Senior DoD Pricing Analyst — Strategy & Cost Modeling

JHNA; Patuxent Highland (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aether Aerospace seeks a skilled Pricing Analyst to drive cost estimation, pricing strategy, and financial modeling for complex DoD contracts. You will develop cost models, BOEs, and narratives, applying FAR/CAS knowledge to ensure compliant pricing across multiple contract types.

Local to the Patuxent River, MD or National Capital Region, you will collaborate with proposal teams, management, and external stakeholders to deliver competitive, compliant pricing solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cost estimation, pricing strategy, and financial modeling for complex contracts
• Ability to develop technical solutions to complex pricing challenges with minimal supervision
• Strong knowledge of government contracts, including FAR, CAS, and various contract types
• Proven ability to provide strategic pricing guidance and facilitate pricing reviews with leadership and stakeholders
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities

Responsibilities

• Determine material, labor, and overhead costs related to contractual efforts
• Estimate labor and material costs using RFP data submitted by prospective customers
• Analyze specifications and calculate production costs using labor and material pricing schedules and historical data
• Develop, write, and maintain compliant Cost Volume narratives that clearly communicate pricing methodology, assumptions, and Basis of Estimate (BOE)
• Develop detailed BOEs for labor, materials, travel, subcontractors, and ODCs that withstand customer and audit scrutiny
• Ensure consistency between Technical, Management, and Cost Volumes throughout proposal development
• Collect cost data from functional representatives, subcontractors, and vendors
• Compute cost estimates for raw materials, subcontracted work, and labor
• Prepare and maintain historical cost data for future use in pricing strategies
• Create cost models for cost-estimating elements
• Prepare cost reports and present findings to management, contract personnel, proposal analysts, customer representatives, price auditors, vendors, and subcontractors
• Facilitate pricing reviews and provide pricing guidance to proposal and capture teams to ensure compliance with disclosure statements
• Stay up to date on FAR, CAS, and various contract types, including Firm Fixed Price, Cost Plus, IDIQ, and T&M, while working with a diverse range of federal and DoD customers
• Develop technical solutions to complex pricing problems, exercising significant judgment in determining objectives and approaches
• Provide technical support to operational strategies aligned within your program and initiatives that optimize processes, enhance productivity, and ensure quality across all program functions
• Support operational strategies aligned within your program and initiatives that optimize processes, enhance productivity, and ensure quality across all program functions
• Ensure 100% of planned hours are worked and recorded
• Identify and forward to leadership any opportunities that could lead to growth within your work area
• Participate in growth efforts as requested
• Ensure all contractual deliverables are met or exceeded to the customer's satisfaction
• Complete personal PDP and attend Staff Meeting and Storytime (with camera on)
• Execute all contract requirements as assigned in accordance with the contract-specific LCAT and requirements
• Support Price-to-Win (PTW), competitive assessments, fee strategy, and profitability analyses.
• Facilitate executive pricing reviews and provide pricing guidance to proposal, capture, and business development teams.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Skills

Cost estimation

Pricing strategy

Financial modeling

FAR/CAS knowledge

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Cost analysis tools

Pricing software

Job description

Aether Aerospace seeks a skilled Pricing Analyst to drive cost estimation, pricing strategy, and financial modeling for complex DoD contracts. You will develop cost models, BOEs, and narratives, applying FAR/CAS knowledge to ensure compliant pricing across multiple contract types.

Local to the Patuxent River, MD or National Capital Region, you will collaborate with proposal teams, management, and external stakeholders to deliver competitive, compliant pricing solutions.