Senior Pricing Manager

UDRI is a national leader in scientific and engineering research, serving government, industry, and nonprofit customers. UDRI contributes to the fulfillment of the University’s commitments to education, research, and public service through the involvement of students, faculty, and external partners. Established as the research arm of the University of Dayton in 1956, UDRI achieved $2.75 billion in cumulative sponsored research in 2020. Sponsored research for 2024 alone exceeded $260 million.

The Institute has a tradition of research excellence with an uncompromising commitment to providing customers with quality products while maintaining the highest ethical standards. It is keenly aware that compliance with applicable laws and regulations is an essential condition for performing its business. Its commitment to compliance is based on providing a supportive environment, the integrity of its employees, and their support of the University's policies and applicable laws and regulations of the United States. We invite qualified candidates to apply for our Senior Pricing Manager opening!

The Senior Pricing Manager is responsible for developing pricing and cost estimates for large, complex, strategic procurements, performing detailed costs analysis, creating basis of estimates, and developing cost volumes. This position will collaborate with technical researchers, program managers, proposal teams, and Institute leaders to evaluate the competitive landscape, mitigate financial risk, and develop sound pricing strategies. The Senior Pricing Manager will analyze industry trends, resources costs, and the competitive landscape to conduct thorough analysis, identifying areas of opportunities and risk mitigation strategies. This position will provide estimating and pricing guidance and mentorship to support team performance and successful program execution. The Senior Pricing Manager will monitor pricing performance for competitiveness and business performance and escalate potential issues and areas of risk. This position will support internal and external audits, proposal audit file maintenance, and play a significant role in the estimating system audit. This position will work in collaboration with the Contracts and Grants Office to manage all pricing templates to ensure ease of use, compliance, and effectiveness.


Minimum Qualifications

P3 Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of six years of experience OR a master’s degree plus a minimum of five years of experience is required
• Three years of experience pricing cost plus fixed fee, firm fixed price, and time and materials contracts for the federal government
• Experience pricing research and development efforts
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with all aspects of price and cost proposal preparation, including business risks, pricing strategies, compliance and estimating practices for the US government
• Experience with developing or delivering price strategy presentations or analyses to executives and key decision makers
• Extensive data analytical skills, including metrics, cost estimates, profitability, and risk
• Ability to effectively collaborate cross-functionally within a matrixed environment and diverse constituents, including with senior executives, business development, contracts, procurement, finance, and other key stakeholders
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and intermediate experience with Microsoft Word
• Due to requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. Citizen

P4 Minimum Requirements:
A P4 must meet all P3 minimum qualifications in addition to the qualifications listed below:
• Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of ten years of experience; OR a master’s plus a minimum of nine years of experience is required
• Five years of experience with all aspects of price and cost proposal preparation, including business risks, pricing strategies, compliance and estimating practices for the US government

Preferred Qualifications

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

• Experience pricing cost plus fixed fee, firm fixed price, and time and materials contracts with contract values over $100M for the federal government
• Expert skills in analysis tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI, or comparable tools
• Experience with complex software pricing tools
• Experience with ERI, BLS, or other salary survey tools
• Audit experience
• Active security clearance

Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.


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