Analyst - Pricing Optimization

About the company

At Gap Inc., we create culture as much as we create clothes. Our ambition is to become a high-performing house of iconic American brands that shape culture. Our portfolio—Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta—each brings a distinct point of view to how we show up in the world and serve our customers. Old Navy democratizes style with quality and value for all. Gap champions originality through essential pieces that celebrate individuality. Banana Republic is rooted in a spirit of discovery, creating modern pieces inspired by craftsmanship and travel. Athleta champions the Power of She through confidence, strength, and movement. We’re driven by a shared purpose: to bridge gaps—between people, perspectives, and possibilities—to create a better world. We’re building a team that performs at a high level—people who think boldly, take ownership, and turn ideas into impact. If you’re ready to learn fast and help shape what’s next, you’ll fit right in.

About the role

The Pricing Optimization Associate supports pricing analytics and decision support across Gap brand. In this role, you will complete foundational analyses and prepare inputs for pricing strategy, price testing, competitive pricing insights, pricing architecture, promotion scenario planning, markdown optimization, yield management, and forecast tuning. This role operates as part of Gap Inc.'s Pricing, Planning Analytics, and Inventory Optimization function, working with business partners and more experienced team members while following consistent decision standards, approved AI-enabled tools, and transparent analytical methods.

Responsibilities

Analytical Execution

• Complete recurring pricing analyses, data preparation, model inputs, scenario runs, reporting, and recommendation materials using established methods and templates.
• Check data and outputs for completeness and accuracy; identify inconsistencies, risks, and patterns, and escalate questions when needed.
• Prepare clear summaries, visuals, and decision-support materials that explain findings and relevant business implications.
• Maintain accurate records of assumptions, outputs, approvals, actions, and hindsights in the decision log.

Scenario Support and Insight Development

• Support pricing, promotion, markdown, and yield-management scenarios; learn how revenue, margin, sell-through, customer value, and inventory exposure shape trade-offs.
• Analyze elasticity, competitive, category, channel, and customer signals and summarize implications for pricing recommendations and guardrails.
• Coordinate with GMM, Merchandising, Planning, Inventory Optimization, Pricing Operations, and Finance to gather inputs, confirm execution constraints, and support approved price actions.
• Share analyses with peers across Planning, Pricing, and Inventory Optimization to connect work and reduce siloed execution.

Tools, AI and Continuous Learning

• Use approved AI-enabled tools, models, dashboards, and agents responsibly; validate outputs against source data, business context, and known constraints, seeking guidance for exceptions.
• Build knowledge of Gap Inc. planning, pricing, inventory, merchandising, and financial processes and apply that knowledge to assigned work.
• Follow established workflows and contribute practical ideas to improve templates, data quality, recurring work, and the usability of insights.

Business Partnership and Quality Contribution

• Deliver accurate, timely work; communicate progress and risks, seek feedback, and bring curiosity, responsiveness, and a service mindset to business partners and team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree required in business, economics, finance, analytics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, retail, or related field.
• 1+ years of relevant analytical experience in retail, planning, pricing, inventory, finance, data analytics, consulting, or related fields.
• Foundational analytical, modeling, communication, and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn data into clear findings and practical next steps.
• Exposure to retail, apparel, consumer products, consulting, finance, data analytics, planning, pricing, inventory, or merchandising preferred.
• Comfort using Excel and data tools; exposure to BI platforms, SQL, Python, forecasting, optimization, pricing tools, or AI-enabled workflows preferred.
• Structured learner who follows established methods, asks thoughtful questions, and communicates clearly.
• Commercially curious and detail-oriented; interested in how customer, product, revenue, margin, inventory, service, and execution factors connect.
• Enterprise-minded and brand-aware; applies common standards while learning relevant brand context.
• Comfortable using AI-enabled tools and agentic workflows with human review, appropriate validation, and timely escalation of exceptions or risks.
• Collaborative team member who builds trust, responds with urgency, welcomes feedback, and contributes to continuous improvement.

Pay

Salary Range: $76,400.00 - $95,500.00. Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

Benefits

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
• Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.

For eligible employees.