Senior Pricing Manager – Academic/Open Access (AI)

Location: Hybrid role based within a commutable distance of the London Blackfriars office, with at least 3 days per week working in person and occasional travel to the Oxfordshire head office. Right to live and work in the UK is required.

Salary: Not specified.

Company

hirify.global is a global academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, with Taylor & Francis producing peer-reviewed books and journals.

What you will do

• Lead strategic pricing projects covering annual updates, new propositions, packaging strategies, and innovative business models.
• Implement pricing strategies and ensure operational alignment with business objectives.
• Define and automate pricing performance metrics and competitive benchmarking for the Academic Division.
• Develop AI-driven pricing models and machine-learning approaches to predict market trends and customer behavior.
• Design automated systems for pricing updates, performance tracking, and real-time decision-making.
• Collaborate with Editorial, Commercial, Marketing, and executive stakeholders to drive alignment and communicate results.

Requirements

• Proven experience developing and implementing pricing strategies that drive revenue growth and profitability.
• Strategic pricing experience in a consultancy or in-house strategic pricing team, preferably in data information services.
• Advanced analytical skills with SQL, Python, R, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Experience automating pricing metrics and competitive benchmarking.
• Experience executing global initiatives across multiple countries and regions.
• Must have the right to live and work in the UK and be able to commute to the London Blackfriars office.

Nice to have

• Experience in the pricing function of an academic publisher.

Culture & Benefits

• Balanced working model combining office-based collaboration with flexibility to work from home or remotely when not working in person.
• 25 days of annual leave, a birthday day off, and three additional discretionary holiday-season days.
• Four paid volunteering days per year.
• Company-funded private medical insurance, life assurance, optical and medical care, and a 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Share Match plan and pension scheme.
• Flexible, inclusive working culture focused on wellbeing, development, and work-life balance.