Senior Manager/ Associate Director - Technology Strategy (Pricing Operations)

Responsibilities

• Pricing Operations Leadership
• Own and optimize end-to-end pricing operations, governance, and execution
• Design and implement scalable pricing frameworks (dynamic pricing etc.)
• Collaborate with Market Teams and other Pricing Strategic Advisors to operationalize pricing strategy
• Build and streamline workflows across the engine offerings for margin optimization and pricing intelligence
• Ensure pricing compliance, data integrity, and audit readiness
• Technology Strategy & Architecture
• Define and drive technology roadmap aligned with pricing and business strategy
• Architect scalable, secure solutions on AWS /GCP
• Lead solution architecture reviews and ensure adherence to best practices
• Evaluate emerging technologies (Agentic AI, LLMs, automation frameworks) for business adoption
• Guide build vs. buy decisions and vendor evaluations
• Data Science & AI Enablement
• Design and oversee pricing models using statistical modeling and machine learning
• Implement predictive and prescriptive analytics for pricing optimization
• Lead development of AI-powered tools (e.g., store segmentation, price elasticity modeling, margin and revenue constrained optimization)
• Drive adoption of Agentic AI systems for autonomous decision support, pricing simulations, and workflow automation
• Collaborate with data engineering teams on data pipelines, feature stores, model deployment and monitoring
• Solution Engineering & Delivery
• Oversee full SDLC: architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment
• Establish best practices in code quality, CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud-native development
• Lead cross-functional engineering teams and external partners
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of pricing platforms
• Implement APIs and microservices architecture to integrate pricing systems with ERP/CRM platforms
• Stakeholder & Functional Leadership
• Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams
• Liaison and drive technology architecture and strategy working with senior technical client team
• Translate complex business pricing requirements into technical designs
• Present technology and pricing insights to leadership
• Mentor junior consultants and analysts
• Drive change management and adoption across the organization

Requirements

• 8-12 years of experience in techno-functional consulting, solution architecture, or enterprise technology roles
• Proven experience in setting up, managing, or transforming pricing operations in B2B or large enterprise environments
• Hands-on expertise with AWS (S3, EMR, RDS, Airflow) and GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Run, Vertex AI, Dataflow)
• Experience in data science, machine learning lifecycle, and model deployment
• Familiarity with Generative / Agentic AI frameworks, LLM orchestration, or AI automation tools
• Strong programming and engineering fundamentals in Python, SQL, APIs, and microservices
• Experience designing enterprise-level architectures, system integrations, and technology migrations
• Good understanding of pricing strategies such as dynamic pricing, promotions, and conjoint analysis, along with retail pricing and revenue management concepts like margin analysis, revenue optimization, and cost modeling
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and stakeholder communication skills
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and programs