Lead Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win

Description & Requirements

Turn insights into winning strategies. Join Maximus as a Lead Analyst, Competitive Intelligence & Price to Win, where you'll leverage market intelligence, competitive analysis, and pricing expertise to shape winning proposals, influence business strategy, and drive growth across 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: - Lead competitive intelligence and PTW activities for assigned pre-bid and active bid opportunities, including competitive environment, customer, top-down, bottom-up, and parametric analyses - Develop integrated PTW hypotheses using customer intelligence, competitor posture, incumbent performance, procurement signals, award history, and market benchmarks. - Design and oversee bid-specific competitive pricing databases, analytical models, workpapers, and quality review routines. - Evaluate pricing scenarios, sensitivity ranges, competitor likely behaviors, customer value drivers, and risk tradeoffs to support bid strategy decisions. - Lead portions of pre-bid and RFP analysis, including identification of risks, avoidance strategies, mitigation options, and pricing implications in partnership with Business Development. - Prepare and present clear findings, insights, and recommendations to capture, pricing, finance, proposal, and business leadership audiences. - Facilitate PTW inputs into strategy sessions, customer value proposition workshops, and proposal team alignment discussions. • Coach Analysts and Sr Analysts on research approaches, model quality, storyline development, and executive-ready deliverables. • Contribute to PTW methodology improvement, reusable templates, source standards, and lessons learned across opportunities.

- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Program Specific Requirements: - Conducting 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. - 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. - Experience supporting State Procurement within the Healthcare/Medicaid market. This position is fully remote and will require a home office. Home office requirements: Reliable high-speed