Pricing Strategy Manager, Celerity

Bain & Company, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401(k) company contribution

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Generous PTO

Job summary

Bain & Company is seeking a pricing consultant to lead analytical workstreams, build pricing models, and deliver actionable insights for clients across industries. This hybrid role collaborates with leadership to drive revenue improvements and develop standardized pricing workflows.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in pricing, BA or equivalent, and experience with Alteryx, Python, or R. Strong communication and ability to manage distributed teams are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years pricing experience or related pricing exposure.
• BA or equivalent required; MBA preferred.
• Experience building financial or pricing models.
• Experience conducting quantitative business analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead pricing analytics including price-volume analysis, segmentation, profitability diagnostics, and customer-level analyses.
• Coordinate Pricing Center of Excellence teams to build pricing models and revenue simulations.
• Translate analytical findings into structured insights and client-ready materials.
• Lead client discussions to collect data and share insights.
• Scope pricing workstreams with Partners/Senior Managers.
• Develop repeatable tools, templates, and standardized pricing approaches; contribute to knowledge base.

Skills

Pricing analytics

Pricing models

Team leadership

Client communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Tools

Alteryx

Python

R

Job description

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world’s best places to work. We are currently the top ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Celerity is a fast-growing start-up that is a part of Bain and Company and is focused on delivering high-impact pricing projects. Celerity is seeking to recruit a client delivery Pricing Consultant who will work closely with Celerity leadership and our Pricing Center of Excellence to execute pricing projects across industries and client contexts. You will be responsible for conducting rigorous pricing analyses, building models and insights from complex datasets, and translating those insights into clear recommendations that improve client revenue performance.

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

The Lead will drive complex pricing analyses and manages significant analytical workstreams for client engagements. Translate technical findings into actionable business recommendations, coordinates project activities across team members, and serves as a trusted technical resource while coaching and developing less experienced specialists.

You will also contribute to building standardized tools, templates, and analytical workflows that improve the efficiency and consistency of pricing delivery. And you will contribute IP for on-going improvement of our Celerity pricing approaches.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead pricing analytics including price-volume analysis, segmentation, profitability diagnostics, and customer-level analyses. Conduct market research, including surveys and expert calls (30%)
• Coordinate Pricing Center of Expertise teams to build pricing models, revenue simulations (20%)
• Translate analytical findings into structured insights and client-ready materials (20%)
• Lead client discussions to collect data and share insights (15%)
• Work with Partners/Senior Managers to scope pricing workstreams (5%)
• Support development of repeatable tools, templates, and standardized pricing approaches and contribute to knowledge capture and methodology improvement (10%)

WORK MODEL

This role follows a hybrid model, requiring in-office presence at least 3 days per week.

ABOUT YOU

Required

• 5+ years consulting pricing experience and/or industry experience
• BA or equivalent
• Pricing consulting experience OR industry pricing experience
• Experience building financial or pricing models
• Experience conducting quantitative business analysis
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of analytical workstreams and deliver outputs with limited supervision
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem solving
• Advanced analytics and modelling capabilities
• Ability to manage distributed teams
• Strong communication and synthesis skills
• Ability to work with messy datasets and derive insights

Preferred:

• MBA or advanced degree
• Distinct pricing experience, ideally with experience running quantitative analyses, working with large datasets, and building pricing models.
• Prior business consulting experience
• Proficiency in big data analysis tools such as Alteryx, Python and/or R

COMPENSATION

In The United States, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $150,000–$170,000

• Annual discretionary performance bonus
• This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation
• 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, which increases after 3 years of service and is 100% vested upon start date

Bain & Company's comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to help employees achieve personal independence, protection and stability in the areas most important to you and your family.

• Bain pays 100% individual employee premiums for medical, dental and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans for employees without impacting your paycheck
• Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave and paid holidays
• Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
• Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance

For all other locations, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is commensurate with competitive geographic market rates for this role and will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level