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About the role
The Senior Analyst, U.S. Market Intelligence & Price-to-Win develops and sustains Shield AI's integrated understanding of U.S. defense funding, competition, and pricing for the X-BAT Family of Systems. The role turns primary-source budget data, competitor intelligence, program history, and market evidence into decision-ready inputs for strategy, capture, pricing, and go-to-market leaders. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 6–10 years of experience spanning competitive intelligence, defense budget analysis, capture strategy, market assessment, Price-to-Win, or closely related work in defense or aerospace
- Deep working familiarity with the U.S. defense budget process, including PPBE and the congressional authorization and appropriations cycle, and experience analyzing primary budget documents
- Demonstrated experience in competitive intelligence, market assessment, and product differentiation analysis in aerospace, unmanned, or autonomous systems
- Familiarity with parametric cost estimating, should-cost analysis, or related cost-analytic methods
- Strong data-handling, analytic writing, and briefing skills, with the ability to turn incomplete evidence into defensible recommendations for senior audiences
- Demonstrated experience using AI tools to build and sustain structured, reusable knowledge resources
More about this role
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai . Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and YouTube .
The Senior Analyst, U.S. Market Intelligence & Price-to-Win develops and sustains Shield AI's integrated understanding of U.S. defense funding, competition, and pricing for the X-BAT Family of Systems. The role turns primary-source budget data, competitor intelligence, program history, and market evidence into decision-ready inputs for strategy, capture, pricing, and go-to-market leaders.
This is a cumulative knowledge role, not a series of one-off studies. The analyst maintains an authoritative U.S. budget, competitive, and PTW knowledge base and keeps it current across the full budget and acquisition cycle, from President's Budget release through congressional...
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