Bids, Contracts & Pricing Consultant - 12-month FTC

VentureOne; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

VentureOne is seeking a Bids, Contracts & Pricing Consultant for a 12-month contract to lead end-to-end commercial management of bids and contracts for advanced technology offerings. You will own pricing, margins, and commercial governance while coordinating with BD, Tech, Finance, Legal, and Delivery teams to ensure compliant, competitive deals.

The role focuses on risk management, client negotiations, and robust commercial analysis to support government and strategic customers.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of experience in commercial management, pricing, contracts, or bid management.
• Strong expertise in pricing, costing, margin management, and financial modelling.
• Experience in technology, engineering, consulting, or government-facing environments preferred.
• Solid understanding of commercial contracts and negotiation.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering or similar field.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end bid management for RFPs, RFQs, EOIs, and direct negotiations.
• Own pricing strategy, cost build-ups, margin structuring, and commercial assumptions.
• Prepare clear commercial proposals covering pricing, payment terms, milestones, and change control.
• Lead commercial contract structuring in collaboration with Business development and Legal.
• Identify and mitigate commercial, financial, and contractual risks.

Skills

Pricing modelling

Contract negotiations

Bid management

Commercial governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/engineering

Job description

About Us

Are you ready to shape how cutting‑edge technologies are positioned, understood, and adopted by real markets? At VentureOne, we build ventures and commercialize breakthrough technologies emerging from advanced research. Our focus spans Aerospace and Space, Security and Defense, Sustainability, Environment and Energy, and Transportation, with technologies across Cryptography, Secure Systems, Directed Energy, Advanced Materials, Autonomous Systems, and more.

About The Role

The Bids, Contracts & Pricing Consultant is responsible for end‑to‑end commercial management of bids, commercial proposals, and contract development for VentureOne’s advanced technology, IP‑led, services, and integrated solution offerings. The role ensures all deals are commercially viable, policy‑compliant, risk‑managed, and margin protective, while supporting business growth across government and strategic customers.

This is a 12-month contract position.

Key Responsibilities

Bid & Proposal Management

• Lead the end-to-end process for RFPs, RFQs, EOIs, and direct negotiations.
• Own pricing strategy, cost build‑ups, margin structuring, and commercial assumptions.
• Coordinate with Business Development, Technical, Finance, Legal, and Delivery teams to submit compliant, competitive bids

Pricing & Commercial Governance

• Develop and validate pricing models for projects, IP licensing, managed services, etc.
• Ensure compliance with pricing policies, minimum margin thresholds, and approval authorities.

Commercial Proposal Development

• Prepare clear and executable technical and commercial proposals covering pricing, payment terms, milestones, technical scope, schedules, assumptions, exclusions, and change control mechanisms.
• Support senior management approvals with commercial summaries and financial analysis.

Contract Development & Negotiation

• Lead commercial contract structuring in collaboration with Business development and Legal.
• Own commercial terms including pricing mechanisms, payment milestones, indexation, and change management.
• Participate in customer and partner negotiations within approved commercial parameters.

Risk & Stakeholder Management

• Identify and mitigate commercial, financial, and contractual risks.
• Coordinate the IP due diligence and risk mitigation strategies for the project along with legal, technical and Business development team.
• Act as a trusted commercial advisor to internal stakeholders and senior leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8–12+ years’ experience in commercial management, pricing, contracts, or bid management
• Strong expertise in pricing, costing, margin management, and financial modelling
• Experience in technology, engineering, consulting, or government‑facing environments preferred
• Solid understanding of commercial contracts and negotiation
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering or similiar field.

At VentureOne, we believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation. We are committed to creating an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. Join us in shaping the future of business.