Director, Pricing

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety efficiency and readiness.

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAEs Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

• CAE Values: Empowerment Innovation Excellence Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance

• A work environment where all employees are valued respected and safe

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver take initiatives and make decisions

• Recognition professional development advancement and having fun!

Summary

CAE Defense & Security is at the forefront of a newly reset five-year strategic plan focused on profitable growth. The Director of Pricing will lead through influence and partner with internal stakeholdersprogram teams finance business development and government counterpartsto drive a unified scalable and globally aligned pricing strategy.

This leader will be responsible for the design oversight and continuous enhancement of pricing governance cost estimating forward pricing strategy and competitive analysis. The Director of Pricing will bring thought leadership and operational discipline to ensure CAEs pricing approaches are accurate compliant and strategically positioned to win.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and lead a comprehensive pricing strategy that aligns with CAE Defense & Security growth objectives and global pricing framework.
• Foster collaboration and connectivity across U.S. and global pricing estimating finance and BD organizations.
• Drive innovation in pricing models cost strategies and competitive assessments.

Pricing & Cost Estimating Excellence

• Oversee accurate and compliant development of cost estimates BOEs and pricing submissions for competitive and solesource proposals.
• Strengthen processes for forward pricing rate proposals cost estimating relationships and internal rate structures.
• Leverage data analytics to improve pricing accuracy competitiveness and win probability.

Governance Compliance & Process Improvement

• Ensure full adherence to all local regulatory requirements for submitting pricing solutions.
• Evaluate and implement best practices standard work and pricing tools to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
• Lead the integration of pricing processes across business units in preparation for future growth and organizational maturity.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Finance Contracts Program Management and Business Development to ensure consistency and alignment in pricing assumptions and strategies.
• Support internal governance reviews and provide pricing insights for executive decisionmaking.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Develop and mentor a highperforming pricing team identifying capability gaps and strengthening technical expertise.
• Create a culture of excellence accountability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Economics or related field; MBA preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in pricing cost estimating program finance or financial management within the U.S. defense industry.
• Demonstrated expertise in competitive pricing cost strategy and government contracting.
• Strong knowledge of FAR/DFARS and government cost accounting standards.
• Experience operating in a highgrowth or transformational environment.
• Experience with pricing or financial systems (e.g. Costpoint Cognos Pro Pricer) is a plus.
• Must be a U.S. citizen to meet government contract requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Highly persuasive communicator with the ability to influence leaders across all levels.
• Entrepreneurial decisive and comfortable making data driven recommendations.
• Strong analytical planning and project management abilities.
• Forward thinking mindset with the ability to anticipate long term impacts.
• High integrity strong work ethic and commitment to ethical behavior.

Security Responsibilities

Must complywith all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials in any form. Shall not divulge any information or afford access to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

• Duties mainly performed in an office environment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Must be able to travel both domestic and internationally.
• Must be able to work overtime and off-shift.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic including disability and protected veteran status as defined under federal state or local laws.

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at

At CAE our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years weve driven innovation in simulation training and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies we empower our customers to operate smarter faster and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged collaboration drives progress and your growth fuels our shared success.

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color national origin age religion sex disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local CAE everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at .

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