Vice President, Pricing

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Astron’s pricing and estimating procedures, advise the leadership of pricing requirements/obligations and provide interpretation of RFP requirements.
• Accurately create winning RFP pricing strategies and participate in internal monitoring and implementation processes.
• Support business units on major proposals and initiatives; become a trusted business partner by providing insights about price ramifications related to solutions, proposals, and bid offerings – serve as the Federal pricing subject matter expert to Astron’s corporate functions.
• Participate in Strategic Pipeline opportunity selection, prioritization, and critical reviews.
• Strengthening the financial management of the company, including identification and evaluation of risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Providing business and strategic decision support including top-line growth, transition to SaaS, resource allocation, and organization health.

Qualification & Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Proven highly visible leader with strong executive presence, ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, and regularly interface with C-Suite executives.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth organizations across different industries with M&A exposure. Government services architecture and engineering sector experience desired.
• Strong communicator, with the ability to distill complex technical pricing concepts into easily digestible information for business leaders.
• Ability to influence actions and coordinate activity across cross-business-unit, cross-functional stakeholder groups without direct authority.
• Track record of success in building, developing, and mentoring teams.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• 15+ years of experience in pricing and estimating procedures with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Government contracting exposure, especially in private equity-backed environments.
• Track record of successfully implementing new tools, technologies, and processes to improve financial efficacy and accuracy.
• Visible leader with strong executive presence and ability to regularly interface with and advise C-Suite as well as Boards.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required. Advanced degree / MBA preferable, CPA highly preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Professional development allotment
• Multiple healthcare benefits packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule