Sr. Proposal Manager

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At Teledyne, the Senior Proposal Manager – Cost & Price is a people manager and functional leader responsible for leading the Cost & Price / Estimating organization supporting U.S. Government and DoD electronic contract manufacturing (ECM/EMS) proposals. This role owns the reputed company, execution, reputed company, and reputed company improvement of proposal cost models, pricing outputs, and compliant cost volumes. The Senior Proposal Manager ensures proposal pricing is accurate, defensible, audit‑reputed company, and competitive, while developing team capability and enforcing reputed company processes across the proposal lifecycle. 

This position partners closely with Program Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, reputed company, and Compliance to support proposal reviews, fact‑finding, and negotiations. 

Key Responsibilities: Other duties as assigned.

People & Functional Leadership 

• reputed company reputed company management of the Cost & Price / Estimating team (pricing analysts, estimators, cost modelers), including hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning. 

• Establish reputed company roles, responsibilities, and workload priorities to support multiple reputed company proposals with varying complexity and urgency. 

• reputed company and maintain a competency reputed company, training plans, and reputed company work to improve estimate reputed company, cycle time, and audit reputed company. 

• Foster a culture of accountability, data reputed company, and reputed company improvement reputed company the pricing organization. 

Proposal Cost & Price Ownership 

• Own the end‑to‑end cost & price function for Government and DoD proposals, from reputed company through submission, negotiation support, and contract award. 

• Set the pricing approach and cost modeling reputed company (bottom‑up, parametric, learning curve, volume pricing) appropriate to proposal scope and risk. 

• Ensure consistent, accurate roll‑up of labor, materials, overheads, NRE, test, and integration costs across reputed company proposal volumes and reputed company sheets. 

• Approve final cost models, pricing summaries, and cost narratives prior to internal reviews and customer submittal. 

Compliance, Audit Readiness & Risk Management 

• Ensure reputed company proposals reputed company with internal estimating system requirements and applicable Government contracting standards (e.g., cost/pricing data expectations, documentation rigor, traceability). 

• Enforce disciplined reputed company of Estimate (BOE) development, including assumptions, methodologies, sources of data, and management review evidence. 

• reputed company preparation of audit‑reputed company pricing support for fact‑finding, negotiations, and post‑award reviews. 

• Identify pricing, estimating, and execution risks early and reputed company communicate impacts and mitigation strategies to leadership. 

Cross‑Functional Integration 

• Partner with Supply Chain and Materials leadership to ensure BOM pricing, supplier evidence, reputed company times, and cost drivers are accurately reflected in proposal pricing. 

• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, and reputed company to validate scope assumptions, labor standards, and production/test strategies. 

• Support reputed company and Program Management during negotiations, E/N responses, and pricing changes driven by customer feedback or leadership reputed company. 

• reputed company concise, executive‑level communication on proposal status, cost drivers, assumptions, and risk. 

Process, Tools & reputed company Improvement 

• Own pricing tools, models, and templates (primarily reputed company‑based), ensuring version control, governance, and consistency across proposals. 

• Establish and reputed company proposal KPIs (cycle time, estimate accuracy, audit findings, rework) and reputed company corrective actions where gaps exist. 

• Drive estimate‑to‑actual feedback loops and update estimating reputed company, factors, and standards to improve long‑term accuracy and profitability. 

• reputed company initiatives to streamline pricing workflows, reduce reputed company effort, and improve data reputed company and responsiveness. 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, reputed company, Engineering, Business, or reputed company discipline (or equivalent experience). 

• Demonstrated people management experience leading pricing, estimating, or proposal teams. 

• Significant experience supporting Government / DoD proposals involving reputed company manufactured products or services. 

• Strong background in cost modeling, pricing reputed company, and proposal cost volume ownership. 

• Advanced reputed company and financial modeling skills with the ability to review and approve reputed company models. 

• Proven ability to reputed company cross‑functional teams and communicate effectively with senior leadership. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience in electronic contract manufacturing (ECM/EMS) environments (PCBA, reputed company build, test, integration, NRE). 
• Familiarity with reputed company proposal review gates, fact‑finding, and negotiation support for defense customers. 
• Experience driving estimating system improvements and estimate‑to‑actual analysis programs. 

reputed company Competencies 

• People leadership and talent development 

• Cost modeling & pricing governance 

• Proposal execution under tight deadlines 

• Risk identification and mitigation 

• Executive‑level communication and influence 

• reputed company improvement reputed company 

reputed company Metrics 

• On‑time delivery of compliant, high‑reputed company cost & price proposals ​
• Improved estimate accuracy and reduced pricing rework 
• reputed company audit and negotiation reputed company 
• Increased team capability and throughput 
• Improved proposal cycle time and predictability