Pricing Analyst

Company Description

At Longtail we are building an intelligent, autonomous decision streaming platform for airlines. We build humanly impossible workflows by overlaying scalable & granular automation with proprietary algorithms and rich contextual data. The decisions are streamed in real-time directly to airline systems. Current applications built on our platform allow airlines to offer every possible travel product through their network, providing travelers with more travel options in thousands of routes around the world. And we are building more!

The Position

We are seeking an experienced, curious, and highly analytical Pricing Analyst to join our innovative team. In this role, you will leverage your knowledge of the airline pricing practice along with commercial acumen and analytical modeling skills to provide analytical insights and data-backed recommendations to support initiatives across multiple use cases. You will work closely with the Customer Success and Product Operations functions to identify and synthesize new opportunities of growth and value-creation through Longtail, along with providing diagnoses and insights on initiatives to maximize the value delivery to existing airline partners.

To excel at this role you will need to demonstrate extreme attention to detail, be a critical and independent thinker, be a self-starter, and possess an exceptional combination of data management and analysis skills, along with a deep understanding of the Longtail platform and the airline pricing practice.

In This Role, you'll

• Closely monitor and diagnose revenue performance and operational impact for existing airline partners, across a variety of granular and aggregate views, to steer and maximize opportunities within existing relationships.

• Provide analysis-based guidance and recommendations to Customer Success and Operations Management functions on initiatives and opportunities to increase revenue delivery through Longtail, on currently managed or prospect OD markets. These could include updates on input data, changes in configuration parameters, algorithms at use, changes in inventory management or retailing rules…

• Monitor and validate accurate retailing of the fare and itinerary products generated by Longtail, across all markets managed through the platform

• Conceive, design, and set up dashboards and visualization on various performance metrics, including platform-related operations, revenue impact, and market-level opportunities for Longtail.

• Provide support to Customer Success in investigating platform scenarios and responding to customer queries, including explainability of platform operations and algorithms, fare levels, and routings, to provide accurate and transparent communication around Longtail’s operations and performance impact.

• Devise metrics and performance indicators to support value creation story-telling, to continuously demonstrate the value-adding capabilities of Longtail

• Prepare slide decks to communicate various analyses, including opportunity packages on the acquisition of new markets to be managed through Longtail, performance impact on currently-managed markets, amongst others

• Support internal teams on various ad-hoc analyses, providing a finished product with minimal guidance

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience as an airline pricing analyst or manager - preferably at an international OD network carrier
• Strong analytical skills with experience in large data modeling and statistical analysis
• Great story-telling skills, with the ability to synthesize analyses and recommendations through well-structured and concise slide decks
• Proficiency in the use of SQL and data visualization tools (Tableau, Kibana, or similar)
• Extreme attention to detail, structured thinker, and self-starter attitude

Preferred Qualifications

• A blend of market operations experience in pricing along with a deeply analytical function, like commercial analytics, business intelligence or operations research
• Good understanding of the Revenue Management practice in international OD networks

Why Join Us?

• Contribute to cutting-edge fare management solutions in the airline industry.
• Enjoy a supportive management team that values hard work, fosters professional growth, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
• Be part of a steadily growing company with opportunities for advancement and professional development.

Longtail Technologies is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Longtail Technologies considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. Longtail Technologies is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation made due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Longtail Technologies is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below.