Sr. Pricing Analyst
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading with filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Worker Type Regular Summary (maybe ignore)
- Job Description: Sr. Pricing Analyst supports development and execution of cost and pricing strategies for federal government proposals and contracts. Responsible for preparing compliant, accurate, and competitive pricing submissions in accordance with FAR, DFARS, CAS, and company policies. Collaborates with capture, contracts, finance, and program teams to provide pricing analysis, modeling, and documentation that align with business objectives and customer requirements.
- Position Responsibilities: bullet points under Proposal Pricing Support, Compliance & Analysis, Financial Modeling, Collaboration.
- Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience): Bachelor’s degree, 5+ years of pricing/estimating experience in federal contracting, Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS, and government proposal processes, Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Excel and Word); experience with pricing tools such as ProPricer (preferred), Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, Ability to manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies: Strong understanding of federal pricing and compliance requirements, Ability to interpret solicitation requirements and translate them into compliant cost proposals, High attention to detail and accuracy in financial modeling, Strong teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills, Professional integrity and commitment to ethical pricing practices.
- Physical Demands: Ability to work in an office environment (Constant), Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent). This is maybe not needed? It's not a standard section; maybe we can include under Requirements? But we can ignore if not needed.
- Clearance Level: No Clearance
- The Salary Range For This Role Is $93,000 - $141,750
- AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer... (maybe ignore as filler)
- ITAR Requirement: This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with ITAR/EAR... applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR... etc. This is important: need to include maybe under Requirements or Qualifications? It's a requirement: US person, possibly US Citizenship required. The posting ends with "ITAR U.S. Citizenship required". So we need to include that as a requirement.
- Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information... (link). So we have Benefits section.
- About AV: description of company (maybe we can include as "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is a section heading we can use for a brief description of the role. The posting includes "Job Description" which is a prose description. So we can put that under
About the role
with .
- Responsibilities: we have bullet points under Proposal Pricing Support etc. We can combine into a single Responsibilities section with
- items.
- Requirements/Qualifications: we have Basic Qualifications and Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies. Could combine into Requirements section (maybe "Requirements" heading). Also include ITAR US Citizenship requirement.
- Benefits: we have Benefits section.
- Pay: we have Salary Range.
- Schedule: we have mention of 9/80 work schedule in Benefits; but schedule is part of benefits. Could we create a Schedule section? The posting mentions "a 9/80 work schedule" as part of benefits. It's not a separate schedule detail like shift times. Probably we can include schedule under Benefits, not separate.
We must not create sections with filler/placeholder text. So we need to ensure each section has substantive content.
Thus sections:
- About the role (Job Description)
- Responsibilities (list)
- Requirements (Qualifications) (list)
- Benefits (list)
- Pay (salary range) (maybe as
)
We should not create Schedule unless we have explicit schedule details beyond the 9/80 mention (which is in benefits). Could we create a Schedule section with that detail? The rule: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting states "a 9/80 work schedule" as part of benefits. So we could create a Schedule section with that detail. However, the benefits already mention it; but we could still create a Schedule section if we want. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe better to keep schedule within Benefits, not create a separate thin section.
Thus we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay.
Now we need to format.
Use
for section headings.
Inside each section, we can have
for prose,
- for lists.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we won't have
Sr. Pricing Analyst
.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present).
Remove boilerplate: EEO statements, legal, etc. Also remove "Principals only need apply. NO agencies please." (application instructions). Remove "For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits." and "We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us." Also remove "About AV" paragraph? That's company description; maybe we can keep as part of About the role? Actually About AV is company overview, not role. Could be considered boilerplate? It's not required but could be considered extra. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The About AV paragraph is not explicitly listed, but it's more company marketing. Might be considered not essential to the job posting; but it's substantive info about company. However, we might keep it under About the role? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the About AV paragraph as it's substantive about the company. But where to place? Could be part of About the role? Or we could add a section "About the company". However, we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says "e.g." meaning those are examples, not exclusive list? It says "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those headings; we could also use other headings if needed? It says "use for section headings (e.g. ...)" implying those are typical but not strictly limited. However, to be safe, we stick to those.
Thus we can put company description under About the role? Might be odd but acceptable. Or we could incorporate it into the About the role paragraph as extra context.
Thus About the role section will contain the job description paragraph plus the About AV paragraph.
Now Responsibilities: we need to list each bullet.
From posting:
Proposal Pricing Support
- Develop detailed pricing models for proposals, task orders, and contract modifications.
- Collaborate with the Estimating Lead on BOEs and review of cost estimates.
- Prepare compliant cost volumes and support proposal documentation.
- Conduct labor rate, material, subcontractor, and ODC pricing in accordance with solicitation requirements.
Compliance & Analysis
- Ensure pricing submissions comply with FAR/DFARS, CAS, DCAA/DCMA guidelines, and internal policies.
- Perform sensitivity analyses, what-if scenarios, and risk assessments to support bid strategy.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation to support reviews and fact-finding.
Financial Modeling
- Build and maintain cost models incorporating direct labor, indirect rates, escalation, and subcontractor/vendor inputs.
- Support price-to-win analysis and competitive assessments in coordination with capture teams.
- Provide management with clear pricing recommendations and data-driven insights.
Collaboration
- Work closely with capture, contracts, program management, and finance teams to align pricing with technical and program requirements.
- Support internal pricing reviews and approvals by preparing pricing packages and presentations.
- Mentor junior pricing analysts and share best practices in estimating methodologies.
We can flatten into a single list of responsibilities, or keep subheadings? Since we only use - , we can just list each bullet as
- . No need for subheadings.
Now Requirements: combine Basic Qualifications and Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies plus ITAR US Citizenship requirement.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of pricing/estimating experience in federal contracting.
- Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS, and government proposal processes.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Excel and Word); experience with pricing tools such as ProPricer (preferred).
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies:
- Strong understanding of federal pricing and compliance requirements.
- Ability to interpret solicitation requirements and translate them into compliant cost proposals.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in financial modeling.
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Professional integrity and commitment to ethical pricing practices.
ITAR Requirement: This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with ITAR/EAR; applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license; some positions require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements. At end: "ITAR U.S. Citizenship required". So we can add: - Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual) per ITAR/EAR; U.S. Citizenship required for this role.
We'll include as a requirement.
Now Benefits: "AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown." Also link to benefits page (we can drop link as it's extra). So we list:
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401K with company matching
- 9/80 work schedule
- Paid holiday shutdown
We could also mention "excellent benefits package" but we can just list.
Now Pay: Salary Range $93,000 - $141,750.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus:
About the role
Sr. Pricing Analyst supports the development and execution of cost and pricing strategies for federal government proposals and contracts. This role is responsible for preparing compliant, accurate, and competitive pricing submissions in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and company policies. The Sr. Pricing Analyst collaborates with capture, contracts, finance, and program teams to provide pricing analysis, modeling, and documentation that align with business objectives and customer requirements.
AV isn’t for
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading with filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Worker Type Regular Summary (maybe ignore) - Job Description: Sr. Pricing Analyst supports development and execution of cost and pricing strategies for federal government proposals and contracts. Responsible for preparing compliant, accurate, and competitive pricing submissions in accordance with FAR, DFARS, CAS, and company policies. Collaborates with capture, contracts, finance, and program teams to provide pricing analysis, modeling, and documentation that align with business objectives and customer requirements. - Position Responsibilities: bullet points under Proposal Pricing Support, Compliance & Analysis, Financial Modeling, Collaboration. - Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience): Bachelor’s degree, 5+ years of pricing/estimating experience in federal contracting, Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS, and government proposal processes, Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Excel and Word); experience with pricing tools such as ProPricer (preferred), Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, Ability to manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. - Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies: Strong understanding of federal pricing and compliance requirements, Ability to interpret solicitation requirements and translate them into compliant cost proposals, High attention to detail and accuracy in financial modeling, Strong teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills, Professional integrity and commitment to ethical pricing practices. - Physical Demands: Ability to work in an office environment (Constant), Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent). This is maybe not needed? It's not a standard section; maybe we can include under Requirements? But we can ignore if not needed. - Clearance Level: No Clearance - The Salary Range For This Role Is $93,000 - $141,750 - AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer... (maybe ignore as filler) - ITAR Requirement: This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with ITAR/EAR... applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR... etc. This is important: need to include maybe under Requirements or Qualifications? It's a requirement: US person, possibly US Citizenship required. The posting ends with "ITAR U.S. Citizenship required". So we need to include that as a requirement. - Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information... (link). So we have Benefits section. - About AV: description of company (maybe we can include as "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is a section heading we can use for a brief description of the role. The posting includes "Job Description" which is a prose description. So we can put that under
About the role
with. - Responsibilities: we have bullet points under Proposal Pricing Support etc. We can combine into a single Responsibilities section with
- items.
- Requirements/Qualifications: we have Basic Qualifications and Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies. Could combine into Requirements section (maybe "Requirements" heading). Also include ITAR US Citizenship requirement.
- Benefits: we have Benefits section.
- Pay: we have Salary Range.
- Schedule: we have mention of 9/80 work schedule in Benefits; but schedule is part of benefits. Could we create a Schedule section? The posting mentions "a 9/80 work schedule" as part of benefits. It's not a separate schedule detail like shift times. Probably we can include schedule under Benefits, not separate.
We must not create sections with filler/placeholder text. So we need to ensure each section has substantive content.
Thus sections:
- About the role (Job Description)
- Responsibilities (list)
- Requirements (Qualifications) (list)
- Benefits (list)
- Pay (salary range) (maybe as
) We should not create Schedule unless we have explicit schedule details beyond the 9/80 mention (which is in benefits). Could we create a Schedule section with that detail? The rule: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting states "a 9/80 work schedule" as part of benefits. So we could create a Schedule section with that detail. However, the benefits already mention it; but we could still create a Schedule section if we want. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe better to keep schedule within Benefits, not create a separate thin section. Thus we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay. Now we need to format. Use
for section headings. Inside each section, we can have
for prose,
- for lists.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we won't have
Sr. Pricing Analyst
. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present). Remove boilerplate: EEO statements, legal, etc. Also remove "Principals only need apply. NO agencies please." (application instructions). Remove "For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits." and "We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us." Also remove "About AV" paragraph? That's company description; maybe we can keep as part of About the role? Actually About AV is company overview, not role. Could be considered boilerplate? It's not required but could be considered extra. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The About AV paragraph is not explicitly listed, but it's more company marketing. Might be considered not essential to the job posting; but it's substantive info about company. However, we might keep it under About the role? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the About AV paragraph as it's substantive about the company. But where to place? Could be part of About the role? Or we could add a section "About the company". However, we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instruction says usefor section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says "e.g." meaning those are examples, not exclusive list? It says "use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those headings; we could also use other headings if needed? It says "use
for section headings (e.g. ...)" implying those are typical but not strictly limited. However, to be safe, we stick to those. Thus we can put company description under About the role? Might be odd but acceptable. Or we could incorporate it into the About the role paragraph as extra context. Thus About the role section will contain the job description paragraph plus the About AV paragraph. Now Responsibilities: we need to list each bullet. From posting: Proposal Pricing Support - Develop detailed pricing models for proposals, task orders, and contract modifications. - Collaborate with the Estimating Lead on BOEs and review of cost estimates. - Prepare compliant cost volumes and support proposal documentation. - Conduct labor rate, material, subcontractor, and ODC pricing in accordance with solicitation requirements. Compliance & Analysis - Ensure pricing submissions comply with FAR/DFARS, CAS, DCAA/DCMA guidelines, and internal policies. - Perform sensitivity analyses, what-if scenarios, and risk assessments to support bid strategy. - Maintain audit-ready documentation to support reviews and fact-finding. Financial Modeling - Build and maintain cost models incorporating direct labor, indirect rates, escalation, and subcontractor/vendor inputs. - Support price-to-win analysis and competitive assessments in coordination with capture teams. - Provide management with clear pricing recommendations and data-driven insights. Collaboration - Work closely with capture, contracts, program management, and finance teams to align pricing with technical and program requirements. - Support internal pricing reviews and approvals by preparing pricing packages and presentations. - Mentor junior pricing analysts and share best practices in estimating methodologies. We can flatten into a single list of responsibilities, or keep subheadings? Since we only use
- , we can just list each bullet as
- . No need for subheadings.
Now Requirements: combine Basic Qualifications and Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies plus ITAR US Citizenship requirement.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of pricing/estimating experience in federal contracting.
- Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS, and government proposal processes.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Excel and Word); experience with pricing tools such as ProPricer (preferred).
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies:
- Strong understanding of federal pricing and compliance requirements.
- Ability to interpret solicitation requirements and translate them into compliant cost proposals.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in financial modeling.
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Professional integrity and commitment to ethical pricing practices.
ITAR Requirement: This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with ITAR/EAR; applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license; some positions require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements. At end: "ITAR U.S. Citizenship required". So we can add: - Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual) per ITAR/EAR; U.S. Citizenship required for this role.
We'll include as a requirement.
Now Benefits: "AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown." Also link to benefits page (we can drop link as it's extra). So we list:
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401K with company matching
- 9/80 work schedule
- Paid holiday shutdown
We could also mention "excellent benefits package" but we can just list.
Now Pay: Salary Range $93,000 - $141,750.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus:
About the role
Sr. Pricing Analyst supports the development and execution of cost and pricing strategies for federal government proposals and contracts. This role is responsible for preparing compliant, accurate, and competitive pricing submissions in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and company policies. The Sr. Pricing Analyst collaborates with capture, contracts, finance, and program teams to provide pricing analysis, modeling, and documentation that align with business objectives and customer requirements.
AV isn’t for
- for lists.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we won't have