Sr Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win

Description & Requirements

T urn data into winning strategies. Join Maximus as a Sr. Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win, where you'll uncover market insights, analyze competitive landscapes, and deliver strategic recommendations that shape capture, pricing, and proposal decisions for high-impact pursuits. This is a remote opportunity! Why Maximus? - 💰 Competitive Compensation - bonus potential - 🛡️ Comprehensive Insurance Coverage - Choose from various plans, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, and partially funded HSA. Additionally, enjoy Life insurance benefits and discounts on Auto, Home, Renter's, and Pet insurance. - 🌟 Future Planning - Prepare for retirement with our 401K Retirement Savings plan and Company Matching. - 🏝️ Paid Time Off Package - Enjoy UTO, Holidays, and sick leave, along with Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage. - 🌱 Holistic Wellness Support - Access resources for physical, emotional, and financial wellness through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). - 🏆 Recognition Platform - Acknowledge and appreciate outstanding employee contributions. - 📚 Tuition Reimbursement - Invest in your ongoing education and development. - 🎁 Employee Perks and Discounts - Additional benefits and discounts exclusively for employees. - 🌟 Maximus Wellness Program and Resources - Access a range of wellness programs and resources tailored to your needs. - 📚 Professional Development Opportunities - Participate in training programs, workshops, and conferences.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Plan and execute opportunity-focused customer, competitor, and market research to develop foundational PTW assumptions. - Conduct competitive pricing analysis using award history, incumbent performance, procurement trends, contract structures, and comparable market data. - Develop top-down, bottom-up, and parametric analysis inputs; identify reasonableness ranges and explain key assumptions. - Build, maintain, and improve bid-specific competitive pricing databases, templates, and analytical workpapers. - Use analytical platforms and spreadsheet models to identify pricing patterns, cost drivers, and likely competitor strategies. - Participate in pre-bid and RFP analysis to identify pricing risks, business risks, customer signals, and mitigation options in partnership with Business Development. - Draft findings, insights, and recommendation materials for review; translate research into clear implications for bid strategy. - Support strategy sessions, customer value proposition workshops, color/team reviews, and proposal team requests with data-backed insights. - Mentor Analysts on research methods, data quality expectations, and PTW documentation practices.

- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Program Specific Requirements: - Conduct competitive intelligence, pricing research, market analysis, opportunity research, or bid strategy analysis. - Ability to collect, validate, organize, and analyze award history, incumbent information, procurement trends, contract structures, market benchmarks, labor categories, pricing patterns, cost drivers, and customer signals. - Must be comfortable building analytical models, maintaining source logs and workpapers, explaining assumptions, identifying risks, and translating findings into clear implications for PTW, pricing, capture, and proposal decisions. - Advanced Excel and analytical documentation skills preferred. This position is fully remote and will require a home office. Home office requirements: Reliable high-speed internet service Minimum 20 Mpbs download speeds/50 Mpbs for shared internet connectivity Minimum 5 Mpbs upload speeds

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national