Job Title:
Cost and Pricing Manager
Reporting To:
Negotiator, Group
Work Schedule:
Hybrid – Buffalo, NY
Moog is hiring a Cost and Pricing Manager to join our team in East Aurora, New York. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for preparing and supporting cost proposals for both government and commercial customers. This position is critical to ensuring compliance with customer requirements, Moog policies and procedures, and applicable federal regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
You will play a key role in shaping pricing strategies for the Space Division, communicating the financial perspective to senior leadership, and supporting negotiations across a diverse customer portfolio.
As Manager, Cost Estimating & Pricing, you will:
- Lead and directly manage the Cost Engineering team, providing coaching, training, talent development, and ongoing support.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across cost estimating and pricing processes, tools, and ways of working.
- Ensure compliance with the cost estimating system and related processes across multiple domestic sites to enable accurate, compliant, and defensible product and program cost estimates.
- Develop and support pricing strategies for the Space Division.
- Clearly communicate the financial point of view—including cost estimates, assumptions, risks, and opportunities—to senior leadership to enable informed pricing decisions.
- Collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across Moog, as well as customer and government representatives, to achieve objectives related to profitability and compliance.
- Maintain and strengthen customer relationships while operating in the often challenging and sometimes adversarial environment of contract price negotiations.
- Assist with interviewing, hiring, performance evaluation, mentoring, and professional development of team members.
- Support audits, fact-finding activities, negotiation discussions, and the program budget baseline process.
To Be Considered, You Will Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline (MBA preferred).
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Pricing, Cost Engineering, or a related function.
- Strong working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).
- Experience supporting pricing activities and/or contract negotiations.
- Willingness and ability to travel to customer locations and Moog sites to support training and negotiations.
Ideal Experience:
- Prior direct people leadership or supervisory experience.
- Background in manufacturing engineering, engineering, or assembly and test environments.
How We Care for You:
- Financial Rewards: great compensation package, bonus opportunities, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance.
- Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
- Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs
- Culture: Warm, respectful, family-like environment driven by our 12 core values. Multiple Employee Resource Groups led by our employees, open and welcoming to all.
Salary Range Transparency:
Buffalo, NY $150,000.00–$190,000.00 Annually
Salary Range Disclaimer
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Moog's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, an open paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits.
This position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.
