Pricing Transformation Data Scientist

Uniting Holding; Taguig; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading flexible workspace provider in Metro Manila is seeking a motivated professional to join their Pricing Transformation Team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Python and SQL, with strong analytical abilities to enhance algorithms and pricing engines. Responsibilities include building simulations, optimizing pricing, and creating effective data visualizations. The role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing market leader in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building simulations/algorithms in Python.
• Knowledge of SQL pipelines and data cleansing.
• Strong analytical skills with large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Improve existing algorithms for contract renewal likelihood.
• Create algorithms for additional purchase predictions.
• Build optimization engines for price setting.
• Ensure reliability of data fed into pricing engines.
• Develop visualizations for simulation findings.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data visualization

Analytical capabilities

Microsoft Office 365 (Excel)

English communication

Education

Degree in numerical, scientific, or business discipline

Job description

About the company

IWG has been at the forefront of the flexible workspace revolution for more than 30 years. We have made it possible for organisations and individuals everywhere to take a new approach to the traditional working day. We have over 3,400 locations across over 110 countries allowing millions of people every day to have a great day at work.

Our customers are start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large multinationals. With unique business goals, people and aspirations. They want workspaces and communities to match their needs. We provide them with choice through our portfolio of brands, covering serviced offices (Regus, Spaces, HQ, Signature and No18), commercial real estate brokerage and managed office solutions.

This is an exciting time to join IWG, our business is growing rapidly, and we are making significant changes to boost scalability and profitability.

Join us at www.iwgplc.com

Job purpose

The role sits within the Pricing Transformation Team, a team which is re-defining how Revenue Management is conducted within the wider Pricing Team. The industry-leading analytics and pricing algorithms we devise aim to revolutionize how IWG drives volume and earnings.

You will be working within a highly motivated and multi-disciplinary team, with a direct hand on the full-stack development of our global business simulations (e.g., customer behaviour predictors, multi-variable forecasts & maximum likelihood estimations) across all product lines, the results of which are used in price setting and visible across the business.

The immediate team is split between the UK and Manila, has a great start-up feel, with flexible working practices around a core over-lap shift to be determined with managerial discretion.

This is a great opportunity to join a market leader and make a personal contribution to our success.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications

• Working experience in building simulations/algorithms in an advanced programming language; preferably Python
• Knowledge of data engineering, preferably SQL pipelines + Python cleansing
• Strong analytical capabilities and data visualization in Python, comfortable with large data sets
• Impressive academic credentials (numerical, scientific, or business disciplines preferred)
• Advanced user of the full Microsoft Office 365 suite, especially Excel
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken
• Proven ability to undertake projects from initial inception through to final completion
• Experience in price optimization and/or revenue management is preferred

Key Accountabilities

Business Simulations

• Improving existing algorithms e.g. likelihood of a contract renewing
• Creating new algorithms for missing processes e.g. likelihood of additional purchases

Price Setting Engines

• Building optimization engines that run the business simulations to set better prices
• Running pricing tests with the Pricing Analysts aid for better parameterization

Data Pipelines

• Ensuring clean and reliable data is being fed into the engines
• Expanding the data available by working closely with Reporting and IT teams

Processes

• Implementing better techniques for attribute identification and input parameterization

Result Presentation

• Developing better visualizations and ways for the Pricing Team and wider business to consume the findings of simulation runs.