Senior Data Scientist – Pricing and Revenue Management

The Role – Senior Data Scientist – Pricing and Revenue Management

What you’ll be doing:

As part of the Commercial organisation, The Trading, Pricing and Revenue Management department is responsible for pricing more than 100 million tickets and ancillary products annually. In addition, the department creates market analyses and forecasts, which drives pricing decisions. 

The primary role is to develop, test, and operate easyJets pricing systems and algorithms using SQL, Python, data analysis, and statistics.

The objective is to maximize revenue and support easyJet’s strategic objectives by testing and optimizing algorithmic pricing decisions.

The position collaborates closely with commercial and IT departments.

The role reports to the Data Science Manager in the Revenue Management and requires strong technical skills and commercial acumen.

How you will do it:

·          Design and develop methodology, algorithmic pricing actions and tests

·          Revenue management research

·          Analyse and present results to subject matter experts

·          Forecasting and demand modelling

·          Liaising with stakeholders in Commercial, IT and Operations to explore ideas and develop solutions.

·          Maintaining codebase and documentation

What you will need to do the role:

·          MSC/Ph.D. in statistics, data science, econometrics, quantitative economics, operations research

·          Minimum 5 years’ experience with applied statistical modelling with R, Python, Julia, SAS, Stata, SPSS, JMP, Minitab or other software

·          Willingness to work in Python and SQL

·          Experience in C is an advantage

·          Experience in pricing/revenue management forecasting, inventory management (airline, hotel, car rental, e-commerce businesses)

·          Entrepreneurship. Results-oriented. Collaborative.

·          Continuous improvement and continuous learning

·          Comfortable in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

·          High tolerance for ambiguity and change

What you’ll get in return:

·          Competitive base salary

·          Up to 20% bonus

·          25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with opportunity to buy 5 additional days leave after 12 months in role

·          BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes

·          7% pension

·          Life Assurance (x4)

·          Discounted staff travel scheme with access for friends and family

·          Annual credit for discount on easyJet holidays

·          ‘Work Away’ scheme, allowing you to work abroad for 30 days a year

·          Electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme

·          Access to online learning tools and development programmes

Location & Hours of Work

This is a full-time role. We support hybrid working and we spend three days per week in the office

About easyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low-cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

It takes a real team effort to carry over 90 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front-line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too. 

Apply

Complete your application on our careers site.

We encourage individuality, empower our people to seize the initiative, and never stop learning. We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates.

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