Sr. Pricing Analyst

This role is fully remote and can be done anywhere in the US or Costa Rica.

**Sr. Pricing Analyst**

**Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?**

In this role, you will be part of the high-performance global Pricing Programs Team which is part of the Pricing & Monetization Team. This team is responsible for running and managing different VMware Pricing Programs which offer the best way to save money and time when buying VMware Products and Services.

As a Sr. Pricing Analyst, you will have an opportunity to work with multiple cross functional stakeholders, including end Customers with a focus on Customer experience and satisfaction. Apart from the day-to-day activities, the team works on various Automation, Transformational Projects & Initiatives.

Our team is committed to building a community where great people want to work long term by living our values of passion, innovation, execution, collaboration, active learning and giving back. If you are ready to accelerate, innovate and lead, join us as we challenge constraints and problem solve for tomorrow today.

**Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?**
- Within 30 days of employment familiarize with end-to-end Products & Services offered by VMware and thoroughly understand all the VMware Purchasing Programs in detail.
- Within 90 days of joining the team, you will be expected to develop expertise in SaaS, Subscription and Licensing business-related processes. Build your knowledge across cross functional areas of our team’s scope and purpose.
- Within 180 days, you will be expected to support your cross functional stakeholders long and short-term needs by strategically positioning processes and solutions. This will require you to build strong relationships, accurate business assessments and to translate their business needs into long-term business solutions.

**The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?**

The **Sr. Pricing Analyst** will be responsible for supporting and independently executing day-to-day activities related to various global/regional pricing programs projects, initiatives and operations. This would include (and not be limited to) activities like:

- Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Pricing Programs (Ex: Subscription Purchasing Program, Hybrid Purchasing Program etc.).
- Handle end-to-end case management for Pricing Program queries.
- Support Quarter-end activities for Pricing Programs.
- Creating various reports and metrics relevant to the Pricing Programs.
- Recommending improvements to Pricing Programs based on your own opinion and from feedback gathered from different stakeholders.
- Contribute to Periodic/On-demand Pricing analytics work.
- Day-to-day management of End-customer/Channel/Enterprise Pricing Programs.
- Contribute towards Documentation of different processes.
- Contribute to the Testing & Roll-out activities of existing/new Pricing Programs
- Drive process improvements and efficiencies.
- Co-ordinating and working in liaison with globally spread-out team members and other functions.
- Represent the Pricing Programs Team in forums, workshops, meetings, and calls.

The person who fills this position will need to thoroughly understand VMware’s Products and Pricing Programs and become an expert. From an operational perspective, the Sr. Pricing Analyst must proactively interface and co-ordinate efforts with corporate, clearly understand responsibilities for execution, diligently document processes, ensure on-time, accurate and consistent delivery, and occasionally make presentations to senior leadership.
- Experience in Finance/Marketing area in an Enterprise Software business or an ISV or a Technology company.
- Experience in Pricing domain would be preferred.
- Working experience of SAP would be a great plus.
- Strong Knowledge of VBAs is preferred.
- Experience in data visualization tools like Tableau, Dashboards.
- Experience in working with development & Projects teams in scrum and agile methodologies.
- Possess good understanding of common business processes in Finance & Marketing.
- Possess excellent interpersonal skills, written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrate ability to learn business processes quickly.
- Well versed with SaaS Business model.
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently on multiple, competing priorities simultaneously & effectively with cross-departmental teams and driving conflict resolution.
- Deal with a high degree of ambiguity.
- Multi-task, Be Detail oriented, Organized, Team oriented, Business and Process oriented
- Proficient in MS Office (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access), Advanced Excel Skills are necessary.

**What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?**

This role will report to the Senior Manager -