Manager - Pricing Science

- Manage & lead a team of business & data analysts, data engineers & technical experts to:

- Support end to end market-based pricing set up for over 100 countries spread across 3 major regions.

- Provide thought leadership on process, technology & data optimization opportunities for individual regions and enterprise as a whole.

- Liaise with regional marketing, pricing & sales teams to understand regional go to market needs to fully support regional strategy.

- Drive corporate commercial priorities by effectively engaging with regional & headquarters team to ensure successful implementation of revenue quality initiatives.

- Drive efficiency through innovation by complete collaboration with Memphis teams.

- Build strong business intelligence capabilities to drive data driven decision making at regional & enterprise level.

- Manage a backlog of new launches, innovation & BAU.

Planning, project management, expertise

- Able to envision complex analytical process end to end, convince stakeholders/leadership on recommended approach, anticipate risks and create a mitigation plan to deliver on corporate critical priorities

- Leads team on data exploration, hypothesis testing, insight generation, drawing logical conclusion, develop metrics that can be used to drive business decisions

- Coordinates resources within team, supports teams inside and outside department in the preparation of complex business initiatives

- Sets direction for the team, steers problem solving and critical thinking to solve business problems

- Utilizes technical expertise to recommend way forward and institutionalize best practices

Effective communication :

- Proactively manages stakeholder communications and sets expectations, partners with them to identify opportunities and work collaboratively

- Builds a network of trusted people across regions

- Effectively presents and recommends creative solutions to senior leadership and has strong storytelling ability

Team development:

- Motivates and mentors team members thru regular connects to identify their interests, aspirations and development needs

- Provides autonomy to team members thru effective delegation of tasks and responsibilities

- Enables team members to collaborate effectively with stakeholders, team members and management

Qualifications and skillset profile:

- Relevant experience in analytics/consulting/informatics and statistics

- Min. 4 years of people management experience with direct management of min 5 team members

- Global & Multiple Stakeholder Mgt experience

Must haves :

- Data and Business Analytics, Advanced Statistics, Stakeholder Management, Project Management

- Tools - Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, SAS, Python, Tableau/PowerBI/Spotfire

- Education - MBA/Masters in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, engineering, operations research, economics & statistics from tier 1 institutes

Good to have -

- Experience in pricing and revenue management, customer segment analytics, rates and pricing management

- Exposure to predictive analytics, ML/ AI techniques is an added advantage

- Cloud computing, big data, Azure