Job Description

Job Description:

We are looking for a VP/Director to lead the DJ Consumer Pricing Team. This team is newly formed and will sit in Finance. This team will work across the organization to perform value-based pricing analysis, drive pricing for third party content and distribution deals, lead cross-functional pricing projects, and make recommendations to management regarding our content pricing policies and practices.

Responsibilities:

* Collaborate with cross-functional leadership and senior management, in the execution of various pricing needs. Which includes having a holistic view across all business teams and functions.
* Provide clear guidance, discipline, structure and science to our content pricing policies and practices.

* Work in collaboration with existing teams to give guidance on pricing and policies for wider partnership deals including content and consumer subscriptions.

* Work across consumer content licensing domestically and internationally through the commercial partnerships team, our Professional Information Business partnerships, and anywhere else where we are selling content distribution.

* Perform analysis and financial modeling to use pricing to optimize both revenue and profitability.

* Identify areas of price opportunity based on data-driven analytics.

* Support continuous improvement of pricing and implementation operations and processes.

* Develop and execute pricing strategies and programs that are aligned with company revenue and profit objectives and strategic goals. Collaborate with VP, FP&A to identify pricing trends, understand the gross margin needs versus competitive pricing implications of a rapidly changing pricing environment, and develop practices and monitoring tools to drive strategic pricing discussions.

* Establish processes to track contract pricing performance & compliance

* Creative problem solving for new situations and deal structures.

Skills:

* Excellent analytical skills and ability to identify critical issues.
* Strong financial modeling skills with a high level of proficiency in Excel.

* Strong operational background to see through the implementation of new pricing strategies and polocies

* Demonstrated ability to think strategically and get to the story behind the numbers.

* Strong sense of personal ownership and ability to get things done.

* Strong communication skills - ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders at all levels.

* Ability to direct concurrent, complex projects and activities in an ambiguous environment.

* Demonstrated ability to assess data and distill into actionable, strategic recommendations.

Qualifications:

* 10 years + experience
* Pricing specific experience in either a pricing consultancy or in house pricing team

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Business Area: FINANCE

Job Category: Finance Group

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Req ID: 22846