Senior Analyst: Competitive Intelligence & Price-to-Win

Maximus; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Insurance coverage (medical, dental, V

401K Retirement Savings plan

Paid Time Off & disability

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Professional development

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win, to transform data into strategic insights for pursuit decisions. You will lead competitor and market research, price-to-win analysis, and bid strategy support in a fully remote role based in the United States.

You will build analytical models, manage pricing data, and collaborate with Business Development to mitigate risks. A strong background in Excel and data documentation is expected for this senior, remote position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Conduct competitive intelligence, pricing research, market analysis, opportunity research, or bid strategy analysis.
• Ability to collect, validate, organize, and analyze award history, incumbent information, procurement trends, contract structures, market benchmarks, labor categories, pricing patterns, cost drivers, and customer signals.
• Must be comfortable building analytical models, maintaining source logs and workpapers, explaining assumptions, identifying risks, and translating findings into clear implications for PTW, pricing, capture, and proposal decisions.
• Advanced Excel and analytical documentation skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute opportunity-focused customer, competitor, and market research to develop foundational PTW assumptions.
• Conduct competitive pricing analysis using award history, incumbent performance, procurement trends, contract structures, and comparable market data.
• Develop top-down, bottom-up, and parametric analysis inputs; identify reasonableness ranges and explain key assumptions.
• Build, maintain, and improve bid-specific competitive pricing databases, templates, and analytical workpapers.
• Use analytical platforms and spreadsheet models to identify pricing patterns, cost drivers, and likely competitor strategies.
• Participate in pre-bid and RFP analysis to identify pricing risks, business risks, customer signals, and mitigation options in partnership with Business Development.
• Draft findings, insights, and recommendation materials for review; translate research into clear implications for bid strategy.
• Support strategy sessions, customer value proposition workshops, color/team reviews, and proposal team requests with data-backed insights.
• Mentor Analysts on research methods, data quality expectations, and PTW documentation practices.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Pricing analysis

Market research

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win, to transform data into strategic insights for pursuit decisions. You will lead competitor and market research, price-to-win analysis, and bid strategy support in a fully remote role based in the United States.

You will build analytical models, manage pricing data, and collaborate with Business Development to mitigate risks. A strong background in Excel and data documentation is expected for this senior, remote position.