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Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.

Your Impact

You will be working in one of our North American offices as part of our Growth, Marketing & Sales practice. Periscope by McKinsey is the technology backbone of McKinsey’s Growth, Marketing & Sales Practice. Founded in 2007, it combines world-leading intellectual property, prescriptive analytics and cloud-based tools, with expert support and training. This unique combination drives revenue growth - now, and in the future. We enable our clients to make better commercial decisions faster by uncovering actionable insights.

Periscope’s suite of solutions helps organizations accelerate and transform their category management and revenue growth management. It combines world-class IP, enriched data, cloud-based tools, and end-to-end capability building to create actionable insights and new ways of working. This combination helps to drive lasting performance improvement, a 2-7% increase in return on sales (ROS), and margin management. With experts and analysts around the world, the portfolio of solutions is comprised of: Marketing Solutions, Customer Experience Solutions, Category Solutions, B2C Pricing Solutions, B2B Pricing Solutions and Sales Solutions. These are complemented by ongoing client service and custom capability building programs.

Periscope has a presence in 28 locations across six continents, 35+ capabilities, and a team of 800+ technology and business professionals and 300+ experts. To learn more about how Periscope’s solutions and experts are helping businesses continually drive better performance, visit www.mckinsey.com/periscope.

As the Pricing Solution Delivery Senior Analyst, you will:

• Work in teams to tackle key strategic, organizational, and operational challenges faced by our clients
• Collaborate within a team to deliver capabilities that transform how our clients establish and execute their merchandising and/or pricing strategy; our clients benefit from our collective experience in bringing the best of McKinsey strategy together with our best-in-class Periscope Pricing Solutions
• Collaborate with client business and technical stakeholders to deliver end to end solutions; we are looking for talented individuals who have a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and a desire to deliver high quality end to end intuitive and impactful analytic products using advanced data driven approaches
• Work within a cross-functional team of data scientists, solution analysts, data engineers and product experts to execute solution deployments, analysis, and/or upgrades; this role provides exposure to multiple client business and technical leaders
• Master the analytics and methodology embedded into the solutions and the data concepts related to the sector domains
• Develop a deep understanding of the domain/function (across pricing, promotions, loyalty, trade promotion management and/or assortment), to clearly articulate the benefits of Periscope to clients, both external and internal, and how they are implemented in an organization; this involves engaging with client sponsors on a regular basis to discuss how to drive user adoption and helping them with questions they might have regarding the solution and its impact to their business

Your Growth

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in business or in engineering (MBA is a plus)
• 2+ years of experience in the field of consulting, analytic pricing, merchandising and/or technology delivery
• Experience working with analytical topics, data science, data visualization tools and statistics, within CPG, and/or retail organizations preferred
• Experience working with product owners, project managers, business analysts, SMEs and data team to collaboratively design, configure and deliver solutions
• Experience with managing large scale projects, leading multiple workstreams and working with multiple business stakeholders in a matrixed environment to influence decision-making
• Able to articulate solutions to stakeholders with different degrees of business and technical knowledge
• Able to work well in highly entrepreneurial environment with teams and with client sponsors on a regular basis
• Proven problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it in a clear and simple manner
• Experience of leading a team, collaborating with or managing junior resources. Able to identify requirements and translate into actionable design documentation
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience working with large data sources and proficiency in latest cloud based advanced tools and platform
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity; ability and experience to make decisions based on assumptions, data-led hypothesis testing and pros/cons analysis

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Certain US jurisdictions require McKinsey & Company to include a reasonable estimate of the salary for this role. For new joiners for this role in the United States, including all office locations where the job may be performed, a reasonable estimated range is $110,000 - $110,000 USD —to help you understand what you can expect. This reflects our best estimate of the lowest to highest [salary/hourly wages] for this role at the time of this posting, ensuring you have a clear picture right from the start, though it's important to remember that actual salaries may vary. Factors like your office location, your unique blend of experience and skills, start date and our current organizational needs all play a part in determining the final figure. Certain roles are also eligible for bonuses, subject to McKinsey's discretion and based on factors such as individual and/or organizational performance.

Additionally, we provide a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our commitment to the wellness of our colleagues and their families. This includes medical, mental health, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement contributions program, financial guidance, and paid time off.

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