Federal Pricing Strategist for Government Contracts

Prometheus Federal Services (PFS); Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Prometheus Federal Services (PFS) is seeking a Government Contracts Pricing Specialist to craft competitive, compliant cost and price proposals for Federal opportunities. You will work with Capture, BD, Contracts, Finance, and technical teams to shape pricing strategies, models, staffing plans, and proposal submissions.

The ideal candidate has direct Federal pricing experience, strong Excel skills, and can manage moderately complex pricing with limited oversight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics, or related field.
• Approx. 4 to 7 years of pricing, cost estimating, financial analysis, or proposal experience including Federal Government opportunities.
• Ability to independently manage moderately complex pricing efforts from solicitation review through final submission.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with complex formulas, lookups, pivot tables, formatting, data validation, and scenario analysis.
• Working knowledge of Federal Government contract types and pricing methodologies.
• Experience developing staffing models, labor category mappings, indirect cost applications, escalation calculations, fee analyses, and bases of estimate.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem solving skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to resolve inconsistencies across pricing data.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to present pricing recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of cost and price proposals for Federal Government solicitations across RFPs, RFQs, and task orders.
• Analyze solicitation requirements, pricing instructions, evaluation criteria, and Government templates.
• Develop and maintain Excel-based pricing models for various contract structures.
• Collaborate with technical teams to develop staffing plans, labor mappings, LOE, and bases of estimate.
• Create pricing strategies based on competitive intelligence and company objectives.
• Apply labor rates, indirect costs, escalation, fees, and discounts accurately.
• Prepare pricing assumptions, basis of estimate docs, and subcontractor data requests.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Administration/Mathematics

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Prometheus Federal Services (PFS) is seeking a Government Contracts Pricing Specialist to craft competitive, compliant cost and price proposals for Federal opportunities. You will work with Capture, BD, Contracts, Finance, and technical teams to shape pricing strategies, models, staffing plans, and proposal submissions.

The ideal candidate has direct Federal pricing experience, strong Excel skills, and can manage moderately complex pricing with limited oversight.