Senior Manager, Estimating & Pricing

RTX•Dulles, VA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to make an impact on the front end of the business. This pricing position within dynamic pricing organization and is focused on creating winning cost proposals to help achieve Raytheon’s business goals. This includes proposal development for new strategic business pursuits, proposals for ongoing programs and also includes competitive and sole source proposals. This is a highly visible position that will require extensive collaboration with cross-functional proposal teams, subcontractors, customers and Senior Management. The selected candidate must be able to work under deadlines and constraints as well as have the ability to multitask across a variety of tasks.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s and a minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 7 years experience
Experience with MS Office
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

A current security clearance is desired.
Demonstrated ability to communicate with all levels of management.
An in-depth experience in government laws and regulations related to the development and negotiation of cost proposals is required (FAR, DFARS, CAS, TINA).
Experience working as part of an overall proposal management team including business development, program management, finance, contracts and functional organizations.
The ability to lead, manage and mentor a team of junior pricing analysts is required.

Responsibilities

All pricing support functions from pre-RFP activities through proposal negotiations.
Developing proposal pricing strategy, business case and ROI modeling, cultivating a cohesive proposal team, driving compliance to FAR/DFARS, RFP, and Estimating System requirements, creating complex cost models, and developing robust cost rationale, tests of reasonableness, audit responses, and negotiation strategy
Plan, lead and perform pricing and cost proposal development in accordance with customer requirements and current government regulations, laws and company policies.
Perform the duties of a senior cost volume manager including the analysis of customer requirements, proposal strategy development, proposal development and production and coordination and interface with other organizations involved in the proposal process.
Conduct detailed analysis as necessary to support and impact proposal quality, cost realism and reasonableness via basis of estimate review, historical program analysis and analogous program comparisons.
Communicating with various functions and Business unit leadership at all levels.
Effectively organize and lead a pricing team in support of large competitive proposals.
Lead and conduct pricing support to customer fact find activity and government audits.
Provide training and mentoring to junior pricing analysts to ensure organizational capabilities are met and individual growth is accomplished.