Senior Manager, Pricing (m/f/d)
Fluence · Greater Houston · 1 mo ago
MarketingFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Own Fluence’s global pricing frameworks, including guardrails, escalation processes, and deal support mechanisms
- Define how pricing decisions are made across regions, ensuring consistency and alignment with business objectives
- Develop and manage a centralized system for collecting and synthesizing internal and external pricing data (market benchmarks, deal data, competitor insights)
- Analyze large datasets and translate findings into clear, actionable commercial recommendations
- Present pricing trends, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership
- Support complex and strategic deal pricing, including exception management and executive-level decision support
- Ensure pricing strategies are effectively implemented across regions and embedded in day-to-day sales execution
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of pricing and value-based selling tools (e.g., pricing calculators, TCO/IRR models, Salesforce/CPQ workflows)
- Ensure tools are scalable, user-friendly, and widely adopted by global sales teams
- Drive automation and standardization of pricing workflows where possible
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner with Sales, Sales Engineering, Product, Finance, and regional teams to align pricing with market realities and product strategy
- Achieve alignment and accountability across functions
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- 3 - 5+ years of experience in pricing, commercial strategy, deal support, or a related function, ideally in energy, infrastructure, or complex B2B environments
- Strong background in financial modeling, pricing analysis, and commercial decision support
- Demonstrated ability to translate data and analysis into actionable business decisions
- Experience working cross-functionally in a global organization and influencing senior stakeholders
- Exceptional analytical skills, including experience working with large datasets
- Proficiency in Excel, Salesforce, and data visualization tools
- Exposure to automation, scripting, or coding (e.g., Python, SQL) is a strong plus
- High degree of initiative, ownership mindset, and ability to operate in a fast-paced environment
Additional Skills
- Experience with BESS or renewable energy project economics and financial modeling preferred
- Familiarity with vendor pricing, procurement, or cost benchmarking
- Strong project management and stakeholder communication skills