Senior Pricing Manager

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitment s are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success.

Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents.

Pricing Senior Manager directs the administration and strategic planning, analysis, spreadsheet development, budget analysis, and proposal development of the corporate pricing organization. This is a remote position; a candidate local to an Amentum HQ facility (Chantilly, VA or Fort Worth, TX) or with the ability to travel is preferred. US citizenship is required.

(Typical duties include the following, although specific duties vary by assignment or contract)

• Oversees cost proposal development and pricing strategies for major and strategic proposals

• Ensures compliance with the estimating system manual as well as other policies and procedures

• Manages and integrates daily work assignments, develops project schedules, budgets, and plans, and manages personnel, finances, and facilities to achieve proposal objectives

• Develops and implements new business capture/proposal strategies for achieving company new business objectives

• Develops and executes business and proposal development objectives within established budgets to reach determined goals

• Directs and manages people and financial resources to achieve company strategic and tactical new business objectives

• Maintains a good working relationship with all Program/Project Managers and upper management to attain success objectives

• This working manager position is expected to take on proposal efforts and have the capability to perform at the highest pricing analyst level

• Comprehensive understanding of proposal development and strategy that includes contract cost and pricing principles that translates efforts in acquiring new and follow-on business

• Effective leadership, excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to review and write pricing narrative responses

• Extensive knowledge of Federal Acquisition regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)

• Working knowledge of U.S. Government structure and agency acquisition procedures and policies for identifying and developing potential business opportunities

• Working knowledge of the components of basis of estimates and bills of materials

• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently under conditions of multiple deadlines and changing priorities to produce a large volume of high-quality material with keen attention to detail. Must be able to work extended hours, often with short notice, to meet deadlines.

• Advanced Excel and mathematical skills

• Bachelor’s degree in an associated discipline; two (2) years’ experience in contracts or pricing may be substituted for each year of the four (4) years of college

• Twelve (12) years’ experience in cost proposal preparation or cost proposal development; relevant finance experience may be considered for some years in lieu of cost proposal preparation and development; 8 years’ experience with a Master’s degree.

• Five (5) years in a management position preferred

• Experience in base operations support, range operations, Space Force, NASA contracts

• US Citizenship is required to apply

• Travel may be required to HQ facilities, 10-20%

$150k - $185k

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

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