Sr Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win

Hbcu Connect, Llc; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Insurance

401K Retirement Savings plan

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Senior Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win to turn market data into actionable strategies. This remote role uncovers market insights, analyzes competitive landscapes, and delivers recommendations that shape capture, pricing, and bid decisions for high-impact pursuits.

Responsibilities include planning opportunity-focused research, building pricing inputs, maintaining data workpapers, and presenting findings as clear, actionable guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required.
• Conduct competitive intelligence, pricing research, market analysis, opportunity research, or bid strategy analysis.
• Must be comfortable building analytical models, maintaining source logs and working papers, explaining assumptions, and translating findings into actionable bid guidance.
• Advanced Excel and analytical documentation skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute opportunity-focused customer, competitor, and market research.
• Conduct competitive pricing analysis using award history, incumbents, procurement trends, and market data.
• Develop pricing inputs and analytical models; identify reasonableness ranges and explain key assumptions.
• Build, maintain, and improve bid-specific competitive pricing databases and workpapers.
• Draft findings and recommendations for review and support bid strategy.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

Turn data into winning strategies. Join Maximus as a Sr. Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win, where you'll uncover market insights, analyze competitive landscapes, and deliver strategic recommendations that shape capture, pricing, and proposal decisions for high-impact pursuits.

This is a remote opportunity!

Why Maximus?

• Competitive Compensation - bonus potential
• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage - Choose from various plans, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, and partially funded HSA. Additionally, enjoy Life insurance benefits and discounts on Auto, Home, Renter's, and Pet insurance.
• Future Planning - Prepare for retirement with our 401K Retirement Savings plan and Company Matching.
• Paid Time Off Package - Enjoy UTO, Holidays, and sick leave, along with Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• Holistic Wellness Support - Access resources for physical, emotional, and financial wellness through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Recognition Platform - Acknowledge and appreciate outstanding employee contributions.
• Tuition Reimbursement - Invest in your ongoing education and development.
• Employee Perks and Discounts - Additional benefits and discounts exclusively for employees.
• Maximus Wellness Program and Resources - Access a range of wellness programs and resources tailored to your needs.
• Professional Development Opportunities - Participate in training programs, workshops, and conferences.

Essential Duties and 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.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Program Specific Requirements

• 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.

This position is fully remote and will require a home office.

Home office requirements

• Reliable high-speed internet service
• Minimum 20 Mpbs download speeds/50 Mpbs for shared internet connectivity
• Minimum 5 Mpbs upload speeds

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.