Senior Proposal Pricing Lead, WWPS Strategic Pursuit Team
Arlington, TX - USA
Job Summary
This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.
Key job responsibilities
Own task order pricing strategy and the resulting price volume including: the basis of estimate; total evaluated price; pricing scenarios; price narrative; and bid assumptions
Develop cost and pricing models that align with deal requirements and customer evaluation criteria
Understanding our customers and partners business and technical requirements; work closely with internal teams to fashion appropriate pricing terms to address those requirements
Optimize existing processes and develop new scalable and repeatable processes and tools that reflect best pricing-practices; create standard templates that scale to meet growing business needs
Monitor evaluate and refine pricing models
Evaluate competitive research to help develop a price-to-win
Negotiate pricing with customers and teammates
Coordinate pricing with AWS service teams AWS Professional Services and AWS Finance teams
Draft internal approval documents and coordinate financial inputs from AWS Finance organizations
Provide business or pricing analysis to prioritize and lead deal construct efforts
Analyze trends formulate projections create financial models and evaluate alternatives
A day in the life
A typical day as a Senior Proposal Pricing Lead starts with a morning review of active task order timelines checking deadlines across multiple concurrent bids and prioritizing what needs attention first. You dive into an Excel-based pricing model refining cost assumptions and aligning labor categories with a new solicitations evaluation criteria.
By mid-morning youre in a working session with solution architects translating complex technical requirements into defensible cost estimates and pricing narratives. Around midday the focus shifts to cross-functional coordination: syncing with AWS Finance on internal approval documentation aligning with product teams on current service pricing or collaborating with legal and partner organizations on contract terms and teaming arrangements.
After lunch you analyze competitive intelligence and market trends to sharpen a price-to-win strategy for an upcoming proposal then draft scenario analyses that give leadership clear options for bid decisions.
Late in the afternoon you turn to process improvement building scalable templates streamlining pricing workflows or documenting best practices that will accelerate future proposals.
Throughout the day you balance tight government deadlines shifting priorities and the need to deliver pricing responses that are both compliant with FAR requirements and competitive in the marketplace all while maintaining the accuracy and rigor that a Top Secret environment demands.
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- Bachelors degree
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations across leadership and cross-functional teams
- Excellent time management with the capability to manage multiple priorities and short deadlines
- Masters degree in business data science public administration finance engineering human resources or related field or PMP certificate
- Current active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance
- Experience identifying negotiating and executing pricing constructs and agreements
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at VA Arlington - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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