Senior Pricing Analyst
About The Position
We are looking for a Senior Pricing & Profitability Analyst within our Pricing function to play a pivotal role in building Cerba Research's pricing capability, providing the analytical backbone that drives commercial performance across our global portfolio. About Cerba Research With over 40 years of clinical research expertise, Cerba Research has built a unique offering of services, which includes clinical trial management, specialty lab & biomarkers services and medical devices & diagnostics offerings. Cerba Research supports clients from research and development all the way through clinical studies and commercialization of therapies. We combine the deep therapeutic understanding and agility of a specialist with the capacity, breadth and global reach of a central lab. Our extensive experience in central & specialty laboratory services is key to our success, allowing us to provide clients with early scientific insights that optimize protocol development. We provide key laboratory services to biopharma, government and not-for-profit organizations, supporting clinical trials. Our global accredited laboratory network and connected logistical infrastructure covers the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Australia and Africa. Our aim is to transform clinical research to deliver the promise of precision and predictive medicine to help people live healthier lives. It's our passion, expertise, and commitment to quality that drive Cerba Research. We want to change the shape of clinical development, and help patients around the world get access to new treatments faster. Why Join Us? Global Scope – You'll work across a multi-regional portfolio, engaging with costing and pricing data that spans the US, Europe and beyond, with pricing exposure across tests, services, studies and delivery models. Autonomy & Impact – This is a genuine build role. Own the analytical and operational engine of a pricing function that's being built for scale. Professional Growth – Working directly alongside the Head of Strategic Pricing, you'll develop deep expertise across pricing strategy, deal economics, cost modelling and discount governance in a fast-moving, high-growth environment. How You Will Add Value As a Senior Pricing & Profitability Analyst within the Global Growth & Strategy team, you will contribute to: Strengthening margin governance through disciplined price–cost–margin analysis across tests, services and study types Enhancing pricing processes by building scalable frameworks, catalogues and documentation that reduce key-person dependency Driving continuous improvement by identifying margin leakage, outdated pricing and structural inefficiencies Shaping best practices in pricing analytics and profitability management across Cerba's global service portfolio
Requirements
- Proven experience in price–cost–margin analysis and financial modelling in complex, cost-intensive service environments
- Advanced Excel skills
- Ability to distil complex analyses into clear takeaways for senior or ELT-level stakeholders
- Confident and direct, able to ask tough questions, challenge assumptions and make recommendations under ambiguity
- Fluent in English
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with SAP or O2C processes
- Background in CRO, lab or sample-testing environments
- Transferable experience from logistics or similar cost-intensive service sectors
Responsibilities
- Own and continuously improve price–cost–margin analyses across tests, services and study types
- Build and maintain cost models reflecting laboratory operations, partner labs and service delivery models
- Support pricing of new deals, renewals and change orders, including deal economics and sensitivity analyses
- Own pricing catalogue maintenance across regions, services and delivery models, including inflation recovery and periodic repricing
- Monitor and analyse discounts, preparing recommendations in line with governance policies
- Develop and maintain pricing and margin KPIs, dashboards and recurring reports for Pricing, Finance and Commercial teams
- Support SAP, O2C and pricing tool implementation, ensuring pricing logic is correctly captured
- Act as the institutional memory of pricing, maintaining models, documentation and assumptions over time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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