Senior Manager, Pricing Operations

Job Summary

At NetApp we believe data and AI are powerful forces for good. As the Senior Manager of Pricing Operations you will lead a high-performing team responsible for driving price realization strengthening governance and enabling Sales and Business Desk teams to execute effective value-based deals.

This role combines strategic leadership operational rigor and cross-functional partnership to ensure pricing discipline improve deal outcomes and scale consistent practices globally. You will be accountable for advancing pricing frameworks embedding governance into deal processes and delivering measurable improvement in price attainment and margin performance.

This role requires US Citizenship and is hybrid (3 days in office/week) in San Jose CA.

Job Requirements

• Lead and develop a team responsible for price-getting strategy governance execution and deal support setting clear priorities operating rhythms and performance expectations aligned to business objectives
• Partner with Sales Business Desk Finance and Product teams to align pricing strategies with market and growth priorities
• Own and evolve pricing governance frameworks to ensure consistency transparency and accountability in deal execution
• Define guardrails approval processes and escalation paths to balance speed with discipline while monitoring compliance to pricing policies
• Drive initiatives to improve price attainment reduce unnecessary discounts and reinforce value-based selling
• Enable Sales and Business Desk teams with clear guidance tools and insights to navigate pricing decisions
• Support training and change management efforts to drive adoption of pricing standards and capabilities
• Own the business strategy roadmap and governance for pricing systems and tools ensuring systems effectively support pricing policies approval workflows and deal guardrails at scale
• Establish leading indicators and KPIs to track pricing effectiveness and deal quality and provide executive reporting on price realization governance adherence and program impact

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelors degree in business finance economics or a related field Masters preferred
• 10-12 years of experience in pricing sales operations deal desk or related functions
• 8 years of people management experience
• Proven experience leading teams in pricing deal desk revenue operations or related environments
• Strong track record of driving pricing governance price realization and margin improvement
• Experience owning or partnering on pricing systems (e.g. CPQ CRM pricing analytics tools)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate insights into business actions
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Preferred: Experience in enterprise technology or cloud environments and background in pricing transformation or monetization strategy