Principal Pricing Strategy Analyst- 12 Months Contract

Pcz Medtronic Czechia Sro; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in Johannesburg seeks a high-potential pricing professional to join the Cardiovascular Strategic Pricing Team. The role partners with Marketing, Finance and Offer Development to shape pricing for new products and optimize value across the region.

You will model scenarios, advise on promotions, and drive inclusive pricing governance, leveraging market realities and the portfolio strategy. This role offers world-class training and the opportunity to impact profitability across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance or Business Administration.
• Minimum 5 years of pricing and commercial finance experience.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and comfort with pricing simulations.
• Entrepreneurial and proactive approach to drive internal buy-in.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and evolution of strategic pricing frameworks across the sub-region.
• Act as a business partner to sub-regional leadership, marketing, and commercial teams on pricing roadmap development.
• Shape pricing strategies for new product launches and commercial models.
• Guide the integration of strategic pricing decisions into planning cycles, business cases, and lifecycle management.
• Own the pricing input into the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle, including ASP planning across portfolios.
• Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to localize pricing governance frameworks and ensure consistency in execution.

Skills

Strong proficiency in Excel

Min 5 years of pricing experience

Problem solving, decision making

Entrepreneurial / proactive approach

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance or Business Administration

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

This is an exciting opportunity for a high potential, analytical, pro-active candidate to join the Cardiovascular Strategic Pricing Team. This person, reporting to the Senior Pricing Strategy Manager Cardiovascular EurAsia, acts as the liaison between the Marketing and Offer Development teams for Pricing responsibilities including creation of new product pricing, scenario modeling and financial analysis. The individual will also provide guidance to Marketing on fine tuning new product pricing strategies, implementation of Marketing promotions and tracking price volume initiatives. With in-depth knowledge and understanding of company products, pricing programs and market trends, the individual will help to establish strategic pricing processes, procedures as well as pricing analytic models and drive decision making discussions in the best interest of Medtronic as well as own portfolio projects protecting the value proposition of our products .This person will interact with Marketing, Shared Services, Legal, Sales, Finance and Offer Development team members during the pricing development process. In return, we will provide you with world-class training, development opportunities and the opportunity to work in a varied and challenging role. Our offer package will include a competitive salary and other great benefits. For this role, you can be located in Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kazakhstan, Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest or Bratislava; responsible for Cardiovascular Business in whole region.

Primary responsibilities:

• Lead the development and evolution of strategic pricing frameworks across the sub-region, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives, portfolio dynamics, and market realities.
• Act as a business partner to sub-regional leadership, marketing, and commercial teams, providing strategic guidance on pricing roadmap development, value-based segmentation, and market access readiness.
• Shape pricing strategies for new product launches and commercial models by translating procedural trends, competitive insights, and economic value drivers into clear, sustainable pricing direction.
• Guide the integration of strategic pricing decisions into planning cycles, business cases, and lifecycle management, helping drive sustainable profitability and market growth.
• Own the pricing input into the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle, including ASP planning across portfolios.
• Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to localize pricing governance frameworks, build pricing capabilities, and ensure consistency in execution across countries.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance or Business Administration.
• Min 5 years of experience in pricing, commercial finance.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and comfortable with various simulations.
• Problem solving, solution finding and decision making oriented; the candidate has to master navigating through a complex matrix environment with multi-cultural & multi-functional components.
• An entrepreneurial / proactive approach is required to design new concepts / processes and successfully drive internal buy-in from all levels of the organization.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Czechia: 1,280,000.00 CZK - 1,920,000.00 CZK | Poland: 192,000.00 PLN - 288,000.00 PLN | Romania: 233,600.00 RON - 350,400.00 RON | Slovakia: 42,320.00 EUR - 63,480.00 EUR | The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).