Does your passion lie at the intersection of data science and pricing? Are you excited about developing a comprehensive pricing strategy to drive revenue and customer acquisition and lead a team? Then join Western Union as a Leader of Pricing Data Science.
Motivated by our values: purpose driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful
We’re a FinTech that’s using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We’re a team of over 10,000 people spanning 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.
Better is enabled by trust and respect
We'll be looking to you to lead a team and design and develop pricing and revenue management models that will improve the revenue, profit, and competitive position of Western Union. You will translate business problems into analytical frameworks and models while collaborating on a global team. In addition, you will apply a deep level of analytical and business excellence to ensure our pricing and data strategies deliver long term value while adapting to the constantly changing needs of the market in which we operate. You will lead enterprise-level initiatives and coordinate the design of resources, projects, management tools, and associate processes.
For this role, you'll need to have 2 or more years of senior-level experience and 3 + years of experience in data science. You should also have practical experience in the intersection of pricing and data science to be effective in this role. Practical experience in the Python coding language will help immensely in this role. Due to the technical level of this role, a bachelors degree, masters, or PhD is required. Applicable fields of study include, industrial engineering, applied mathematics, economics, or other analytical fields.
Join us, and let’s connect the world
Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It’s an exciting time for our organization, as the largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. If you’re ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation, apply now.
We’re a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.
We are passionate about our diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams, while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran (U.S.) status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.
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Rochester, NY
We are a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement. From small businesses and global corporations, to families near and far away, to NGOs in the most remote communities on Earth, Western Union helps people and businesses move money - to help grow economies and realize a better world. In 2018, we completed more than 800 million transactions for our consumer and business clients. We continue to innovate, developing new ways to send money through digital, mobile, and retail channels, with an array of convenient pay-out options to meet business and consumer needs.
We are a business centered on the needs of our customers, and over the years, we’ve invested and innovated to provide consumers and businesses with even more choices – in products, in services, and in how and where they can access Western Union when moving money across borders.
We move money for better, enabling individuals, families and friends to securely and seamlessly transfer money in the ways that are most convenient for them, whether that is walking into a retail location or using our Western Union website or app to move money in minutes.
Our customers use our services to send money to family members in nearly every part of the world, to provide support, recognize a special occasion, and enable entrepreneurship or education.
As businesses have a growing need to move money around the globe and transact in different currencies, we’ve answered these needs with Western Union Business Solutions to help navigate the global economy, including solutions for International Payments, Risk Management, and Cash Management Solutions. We offer a wide range of industry-specific solutions that today help over 50,000 clients including financial institutions, educational institutions, NGOs, and small/medium sized businesses needing to make cross-border payments.