$93K - 139K a year
The Strategic Deal & Enterprise Pricing Analyst will partner with sales and account teams to develop tailored pricing strategies for complex deals. This role involves financial modeling, scenario planning, and ensuring pricing aligns with business objectives.
Candidates should have 3-5 years of experience in strategic finance or pricing strategy, preferably in a SaaS environment. A bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Economics is required, with an MBA preferred.
Summary About the Role We are seeking a data-driven, commercially minded Strategic Deal & Enterprise Pricing Analyst to design, optimize, and execute high-impact pricing strategies and deal structures across our enterprise portfolio. You’ll partner closely with Sales, Finance, Legal, Pricing and Product to architect innovative deal frameworks that maximize value for our customers and our business. This role requires a unique blend of strategic thinking, financial acumen, customer empathy, and operational execution. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise deal structuring—from early-stage modeling to contract execution—while ensuring pricing aligns with our overall business objectives. Job Description Key Responsibilities Strategic Deal Support: Partner with enterprise sales and account teams to develop tailored pricing strategies and commercial structures for complex, high-value deals. Serve as the internal deal pricing quarterback, aligning cross-functional stakeholders including Finance, Legal, Product, and Leadership. Provide financial modeling and scenario planning to assess tradeoffs and optimize deal value. At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes. Pricing Strategy & Governance: Design and maintain enterprise pricing frameworks, discounting thresholds, and approval workflows under the direction of the Deal Desk Director. Recommend updates to pricing guardrails to support scalable and profitable growth Analyze deal win/loss trends, pricing sensitivity, and customer feedback to inform ongoing pricing strategies. Business Partnership & Analytics: Deliver insights to senior leadership on deal performance, pricing effectiveness, and customer behavior. Conduct regular reviews of enterprise pipeline and pricing performance; drive continuous improvement initiatives. Support executive decision-making with rigorous, data-backed recommendations. Tools & Processes: Work with BizTech and Go To Market teams to streamline quoting and pricing approval processes via tools like Salesforce CPQ/Revenue Cloud and Advanced Approvals. Drive automation and efficiency in deal desk pricing operations and contract lifecycle management. Update and create pricing models and calculators in Excel/Google Sheets. Qualifications 3-5 years experience in strategic finance, deal desk, pricing strategy, or enterprise sales operations—preferably in a SaaS, cloud, or enterprise tech environment. Strong financial modeling skills and the ability to simplify complex commercial decisions. Experience negotiating or structuring complex B2B enterprise contracts. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence sales and senior leadership. Understanding of SaaS economics (ARR, TCV, LTV, CAC, etc.) and enterprise procurement dynamics. Proficiency with Salesforce, ThoughtSpot, CPQ/Revenue Cloud, Excel/Google Sheets Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your role as well as use data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $93,000 - $139,000 . Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan. In addition, some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance. Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to Accommodations@guidewire.com. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail Accommodations@guidewire.com to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days. About Guidewire Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire. As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation. For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC. Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position. We’re an extraordinary blend of hungry self-starters, intrepid explorers, brainy experts, and loyal allies. Combine all of this, and we make a glorious success story, loaded with down-to-earth, helpful, and passionate people, all on the journey of cloud innovation and best in class technology. Guidewire’s an adventure—and it’s yours for the taking. At Guidewire, we are utterly committed to customer success. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service to the P&C Insurance industry. And with the largest R&D team, services team, and partner ecosystem in the industry, we continually evolve and innovate to meet our customers’ needs. We put our values of Integrity, Rationality, and Collegiality first, harboring a culture of honesty and openness that our people never want to lose. And we each bring a little quirkiness—and a little genius—to the table. As the landscape of our industry continues to shift, we respond with flexibility and skill. We’re braving uncharted territory, pushing past the conventional with our products, partners, and people.
This job posting was last updated on 10/4/2025