Senior Federal Proposal Pricing Lead

Quantum Space; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity sharing

401(k) matching

Job summary

Quantum Space in the United States seeks a Cost Volume Lead to drive proposal pricing strategy and cost-volume development across federal, civil, and commercial space pursuits. You will lead BOEs and pricing narratives to craft compliant, compelling bids.

You will collaborate with capture, contracts, engineering, finance, and leadership to align pricing with customer requirements and mission goals while assessing cost realism and risk across proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, Economics, or Accounting.
• 10+ years supporting federal government proposal pricing and cost volume development.
• Experience developing pricing strategies for cost-reimbursable, fixed-price, T&M, OTA, and subcontracting environments.
• Strong understanding of government cost realism, price reasonableness, affordability, and source selection evaluation processes.
• Experience developing BOEs, pricing narratives, and proposal cost volumes.
• Experience coordinating subcontractor pricing inputs and supporting negotiations, audits, and fact-finding activities.
• Strong financial modeling, cost estimating, analytical, and business case development skills.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across technical, business, and executive teams.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced proposal environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposal pricing strategy development and cost volume execution across federal, defense, intelligence, civil, and commercial pursuits.
• Develop Basis of Estimate (BOE) documentation and supporting cost rationale for labor, material, subcontractor, and indirect cost elements.
• Coordinate subcontractor pricing activities, evaluate cost proposals, and ensure integration into overall pricing strategies.
• Create compliant, compelling, and defensible cost volumes and pricing narratives aligned with solicitation requirements.
• Perform competitive pricing assessments, affordability analyses, and market research to inform bid strategies.
• Develop and maintain pricing models, cost tools, templates, and estimation methodologies.
• Collaborate with capture managers, proposal managers, engineers, program managers, contracts professionals, and finance teams to align pricing with overall pursuit strategy.
• Support proposal reviews, customer discussions, negotiations, audits, fact-finding activities, and pricing inquiries.
• Ensure compliance with solicitation instructions, FAR/DFARS requirements, and applicable government pricing regulations.
• Evaluate cost realism, execution risk, profitability objectives, and pricing competitiveness throughout the proposal lifecycle.
• Support multiple concurrent proposal efforts in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen pricing processes, tools, and organizational capabilities.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Cost volume development

BOE creation

Financial modeling

Cross-functional leadership

Government contracting

Cost realism analysis

Proposals coordination

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Business/Engineering/Economics/Accounting

Tools

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Job description

Quantum Space in the United States seeks a Cost Volume Lead to drive proposal pricing strategy and cost-volume development across federal, civil, and commercial space pursuits. You will lead BOEs and pricing narratives to craft compliant, compelling bids.

You will collaborate with capture, contracts, engineering, finance, and leadership to align pricing with customer requirements and mission goals while assessing cost realism and risk across proposals.