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Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Headquartered in Virginia, we have more than 53,000 employees in approximately 80 countries across all 7 continents.

Amentum seeks a Senior Pricing Manager to direct the administration and strategic planning, analysis, spreadsheet development, budget analysis, and proposal development of the corporate pricing organization. This is a remote-telework position ; a candidate local to an Amentum HQ facility (Chantilly, VA, Fort Worth, TX, or Las Vegas, NV) or with the ability to travel is preferred. US Citizenship is required.

Principal Accountabilities

• Oversees cost proposal development and pricing strategies for major and strategic proposals

• Ensures compliance with the estimating system manual as well as other policies and procedures

• Manages and integrates daily work assignments, develops project schedules, budgets, and plans, and manages personnel, finances, and facilities to achieve proposal objectives

• Develops and implements new business capture/proposal strategies for achieving company new business objectives

• Develops and executes business and proposal development objectives within established budgets to reach determined goals

• Directs and manages people and financial resources to achieve company strategic and tactical new business objectives

• Maintains a good working relationship with all Program/Project Managers and upper management to attain success objectives

Knowledge and Skills

• Comprehensive understanding of proposal development and strategy that includes contract cost and pricing principles that translates efforts in acquiring new and follow-on business

• Effective leadership, excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to review and write pricing narrative responses

• Extensive knowledge of Federal Acquisition regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)

• Working knowledge of U.S. Government structure and agency acquisition procedures and policies for identifying and developing potential business opportunities

• Working knowledge of the components of basis of estimates and bills of materials

• Advanced Excel and mathematical skills

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in an associated discipline; two (2) years’ experience in contracts or pricing may be substituted for each year of the four (4) years of college

• Twelve (12) years’ experience in cost proposal preparation or cost proposal development; relevant finance experience may be considered for some years in lieu of cost proposal preparation and development; 8 years’ experience with a Master’s degree.

• Five (5) years in a management position preferred.

• Experience in base operations support, range operations, Space Force, NASA contracts is preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently under conditions of multiple deadlines and changing priorities to produce a large volume of high-quality material with keen attention to detail. Must be able to work extended hours, often with short notice, to meet deadlines.

• US Citizenship is required.

• Travel to our office in Herndon or Chantilly, VA may be required (anticipating 20% travel).

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) and Labor Laws Posters (https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/MI5TC2kqOqsOBPMVfnZ32U) .