Vice President Pricing & Estimation

Vice President Pricing & Estimation

Peraton is seeking a dynamic and strategic Vice President Pricing & Estimation to lead pricing efforts across our portfolio of high-impact, strategic business opportunities. This executive role is essential to driving Peraton's growth by developing actionable pricing strategies and delivering competitive intelligence insights that shape capture strategies and increase bid success.

The VP will serve as the subject matter expert for all pricing activities across the business development lifecyclefrom opportunity qualification through proposal submissionand will provide senior leadership with decision-quality analyses, scenario modeling, and data-driven recommendations. This role requires close collaboration across the business with corporate functions and technical teams, demonstrating the ability to align teams and lead a cohesive approach to successful pricing strategies.

Key responsibilities include :

• Leading a team of approximately 50 pricing professionals ensuring collaboration with stakeholders and compliance with our estimation system requirements.
• Delivering comprehensive decision support analyses including profitability modeling, risk assessments, competitive intelligence, and market research.
• Mining and analyzing RFPs, RFIs, and contract documents to extract meaningful insights and inform competitive positioning.
• Developing and maintaining customer and competitor profiles that directly influence capture strategies, Black Hat reviews, and proposal positioning.
• Supporting major business development lifecycle events including Black Hat reviews, Bid Gate reviews, Color Team reviews, and proposal pricing strategies.
• Designing and implementing analytical models for complex bids, integrating technical, cost, and schedule variables to assess win probability.
• Maintaining and evolving a corporate historical cost and pricing database to enhance institutional knowledge and improve forecast accuracy.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with Capture, Proposal, Contracts, Finance, and Program teams to ensure alignment on competitive strategies and pricing approaches.

Required qualifications include :

Preferred qualifications include :

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains : land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn more.

Target salary range : $229,000 - $366,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individuals experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO : Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.