Zendesk

Senior Manager, Pricing & Packaging

Zendesk$140K — $210K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant working experience in strategic roles
  • Strong analytical, strategic, communication, and organizational skills
  • Proficient in managing multiple projects and navigating complex stakeholders
  • Capable of translating complex data into actionable strategies
  • Experience leading qualitative and quantitative research for pricing strategies
  • Creative strategic thinking and intellectual curiosity
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field

Responsibilities

  • Develop long-term pricing and packaging strategies in collaboration with various teams
  • Utilize structured problem-solving frameworks for data-driven recommendations
  • Identify opportunities for enhancing the existing product portfolio
  • Explore new pricing models and understand their implications for customers
  • Communicate pricing concepts effectively to senior leadership and cross-functional teams
  • Support Product Operations in SKU creation and launch prioritization

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment focused on cross-functional initiatives
  • Exposure to high-priority product and market expansion projects
  • Opportunities for leadership influence across different teams
  • Chances to innovate in pricing strategy within a high-growth industry
  • Potential for performance bonuses and incentives
Full Job Description
Job Description

Role Overview

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Manager, Pricing Strategy to support and drive monetization of Zendesk products. The role involves investigating and evaluating pricing and packaging strategies to capitalize on market opportunities and accelerate Zendesk growth. The role is a unique opportunity to develop cross-functional and cross-product expertise in pricing and packaging strategy while gaining exposure to a variety of high priority products and market expansion initiatives. The Senior Manager will collaborate with leaders across the org to help craft new business models, define strategies for new offerings, optimize packaging & pricing for existing products, and drive overall monetization.

You will collaborate closely with Product, Sales, Finance, Product Marketing, RevOps, Legal, and Customer Success. The ideal candidate will possess experience in SaaS pricing models, a strong analytical background, and a proven track record of driving significant business impact through strategic pricing initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize long term pricing and packaging strategies for Zendesk by collaborating with Product Management, Product Marketing, GTM, Finance, IT and other teams
  • Make informed data-driven recommendations using structured problem solving frameworks (e.g., form hypotheses, analyze data, validate hypotheses, make recommendation)
  • Proactively identify opportunities to enhance our existing portfolio by combining insights from market, competitive, customer and stakeholder research
  • Identify new pricing models while understanding their complexity and implications to existing customer base and portfolio
  • Clearly communicate pricing concepts, influence, and gain alignment on recommendations to senior leadership; work with cross-functional teams to operationalize them
  • Assist Product Operations in prioritizing launches and creating SKUs


Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant working experience
  • Strong analytical, strategic, communication, and organizational skills with high attention to detail and ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and credibly to diverse audiences
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing competing deadlines and navigating complex stakeholder dynamics.
  • Skilled at identifying and developing solutions to complex strategic and operational problems across multiple functions
  • Ability to thrive in high-growth, performance-focused environments with frequent change
  • Ability to anticipate outcomes/challenges and to proactively adapt to situations
  • Intellectual curiosity and creative strategic thinking, with a passion for tackling complex challenges
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills, capable of translating complex data into actionable pricing strategies and business insights
  • Experience designing and leading qualitative and quantitative research to test pricing and packaging hypotheses and drive sound decision-making
  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint (or equivalent)
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related quantitative field


Preferred Qualifications

  • 4+ years of SaaS Pricing Strategy experience
  • Experience in usage or consumption-based pricing models and/or monetizing AI
  • Prior management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, pricing/product strategy or product management experience
  • MBA preferred


The US annualized base salary range for this position is $140,000.00-$210,000.00. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives. While this range reflects the minimum and maximum value for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, the offer for the successful candidate for this position will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other factors such as work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only (or OTE for commissions based roles), and do not include bonus, benefits, or related incentives.

About Zendesk

Zendesk is a customer service software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the symbol ZEN and is a constituent of the Russell 2000 Index. The company provides a cloud-based customer support platform which allows quicker and easier interaction between businesses and customers. Zendesk has over 4,000 employees and serves 150,000 customers in 160 countries. The company was founded in 2007 by Mikkel Svane, Morten Primdahl, and Alexander Aghassipour.
Learn more about Zendesk
Size
2,570 employees
Market Cap
$10.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$218.1 million
Founded
2007
5 Year Trend
+33.7%
Revenue
$1 billion
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