Strategic Pricing Analyst — AI-Driven & Growth-Focused

Crane Authentication; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 100,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Authentication is seeking a pricing-focused professional to support pricing analysis, market insight, and commercial partnerships. The role emphasizes creating models, dashboards, and cost structures to drive growth.

You will work with cross-functional teams across Sales, Finance, Ops, and Product to operationalize pricing strategies and translate market data into recommendations for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and implementation of pricing frameworks, tools, and models aligned with business growth and governance objectives.
• Conduct detailed financial and profitability analysis across product and service lines.
• Maintain and enhance standardized cost and pricing models.
• Leverage digital and AI enabled tools to improve data quality, pricing efficiency, and process automation.
• Assist in ensuring pricing consistency and compliance across regions and offerings.
• Gather, analyze, and report competitor pricing benchmarks, market trends, and customer value indicators.
• Monitor margin performance and support delivery of key pricing metrics aligned with divisional plans.
• Translate market insights into pricing recommendations for review by the Associate Pricing Director and broader leadership teams.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Sales, Finance, Operations, and Product teams to operationalize pricing strategies and strengthen pricing processes.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and presentations showcasing pricing analysis, cost structures, and market positioning.
• Support the development of bespoke costing and pricing models for complex solution opportunities ranging from £100k to £100m+.
• Assist commercial teams during bids and customer negotiations with robust financial analysis.
• Contribute to a culture of analytical rigor, continuous improvement, and pricing excellence.
• Support cross-functional education on pricing concepts, value-based pricing, and commercial decision-making.

Job description

Crane Authentication is seeking a pricing-focused professional to support pricing analysis, market insight, and commercial partnerships. The role emphasizes creating models, dashboards, and cost structures to drive growth.

You will work with cross-functional teams across Sales, Finance, Ops, and Product to operationalize pricing strategies and translate market data into recommendations for leadership.