Senior Analyst – Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win (Remote)

Maximus; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Potential

Insurance Coverage

401K Plan

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Recognition Platform

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Wellness Resources

Professional Development

Job summary

Maximus in the United States, Boston area, is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win to translate market data into actionable insights that inform capture, pricing, and proposal decisions.

This is a fully remote role. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years in competitive intelligence or pricing analysis, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to build analytical models and deliver actionable insights for bid strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced Excel and analytical documentation skills preferred.
• 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.

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 documentation

Pricing analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Maximus in the United States, Boston area, is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win to translate market data into actionable insights that inform capture, pricing, and proposal decisions.

This is a fully remote role. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years in competitive intelligence or pricing analysis, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to build analytical models and deliver actionable insights for bid strategy.