Job Category
Development & Strategy
Job Details
Responsibilities:
- Manage and guide a small team of high-performing pricing professionals
- Review, manage, and approve pricing escalations for complex deals and services risk review on behalf of Global Deal Strategy management in a timely manner
- Manage communications with sales leaders and deliver approval/rejection context
- Lead, motivate and mentor the team, monitoring performance, fostering ongoing professional development and ensure staff have the knowledge and skills to achieve their work objectives
- Partner in a trusted adviser capacity to senior Sales Leadership, sales community and other internal stakeholders
- Provide thought leadership to develop innovative deal structures, manage risk within the contractual terms and structure and educate the sales team on our latest product bundles and offerings
- Analyze incoming deals along review criteria (both quantitative and qualitative)
- Challenge status quo to make recommendations that drive price increases and discount reductions
- Develop best practices for pricing and business terms, based on the improved use of data and market knowledge to support decisions
- Recommend pricing structures based on the Customer’s business drivers and ability to sell value.
- Independently scope and execute project work with minimum oversight to meet goals identified by Management
- Partner with product teams on optimal pricing models and strategies for new products and bundled solutions
- Collaborate with Sales leadership to effectively coordinate and manage month and quarter end deal closure
- Develop relevant cross-functional relationships to understand products, competition, and the competitive market
- Create sales enablement materials to train Sales on best practices for product pricing and positioning
- Aptitude to learn and foster AI tools to enhance team productivity
- Work closely with Finance, Legal and Operations department to optimize contract terms and close deals
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of our customers and how they use Salesforce products
- Ensure compliance with internal controls
Required Skills/Experience
- 12+ years of professional work experience, including 5+ years of people management experience
- Superior analytical background with strong problem-solving skills and experience with profitability analysis and pricing strategy
- Extensive experience in a deal management and pricing approval role
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
- Capable of explaining concepts clearly and credibly across all levels of the organization
- Extensive experience in a deal management and pricing approval role
- Extensive experience discussing business issues with senior sales leadership and collaborating with all levels of sales teams
- Language abilities – High level of Fluency (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) in English
- Ability to build cross-functional relationships and work collaboratively to drive results
- Ability to identify areas of improvement and propose necessary changes
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to work in a stressful environment
- Hands-on approach
- Ability to identify areas of improvement and propose necessary changes
- Comfortable with the ambiguity associated with a fast paced business.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience required
Desired Skills/Experience:
- MBA or equivalent experience highly preferred
- Pricing Strategy, sales financial analysis, consulting, professional services risk review, procurement experience with in-depth experience structuring pricing for mid-to-large contracts is preferred.
Personal Traits
- Energetic, driven and self-starter
- Adept at thinking on his/her feet amidst ambiguity
- Ability to manage and prioritize competing demands
- Ability to lead, challenge and influence at all levels
- High integrity
- Team player
- Persistent, patient and resilient
- Confident
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