Pricing Manager

The Company

Metropolis is an artificial intelligence company that uses computer vision technology to enable frictionless, checkout-free experiences in the real world. Today, we are reimagining parking to enable millions of consumers to just "drive in and drive out." We envision a future where people transact in the real world with a speed, ease and convenience that is unparalleled, even online. Tomorrow, we will power checkout-free experiences anywhere you go to make the everyday experiences of living, working, and playing remarkable - giving us back our most valuable asset, time.

The Role

At AeroParker, a Metropolis Company, we are looking for a Pricing Manager to support our teams who currently provide revenue management across the USA, as well as bidding on new business opportunities with airports of all sizes. We are looking for a team member who is analytical, creative, and innovative. The successful candidate will develop an in-depth understanding of the marketplace and develop yield strategies to increase revenues and drive profitability for SFO and other airports AeroParker operates at across the USA.

This role is to be based in the San Francisco Bay area with the requirement to be on site at San Francisco airport at least 2 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Support our team who currently provide revenue management services to airports across the US.
• Manage and maintain the AeroParker online reservation system including pricing, product rules and promotions.
• Develop tactical online pricing and adapt online product rules to optimize parking pricing according to multiple criteria.
• Assist with maximizing revenues with yield strategies based on rigorous quantitative analysis of historical and projected demand, competitive environment, industry trends, and consumer behaviour.
• Monitor competitor and market activity, including off-airport parking operators, third-party aggregators, and other modes of transportation.
• Co-ordinate online promotions with the wider team, developing and delivering promotional offers aimed at maximizing parking sales and increasing the size of the customer database.
• Develop ad-hoc analysis to support daily, weekly, and monthly reporting.
• Support weekly and monthly performance meetings with airport stakeholders.
• Support the annual budgeting and reforecasting process for parking, building granular level and complex budgets.
• Develop and utilize pricing tools on a frequent basis, including reporting dashboards, rate of sale dashboards and price recommendation tools.
• Design revenue management plans for new business opportunities.

Requirements

• S./B.A., or advanced degree with significant coursework or experience in a quantitative discipline (data analytics, economics, mathematics, operations research, statistics, decision science, etc.)
• Ability to design, develop and implement a revenue management strategy.
• 2+ years related analytics, business intelligence, or decision support experience.
• Travel experience (airline, hotel, rental car, train, bus line, cruise line) and/or airport parking experience is preferred.
• A strategic thinker who considers commercial, operational, resourcing, and longer-term strategic considerations when making tactical and strategic decisions.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to create high-level analysis and reporting, detailing the main points for discussion and present insightful recommendations.
• Experience using online pricing and revenue management techniques
• Expertise with a range of Business Intelligence tools to deliver insight, develop reporting and drive commercial decision making.
• Ability to design and develop annual budgets and periodic reforecasting for airport parking or in other similar sectors.
• Experience building business cases and proposals for existing clients and prospective clients.
• An understanding of e-commerce, understanding how to interpret web analytical tools.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with AeroParker team and clients from multiple disciplines who operate at different levels in an organization.
• Ability to hit deadlines and work under time constraints.
• High-level of competency in Microsoft Excel is required, Use of SQL/Python is a plus.

*When you join Metropolis, you’ll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate. Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows. The anticipated base salary for this position is $145,000.00 to $175,000.00. The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and/or place of employment. Base salary is one component of Metropolis’s total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans and more. *

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