Principal Pricing Analyst

Job Description

Whats it like to work at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (SMS)? Its the opportunity to apply your expertise to the worlds most complex defense challenges, knowing that your precision in pricing and strategy directly enables the technology that protects our service members and global security.

Our Finance and Pricing organization is the strategic engine that ensures our programs are sustainable, competitive, and compliant. We blend rigorous analytical discipline with forward-looking strategy to navigate the complexities of government contracting.

As a Principal Pricing Analyst, you will play a critical role in shaping the financial future of our business. In this career opportunity, you will lead the pricing strategy for high-stakes new business proposals and program changes, ensuring every bid is competitive and regulatory-compliant. This job requires a blend of technical mastery in cost estimating and the leadership skills to guide a team through complex negotiations.

The Finance Strategic Capabilities Unit delivers the expertise and business acumen to increase value across the enterprise by providing actionable information with recommendations and opportunities to drive sustainable business growth.
What Youll Do:

• Maximize business success by delivering accurate, realistic, and compliant pricing models that win new work and protect program margins.
• Lead Proposal Strategy: Direct the development of new business proposals, Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates, and program change proposals. You will be the primary architect of the pricing strategy, ensuring all cost volumes meet both company standards and stringent government regulatory requirements.
• Drive Technical Excellence: Act as the functional pricing expert by developing and enhancing cost estimating processes, tools, and Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs).
• Negotiation & Audit Support: Serve as a key resource during customer fact-finding missions and negotiations. You will lead the preparation of negotiation support packages, conduct cost realism evaluations, and defend pricing positions during internal and external audits (such as DCAA or DCMA).
• Financial Analysis & Optimization: Perform sophisticated financial modeling, including walk/bridge analysis, cash flow analysis, and ad hoc financial analysis needed to connect proposed work to historical actuals (providing connection to cost realism).
• Mentorship & Leadership: Guide and mentor junior analysts, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth within the pricing team.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office environment, laboratory, cleanroom, or production floor.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelors degree in a related field plus 6 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Masters Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• Several years of pricing and estimating experience within the aerospace & defense industry.

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A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $101398 - $172377

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.