Director Pricing and Strategy, FlashArray
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Pure Storage revolutionized the storage market with its all-flash arrays and cloud business models. As we continue to evolve our business models we are looking for a standout professional who wants to shape the pricing strategy for Pure Storage’s FlashArray Business Unit.
The right person for this job has big ideas and is passionate about reimagining the way businesses buy and consume storage. You will need to understand cloud-based pricing and consumption models as well as have a view on what services best compliment core storage. You must be comfortable working in an “outside-in” model, interacting closely with customers, partners and sellers and then drive a tight feedback loop to build the pricing frameworks that will enable Pure to continue to grow rapidly.
The Director, Pricing and Strategy for the FlashArray business unit will partner very closely with the business unit leadership, deals desk, finance and sales teams globally to design durable, long term monetization strategies. As a pricing strategist you will build monetization strategies that enhance Pure’s technological and business model advantages.
Responsibilities:
- Own pricing for all products in the FlashArray business unit.
- Develop and communicate a clear pricing and promotions strategy
- Track market trends and competitor pricing and identify strategic pricing modifications for FlashArray
- Monitor impact of pricing and discount practices on win-loss rates and identify areas requiring pricing and discounting adjustments
- Identify new cross-portfolio packaging and bundling opportunities to simplify sales motion and improve cross sell and up sell
- Develop a way to track effectiveness of promotions and track promotional analysis over time to understand trends
- Collaborate with Sales to design, plan, and implement promotional campaigns
- Work closely with product marketing to ensure pricing is positioned correctly
- Drive required content for senior executive pricing reviews and approvals
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...
- 8+ years experience in pricing and packaging or related quantitative field
- Good understanding of business and the ability to think analytically
- Bachelor's degree minimum. MBA preferred.
- Intellectual curiosity, a winning mindset and a strong sense of ownership
- Creative problem solver with the ability to use large sets of data to build comprehensive analytics model
- Excellent interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills
- Ability to see big picture without underestimating execution challenges
- C-suite relationship engagement and management
- Creative with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment
- Must be willing and able to work in an open office, team environment.
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