AI-Driven Price & Promotions Lead

Ashaphak Wood Works; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Ocado discount

Hybrid working

Pension

Job summary

Ocado Retail, Hatfield, is seeking a Price & Promotions Lead to own and accelerate the value strategy within a fast-growing UK consumer retailer. You will lead a team, partner with trading and buying, and drive AI-enabled pricing and promo optimisation tooling at senior levels.

The role combines strategic direction with hands-on commercial judgment, reporting directly to the Commercial Development Director. Hybrid working with 3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years across strategy consulting and direct in-house retail experience.
• Proven ability to lead complex strategic programmes and influence senior stakeholders across commercial functions.
• Strong analytical capability with experience translating data into commercial insight and customer value.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive price and promotional initiatives, adapting to market conditions and competitor activity.
• Set and govern pricing and promotional guardrails (e.g. price index targets, promotional standards)
• Recommend value investments that balance strong customer outcomes with commercial viability.
• Lead senior leadership and board‑level reporting on value strategy and performance.
• Act as senior commercial owner for AI‑enabled price and promo optimisation tooling, shaping requirements alongside Data Science and Product.
• Lead the operating model change required to embed new tools, redesigning processes and setting expectations for how data drives buying decisions.
• Drive automation of manual processes to free the team for higher‑value work.
• Lead and develop the pricing team, building analytical and commercial capability
• Establish pricing as a genuine commercial partner to the buying team, providing timely, high‑quality analysis and recommendations
• Build strong relationships across Trading, Finance, Data Science and Marketing

Skills

Strategy consulting

Pricing

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

In-house retail experience

Tools

AI pricing tools

Job description

Ocado Retail, Hatfield, is seeking a Price & Promotions Lead to own and accelerate the value strategy within a fast-growing UK consumer retailer. You will lead a team, partner with trading and buying, and drive AI-enabled pricing and promo optimisation tooling at senior levels.

The role combines strategic direction with hands-on commercial judgment, reporting directly to the Commercial Development Director. Hybrid working with 3 days in the office.