Data Scientist - Pricing

🙌 Your Mission

Leverage data to sharpen the accuracy of our pricing decisions and shape the pricing strategy that drives NALA’s growth across Africa and beyond.

🎯 Your Responsibilities in this Role

• Pricing strategy– Define and evolve NALA’s corridor-specific and global pricing strategy using data-driven insights and experimentation.
• Pricing experiment design– Partner with Marketing and Treasury to ideate, run, and measure experiments that test hypotheses and unlock pricing advantages.
• Pricing performance analysis– Level up our analytics capabilities by modeling price sensitivity, quantifying experiment impact, and continuously iterating on strategy based on results.
• Daily pricing operations– Own the data inputs that inform daily price changes across corridors—monitor competitor behavior, customer response, and margin implications.
• Pricing tools roadmap– Help shape the roadmap for our pricing engine and experimentation stack—contribute to the design of algorithm controls, analytics dashboards, and testing infrastructure.
• Market knowledge– Ground your work in reality by staying informed on competitor strategies, macro trends, and customer needs.

🔥 Must Have Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading pricing or monetisation analytics at a top-tier company or fintech
• Proficiency inSQL and Python, with fluency in working with large-scale datasets and building robust analytical workflows
• Strong data science foundation—experience with modelling techniques, ML experimentation, or even LLM applications
• Deep customer empathy and a bias toward solving for real-world outcomes

💪 Nice to Have Requirements

• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment
• Background in payments, FX, or remittance—particularly where pricing is a strategic lever

⭐️ Benefits

• 27 Days Off Plus UK Bank Holidays: Take the time to decompress. Working at a startup is hard!
• Birthday Leave:Celebrate your special day with a bonus day off to take off in that month.
• Enhanced Parental Leave- We offer 16 weeks of full pay for the primary caregiver and 4 weeks of full pay for the secondary caregiver (After a 6-month probationary period)
• Global Workspace: Get access to WeWork locations worldwide.
• LearningBudget: Fuel your growth with $1000 annually for learning and development.
• Sarabi: Themed snacks and Friday lunch focused on building great working relationships with the team.
• Monthly Socials: Join fun social events every month for great times.
• Free Coffee: Enjoy barista-style coffee at your fingertips.