drive ROI analysis for AI/UX initiatives, engineering resources, and technology investments. - Ensure compliance and risk management: Maintain adherence to relevant financial regulations, accounting standards, and best practices (including those applicable to NAICS 541511 custom software development) with robust internal controls. - Participate actively in executive decision-making: Contribute to management meetings, present financial updates with clarity and confidence, and engage in high-level strategic planning with the executive team and board.

By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use. I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge. Job Description Are you looking for a patient-oriented, innovation-driven role that inspires you and promotes your career? Then take your future in your hands and become part of our team as a Associate Director Clinical Program Quality This role combines global strategic influence with meaningful impact on patient safety, data integrity, and the successful delivery of complex clinical programs across multiple therapeutic areas. It offers you a unique opportunity to lead high-visibility inspections, shape risk-based quality strategy, solve complex challenges, and act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders while driving continuous improvement across the organization. How you will contribute: - Provide quality assurance oversight for global clinical research programs to ensure ongoing inspection readiness. - Serve as a strategic quality partner to Clinical Program Teams and key stakeholders, offering risk-based GCP quality and compliance advice. - Define and implement program-specific, risk-based audit and compliance strategies across studies, sites, vendors, documents, databases, and internal systems. - Lead pre-approval and health authority inspection readiness, manage inspections, coordinate responses, follow-up actions, and risk mitigation. - Lead investigations into major quality issues, serious GCP breaches, and scientific misconduct, including root cause analysis and CAPA development. - Monitor, analyze, and present quality and compliance metrics, escalating critical or systemic risks to management and recommending corrective actions. - Support organizational quality excellence through mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, due diligence, and process improvement initiatives. In this position you will report to the Head of Clinical Program Quality, Gastrointestinal and Inflammation. What you bring to Takeda: - Bachelor’s degree required. - At least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related healthcare industry. - At least 7 years of GCP-related Quality Assurance or relevant clinical trial experience. - Strong knowledge of ICH GCP and applicable global clinical development regulations and guidance. - Advanced expertise in planning, conducting, and reporting audits, including translating findings into effective corrective action plans. - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills in a matrix environment. - Strong judgment, project management, critical thinking, and analytical skills, with the ability to manage complex issues and multiple priorities. About Us: Takeda is focused on creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. We aim to discover and deliver life-transforming treatments in our core therapeutic and business areas, including gastrointestinal and inflammation, rare diseases, plasma-derived therapies, oncology, neuroscience, and vaccines. At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and the best patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company to inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work. Certified as a Great Place to Work, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world. Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. For Location: Massachusetts - Virtual U.S. Base Salary Range: $137,000.00 - $215,270.00 The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location. U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation. EEO Statement Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law. Locations Massachusetts - Virtual Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time Job Exempt Yes It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.