Pricing Cost Estimating Manager 2
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Corporation Aeronautics Division is seeking a Pricing Cost Estimating Manager 2 to work onsite at its Melbourne, Florida location. The position manages proposal pricing professionals and teams responsible for new cost proposals, change proposals, and task or delivery orders across contract types. The manager oversees and reviews pricing products, supports proposal strategy, and presents financial data to executive leadership. The role ensures estimating system compliance and advises leaders on pricing requirements, obligations, and risks. The manager works in a fast-paced, schedule-driven proposal environment, collaborating with senior management, business management counterparts, and proposal teams to ensure compliance and schedule adherence. The position represents the Division on major proposals and pricing and business management initiatives, including NAR/ICE and Color Team reviews. It involves interaction with personnel and management at all levels, coordination with business management leaders and staff, operational decision-making, and managing, mentoring, training, and developing pricing analysts and proposal pricing teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of Pricing and/or Business experience, or master’s degree plus 6 years, or PhD plus 4 years.
- Experience with FAR/DFARS and other applicable government regulations.
- Experience in pricing, contracts, or business management.
- Experience with U.S. Government and international proposals.
- Experience validating estimates and estimating approaches, customer negotiations, and data-driven estimating.
- Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with ProPricer, Eprice, and BOE.NEXT.
- Advanced experience with the Microsoft Office Suite.
Responsibilities
- Manage competing priorities in a schedule-driven environment.
- Manage proposal pricing professionals preparing new cost proposals, change proposals, and task or delivery orders across contract types.
- Oversee, support, and review cost proposal products; participate in strategy development and present financial data to executive leadership.
- Ensure Estimating System compliance and advise leadership on pricing requirements, obligations, and risks.
- Collaborate with senior management, business management counterparts, and proposal teams to ensure compliance and schedule adherence.
- Represent the Division on major proposals and Pricing and Business Management initiatives, including NAR/ICE and Color Team reviews.
- Interact with personnel and management at all levels on significant cost proposal matters and coordinate daily with business management leaders and staff.
- Make operational decisions within assigned business areas.
- Manage pricing analysts and proposal pricing teams, including mentoring, training, staff development, and performance reviews.
- Ensure proposal pricing is reviewed before delivery and senior executive reviews.
- Lead, guide, and support the continued development of a high-performing team of Pricing Analysts.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
