Manager, Pricing and Decision Science
Western Union

Pricing Decision Science Manager - New York.

Are you ready to join an advanced team in a global company that promotes your passion of driving pricing- specific growth initiatives by using data science techniques? Are you energized by measuring customer price sensitive, predict behaviors and optimize prices to achieve financial goals? Join Western Union as our Pricing Decision Sciences Manager.

Motivated by our values: purpose driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful

We're a FinTech that's using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We're a team of over 10,000 people spanning 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Better requires process discipline and simplification

We're seeking a key Pricing Data Science position in our Global Pricing team that will focus on driving pricing-specific growth initiatives at Western Union by using Pricing Science techniques to measure customer price sensitivity, predict customer behavior & conversion and optimize prices to achieve business financial and customer relationship objectives. You'll work with other leaders in the Pricing Data Science team to design and develop Pricing and Revenue Management models to deliver business results at scale. You'll translate business problems into analytical frameworks and models and collaborate with fellow team members to provide insights and recommendations for managing revenue growth and customer lifetime value. You'll need to rapidly synthesize data and model results into insights and recommendations (i.e., taking the "What" and defining the "So What" and "Now What"). You'll also partner with Pricing Strategy Analysts on the Global Pricing team to ensure the models developed accurately represent the business environment and model results are actionable. You'll be responsible for creating presentations that describe model results and recommendations to senior executives and other key stakeholders

To succeed in this role, you'll have an University degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Economics or similar field with at least 5 years' experience working in an analytics organization with clear deliverables tied to business performance, at least 1 of which is in Pricing or Revenue Management (Financial Services industry a plus). Your experience will include theoretical and practical knowledge of best-practice modelling techniques for measuring price elasticity, consumer demand modelling, experimental design, time series analysis, forecasting and optimization. You should be a skilled professional in data wrangling, database querying, modelling (Python preferred) and use of cloud-based platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Sagemaker). Advanced English proficiency is required.

Join us, and let's move money for better

Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It's an exciting time for our organization, as the largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. If you're ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation, apply now.

We're a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.

We are passionate about our diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams, while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status.

Annual base salary gross:  $81,204 - $143,044.00. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the Western Union salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role. The base salary is one component of Western Union's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include short term incentives, health insurance (several options to choose from), accident and life insurance, access to the best in class learning and development platforms, to name just a few! To view more details of our benefits, visit us here: https://2020-2021.mywubenefits.com In addition to the annual salary, this role is also eligible to receive an annual bonus.