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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Competitive Intelligence / Price to Win Director to join our team! In this role, you will lead Competitive Intelligence and Price to Win strategy to strengthen our competitive position and drive success in major captures.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading CI/PTW strategy for must‑win federal pursuits
- Delivering competitor, customer, market, and pricing assessments
- Guiding capture teams on win strategy, competitive positioning, and pricing posture
- Creating Price to Win analyses and strategic pricing recommendations
- Facilitating Black Hat reviews and other executive‑level strategic sessions
- Managing CI tools, databases, research methods, and intelligence processes
- Applying advanced analytics and AI‑enabled techniques to improve decision support
- Advising leadership on market trends, competitor moves, pricing dynamics, and acquisition approaches
What Required Skills You’ll Bring:
- Bachelors degree in Business or related discipline, or equivalent, and typically 12+ years of diversified experience in competitive intelligence, capture, federal procurement, pricing strategy, defense business development, or related growth functions, is required.
- Deep knowledge of federal procurement, acquisition processes, and source selection
- Strong expertise in competitive positioning, capture strategy, and pricing strategy
- Advanced research, analytical, and problem‑solving skills
- Ability to assess markets, competitors, pricing, and customer requirement
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
- Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and influence senior‑level decision‑making
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage high‑volume, fast‑paced workloads
- Ability to leverage advanced tools and AI‑enabled methods for CI/PTW activities
- Proven ability to synthesize large amounts of data into clear, actionable recommendations
- Ability to travel to support capture and business development efforts
What Desired Skills You’ll Bring:
- Experience leading CI/PTW efforts for major federal pursuits
- Experience developing Price to Win assessments for complex bids
- Experience briefing executive leadership and facilitating high‑level strategic reviews
- Familiarity with market intelligence platforms and research tools
- Strong understanding of U.S. Government acquisition and evaluation practice
- Experience applying AI tools to improve research, analysis, and knowledge management
Security Clearance Requirement:
NoneThis position is part of our Corporate team.For over 80 years, Parsons Corporation, has shaped the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.Salary Range: $157,500.00 - $283,500.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Typically 12+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, capture, federal procurement, pricing strategy, defense business development, or related growth functions
- Deep knowledge of federal procurement, acquisition processes, and source selection
- Expertise in competitive positioning, capture strategy, and pricing strategy
- Advanced research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to assess markets, competitors, pricing, and customer requirements
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior-level decision-making
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage high-volume, fast-paced workloads
- Ability to leverage advanced tools and AI-enabled methods for competitive intelligence and Price to Win activities
- Ability to synthesize large amounts of data into clear, actionable recommendations
- Ability to travel to support capture and business development efforts
- Experience leading competitive intelligence and Price to Win efforts for major federal pursuits
- Experience developing Price to Win assessments for complex bids
- Experience briefing executive leadership and facilitating high-level strategic reviews
- Familiarity with market intelligence platforms and research tools
- Strong understanding of U.S. Government acquisition and evaluation practices
- Experience applying AI tools to improve research, analysis, and knowledge management
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
