Staff Proposal Analyst (Level 5)
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector designs and builds advanced aircraft. The Air Dominance Division’s Pricing and Estimating group partners with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and other teams to determine costs for aircraft, capabilities, and multi-year commitments using estimating methodologies, program data, supplier inputs, and engineering experience. The Staff Proposal Analyst is the business unit’s most senior technical voice on cost analysis. The role leads and shapes analytical work across the business unit and influences practice across the division and sector. It makes methodology decisions, establishes standards for credible analytical positions on pursuits and programs, and serves as a thought partner to capture leads, program directors, and sector executives. The role is based 100% onsite in Palmdale, San Diego, or El Segundo, California. Travel is 10% of the time. An active Secret clearance or higher is required to start; the employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance, with SAP clearance as required. Relocation assistance may be available.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 12 years, or Master’s degree and 10 years, of professional experience in pricing, estimating, finance, data analytics, consulting, engineering economics, or a comparably analytical field.
- Experience leading analytical work on large, complex proposals or long-cycle programs.
- Active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation within the last five years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret clearance, with Special Access Program (SAP) clearance as required.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Working knowledge of U.S. Government acquisition regulations (FAR/DFARS), applied in real work.
- Strong analytical fluency and advanced Excel modeling skills.
Nice To Haves
- Comfort with Python, R, SQL, or a comparable analytical environment.
- Recognition as a subject-matter expert in cost analysis and estimating methodologies, relied upon by analysts and leaders for judgment calls.
- Demonstrated experience leading analytical work for large, complex aerospace, defense, or comparable long-cycle programs.
- Deep command of parametric, analogy, and bottoms-up cost-modeling and estimating methodologies, with judgment about when to apply each.
- Comfort engaging with executives, capture leadership, and government customers at senior levels.
- A track record of mentoring analysts into more senior roles.
Responsibilities
- Shape the analytical approach for significant business-unit pursuits, from pre-RFP positioning through final recommendation.
- Set methodology and analytical standards for cost modeling, sensitivity analysis, risk-adjusted positioning, and competitive benchmarking.
- Lead executive-level reviews of analytical work and represent Pricing and Estimating with capture, program, and finance leadership.
- Present analyses at division, sector, and corporate reviews, and brief senior executives on the reasoning behind significant cost positions.
- Partner with negotiation teams in customer discussions, providing analytical understanding of how proposed figures were developed.
- Drive improvements to analytical tools and methodologies, including data pipelines, modeling frameworks, and statistical approaches.
- Mentor senior analysts at earlier levels and help them develop the expertise to take on this work.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) 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
Senior
