Senior Pricing Analyst

Be yourself at Protolabs Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace.  So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply!  You can help make our company even better.  We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself.  We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams.  Why Protolabs? We are the leaders in digital manufacturing.  We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit.  Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds.  We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do.  It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home. 
Join our team as a Senior Pricing Analyst
This position is a hybrid or remote role based out of Maple Plain, MN. You must be located in MN.
The Senior Pricing Analyst is responsible for data-driven pricing strategy and operationalization within our pricing infrastructure, blending strong business and technical acumen to drive company objectives.  This role workscross-functionally with R&D and ML, sales, engineering, manufacturing, and product management.  In addition to maintaining price efficacy on a day-to-day basis, this role also assists with long term platform development in pursuit of experimentation and optimization capabilities within pricing. 

What you'll do:

• Pricing execution 
• Facilitate business requests and action against company goals via pricing platform quickly and accurately 
• Assist with triage and root cause analysis of pricing errors or inquiries 
• Identify opportunities to enhance the executional platform, potentially through incorporation of new data or variables or other opportunities 
• Provide subject matter expertise on how to leverage pricing as it pertains to nuances or limitations of the executional platform 

Data 
• Subject matter expertise for conducting pricing analyses, such as fixed and variable costs, quoting behavior and metadata, part mix, quantity and lead times, and beyond. 
• Assists with identifying or diagnosing discrepancies or errors of pricing related data 
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing for enhancements to data, tools, or other technologies 
• Guide web scraping or competitive research activities to drive understanding of Protolab’s positioning in the marketplace 

Reporting and analysis 
• Leverage elasticity modeling or forecasting techniques to project financial implications of price changes
• Leverage exploratory data analysis or data visualization to distill and summarize complex findings  
• Partner with Product Leaders to develop long term roadmaps for pricing 
• Develop pricing and implementation plans for new services or technologies, leveraging internal proxy data or external data sources 
• Ownership and modernization of pricing reporting, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and effectiveness of reporting

Business acumen 
• Leverage data, analyses, and subject matter expertise to influence peers and leaders 
• Convey complex or technical topics in laymen’s terms to a non-technical audience 
• Build presentations to leadership in the spirit of driving change or influencing decision making 
• Develop strong relationships as the pricing subject matter expert for other parts of the organization or for cross-functional projects 

What it takes:

• Bachelor’s Degree (prefer Economics, Business, Data Science, or related)OR equivalent experience 
• Advanced degree a plus 
• 4+ years of pricing experience  
• Experience working successfully within a matrixed organization, effectively influencingcross-functionally, across divisions and at various levels of management 
• Familiarity with E-commerce based pricing and/or B2B pricing 

Preferred Qualifications: 
• Proficient in SQL (SQL Server or Snowflake preferred) 
• Intermediate skills in Python for data analysis, statistical modeling, and/or price optimization  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 
• Experience with rules engine type pricing platforms and creation and implementation of rules to accomplish business goals 
• Solid knowledge of pricing methodologies such as segmentation, value-based pricing, cost-based pricing, and price optimization 
• Expert in MS Excel, including pivot tables, linear and logistic regressions, and statistical techniques 
• Experience in data visualization and dashboard creation (Domo preferred) 
• Ability to influence peers and leaders without authority 
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and change 

What's in it for you:

• We offer a competitive total compensation package
• In addition, we offer competitive benefits including but not limited to:
• Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
• Dental and Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Paid caregiver leave
• You will receive PTO + Holiday Pay + Volunteer Hours
• 401k with company match and immediate vest
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount
• And More!

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities.  Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status.  Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role. Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer Physical Demands: While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor and mouse, telephone and printer; reach with hands, and arms, talk, see and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.Work Environment: Indoors (A/C); nonsmoking; the majority of this job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. However, there may be job duties that require the employee to spend time in the manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection occasionally required. Occasionally works in outside weather conditions. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.