Expert Associate Partner, Commercial Excellence - B2B Pricing
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Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning. The last paragraph about Massachusetts lie detector test is legal boilerplate - should remove.
Include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. Never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text.
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Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences.
Let me structure this:
- About the role / Role overview: Could combine "WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH" and "WHERE YOU'LL FIT IN WITH THE TEAM" into an "About the role" section.
- Responsibilities: "WHAT YOU'LL DO" with its three subsections.
- Requirements/Qualifications: "ABOUT YOU"
- Benefits/Pay: "US Compensation" section has both pay and benefits details.
The "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" is company culture - could be part of Benefits or a separate "Why join us" section. But the rules say use headings like Benefits, Pay, etc. Since there's a specific "US Compensation" section with pay and benefits, I'll include that.
I need to be careful: The rules say "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting does state compensation and benefits in the "US Compensation" section.
Let me map the headings to the suggested ones: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
I'll use:
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About the role
for the combined "WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH" and "WHERE YOU'LL FIT IN WITH THE TEAM"
- Responsibilities
for "WHAT YOU'LL DO"
- Requirements
for "ABOUT YOU"
- Compensation and benefits
for "US Compensation" (since it includes both pay and benefits)
The "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" could be a brief intro paragraph before sections, or part of Benefits. Since it's about company recognition and culture, I'll include it as a brief introductory paragraph before the sections, or as part of the Benefits section. But the rules say use for section headings like Benefits. I think I'll include it as a short
at the beginning, then the sections.
Actually, the rules say "Output ONLY the HTML fragment". I should not include any introductory text outside sections? The example headings include "About the role", "Responsibilities", etc. I think I should structure with those headings.
Let me write the HTML.
First, a brief paragraph about the company from "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" - but that's not a section heading. I could put it as a
before the first
. But the rules say "use for section headings" and "
for prose". It doesn't forbid prose before first heading. However, the output should be a fragment that fits into a page that already shows the job title. So maybe include a short intro paragraph.
But the instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". So the page has the title. The fragment should start with sections.
I'll include the "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" content as a
before the first
, or incorporate into Benefits. Since Benefits section will have the benefits details, I'll keep the culture paragraph as a brief intro.
Let me draft:
We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, currently the top-ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list and a record seven-time #1 overall winner. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, built through intentional focus on diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive, inclusive environment where every individual can thrive professionally and personally.
About the role
You'll join a growing platform as an Expert Associate Partner and thought leader to support strategic growth in the Commercial Excellence practice, focusing on B2B Pricing. You'll help clients understand strategic B2B pricing issues, drive improved business outcomes, and contribute to client development. The role sits within a highly successful team that will help integrate you into the firm and create a platform for long-term success. Commercial Excellence has outpaced firm growth every year since 2017. The scope includes approximately 70%–80% client-facing work, with 20%–30% focused on client development and capability building (IP development, new tools, partnership evaluation). The position has both regional and global focus, working directly with practice stakeholders to define priorities and leverage learnings across geographies.
Responsibilities
Client Impact
- Help build and reinforce the Bain Pricing brand internally and externally
- Support teams with prospective client engagement and build commercial plans to increase competitiveness through differentiated expertise
- Support selling teams with demand generation where applicable
- Lead workstreams, drive deliverables, direct team resources accountable for engagement answers and deliverables to advance the high-growth B2B Pricing practice, specifically focused on B2B pricing strategy, setting, getting, and enablement
- Work in an active advisory capacity alongside teams in multiple client engagements, building relationships with client pricing, finance, sales, and sales operations leadership as peers
- Attend and lead client updates and presentations highlighting expertise and experience
- Create and launch specific tools and apply content knowledge to drive client transformations; package insights compellingly to drive client action
Practice Impact – Expertise, Product, and IP
- Seamlessly integrate with Bain case teams comprising colleagues with different skill sets; establish authority on all pricing topics
- Develop a repeatable model for embedding expertise within casework; become a go-to expert internally
- Support Product Leaders in marketing services and capabilities to clients
- Bring demonstrated capabilities in data and analytics and applications of AI/ML/GenAI to pricing use cases
- Encode case experiences and client needs by supporting development of new products (IP) or major product refreshes and thought leadership
- Drive continuous improvement and commercialization of IP, products, and solutions
- Expand Bain's capacity and capabilities to support a broader range of client projects by topic and industry vertical
- Help build delivery models for more effective and efficient client support, including developing offshore advanced analytics capabilities and cultivating third-party partner relationships
- Actively bolster thought leadership through high-impact blog posts, articles, media, and original ideas to create demand for digital services
- Contribute significantly to practice building activities such as recruiting, training, and pro bono work
People, Firm, Impact
- Communicate effectively with case teams on work, client relationships, and team professional development
- Support teams through formal and informal allocations with deep, actionable guidance on a broad variety of pricing topics
- Build followership: invest in team relationships, provide coaching and mentoring, inspire others (strong upward feedback)
- Typically staffed as a contributor/advisor bringing expertise to supplement case teams; may serve as traditional project lead on engagements where appropriate
Requirements
- Energetic, driven, with enthusiasm and natural relationship-building skills; well-connected with an extensive network of potentially relevant relationships
- Willingness to build a commercial flywheel for yourself and the wider Americas/global practice
- Experience developing innovative pricing strategies across multiple business dimensions (product lines, BUs, regions, corporate level) for new and established products, with a focus on B2B
- Ideally, industry experience within industrials and technology; ability to leverage sales play skillset across other B2B industries including MedTech
- Experience with Private Equity portfolio companies (additive, as Bain does significant Commercial Excellence work in PE and post-acquisition settings)
- Ability to lead design, development, and customization of tools to implement advanced pricing approaches at scale
- Strong understanding of data science and statistics; deep understanding of how these disciplines apply to pricing; ability to work with data scientists and statisticians to develop pricing models and achieve business goals
- Familiarity with digital tools including CPQ tools (e.g., PROS, Salesforce CPQ)
- Experience executing in-market tests to refine pricing, with a demonstrated track record of results
- Energetic, direct, hands-on approach with teams to deliver exceptional client work
- Articulate and compelling oral and written communication skills; engaging and concise with interpersonal presence; adaptable across client, technical, and Bain audiences
- Great colleague and teammate; passionate about the task and fun to work with; someone Bainies and clients seek out
- Ability to work successfully in a flat, collaborative environment
- Ability to identify what needs to be done and rally colleagues to accomplish it; "rolls up the sleeves"
- Strong problem-solving skills; pragmatic with a practical, real-world sense of what is actually doable
Compensation and benefits
Compensation for this role in the United States includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service, and Bain's best-in-class benefits package. The annualized base compensation for first-year Expert Associate Partners in the United States is $260,000. This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation.
- Bain pays 100% of individual employee premiums for medical, dental, and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans without impacting your paycheck
- Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave, and paid holidays
- Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
- Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance
I should not include the Massachusetts lie detector test paragraph - that's legal boilerplate.
Check rules: "Do NOT repeat the job
- for lists,
for prose. I should not repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it). The job title appears to be "Expert Associate Partner" based on the text. I need to fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. No Job ID/requisition numbers. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning. The last paragraph about Massachusetts lie detector test is legal boilerplate - should remove. Include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. Never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. Let me structure this: - About the role / Role overview: Could combine "WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH" and "WHERE YOU'LL FIT IN WITH THE TEAM" into an "About the role" section. - Responsibilities: "WHAT YOU'LL DO" with its three subsections. - Requirements/Qualifications: "ABOUT YOU" - Benefits/Pay: "US Compensation" section has both pay and benefits details. The "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" is company culture - could be part of Benefits or a separate "Why join us" section. But the rules say use headings like Benefits, Pay, etc. Since there's a specific "US Compensation" section with pay and benefits, I'll include that. I need to be careful: The rules say "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting does state compensation and benefits in the "US Compensation" section. Let me map the headings to the suggested ones: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. I'll use: -
About the role
for the combined "WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH" and "WHERE YOU'LL FIT IN WITH THE TEAM" -Responsibilities
for "WHAT YOU'LL DO" -Requirements
for "ABOUT YOU" -Compensation and benefits
for "US Compensation" (since it includes both pay and benefits) The "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" could be a brief intro paragraph before sections, or part of Benefits. Since it's about company recognition and culture, I'll include it as a brief introductory paragraph before the sections, or as part of the Benefits section. But the rules say usefor section headings like Benefits. I think I'll include it as a short
at the beginning, then the sections. Actually, the rules say "Output ONLY the HTML fragment". I should not include any introductory text outside sections? The example headings include "About the role", "Responsibilities", etc. I think I should structure with those headings. Let me write the HTML. First, a brief paragraph about the company from "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" - but that's not a section heading. I could put it as a
before the first
. But the rules say "use
for section headings" and "
for prose". It doesn't forbid prose before first heading. However, the output should be a fragment that fits into a page that already shows the job title. So maybe include a short intro paragraph. But the instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". So the page has the title. The fragment should start with sections. I'll include the "WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK" content as a
before the first
, or incorporate into Benefits. Since Benefits section will have the benefits details, I'll keep the culture paragraph as a brief intro. Let me draft:
We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, currently the top-ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list and a record seven-time #1 overall winner. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, built through intentional focus on diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive, inclusive environment where every individual can thrive professionally and personally.
About the role
You'll join a growing platform as an Expert Associate Partner and thought leader to support strategic growth in the Commercial Excellence practice, focusing on B2B Pricing. You'll help clients understand strategic B2B pricing issues, drive improved business outcomes, and contribute to client development. The role sits within a highly successful team that will help integrate you into the firm and create a platform for long-term success. Commercial Excellence has outpaced firm growth every year since 2017. The scope includes approximately 70%–80% client-facing work, with 20%–30% focused on client development and capability building (IP development, new tools, partnership evaluation). The position has both regional and global focus, working directly with practice stakeholders to define priorities and leverage learnings across geographies.
Responsibilities
Client Impact
- Help build and reinforce the Bain Pricing brand internally and externally
- Support teams with prospective client engagement and build commercial plans to increase competitiveness through differentiated expertise
- Support selling teams with demand generation where applicable
- Lead workstreams, drive deliverables, direct team resources accountable for engagement answers and deliverables to advance the high-growth B2B Pricing practice, specifically focused on B2B pricing strategy, setting, getting, and enablement
- Work in an active advisory capacity alongside teams in multiple client engagements, building relationships with client pricing, finance, sales, and sales operations leadership as peers
- Attend and lead client updates and presentations highlighting expertise and experience
- Create and launch specific tools and apply content knowledge to drive client transformations; package insights compellingly to drive client action
Practice Impact – Expertise, Product, and IP
- Seamlessly integrate with Bain case teams comprising colleagues with different skill sets; establish authority on all pricing topics
- Develop a repeatable model for embedding expertise within casework; become a go-to expert internally
- Support Product Leaders in marketing services and capabilities to clients
- Bring demonstrated capabilities in data and analytics and applications of AI/ML/GenAI to pricing use cases
- Encode case experiences and client needs by supporting development of new products (IP) or major product refreshes and thought leadership
- Drive continuous improvement and commercialization of IP, products, and solutions
- Expand Bain's capacity and capabilities to support a broader range of client projects by topic and industry vertical
- Help build delivery models for more effective and efficient client support, including developing offshore advanced analytics capabilities and cultivating third-party partner relationships
- Actively bolster thought leadership through high-impact blog posts, articles, media, and original ideas to create demand for digital services
- Contribute significantly to practice building activities such as recruiting, training, and pro bono work
People, Firm, Impact
- Communicate effectively with case teams on work, client relationships, and team professional development
- Support teams through formal and informal allocations with deep, actionable guidance on a broad variety of pricing topics
- Build followership: invest in team relationships, provide coaching and mentoring, inspire others (strong upward feedback)
- Typically staffed as a contributor/advisor bringing expertise to supplement case teams; may serve as traditional project lead on engagements where appropriate
Requirements
- Energetic, driven, with enthusiasm and natural relationship-building skills; well-connected with an extensive network of potentially relevant relationships
- Willingness to build a commercial flywheel for yourself and the wider Americas/global practice
- Experience developing innovative pricing strategies across multiple business dimensions (product lines, BUs, regions, corporate level) for new and established products, with a focus on B2B
- Ideally, industry experience within industrials and technology; ability to leverage sales play skillset across other B2B industries including MedTech
- Experience with Private Equity portfolio companies (additive, as Bain does significant Commercial Excellence work in PE and post-acquisition settings)
- Ability to lead design, development, and customization of tools to implement advanced pricing approaches at scale
- Strong understanding of data science and statistics; deep understanding of how these disciplines apply to pricing; ability to work with data scientists and statisticians to develop pricing models and achieve business goals
- Familiarity with digital tools including CPQ tools (e.g., PROS, Salesforce CPQ)
- Experience executing in-market tests to refine pricing, with a demonstrated track record of results
- Energetic, direct, hands-on approach with teams to deliver exceptional client work
- Articulate and compelling oral and written communication skills; engaging and concise with interpersonal presence; adaptable across client, technical, and Bain audiences
- Great colleague and teammate; passionate about the task and fun to work with; someone Bainies and clients seek out
- Ability to work successfully in a flat, collaborative environment
- Ability to identify what needs to be done and rally colleagues to accomplish it; "rolls up the sleeves"
- Strong problem-solving skills; pragmatic with a practical, real-world sense of what is actually doable
Compensation and benefits
Compensation for this role in the United States includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service, and Bain's best-in-class benefits package. The annualized base compensation for first-year Expert Associate Partners in the United States is $260,000. This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation.
- Bain pays 100% of individual employee premiums for medical, dental, and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans without impacting your paycheck
- Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave, and paid holidays
- Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
- Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance