Manager, Performance Planning and Analysis

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BioLife Plasma Services, a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, is an industry leader in the collection of high-quality plasma, which is processed into life-saving plasma-based therapies. Some diseases can only be treated with medicines made with plasma. Our employees are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for patients and ensuring that the donation process is safe, straightforward, and rewarding for donors who wish to make a positive impact.

When you work at BioLife, you’ll feel good knowing that what we do helps improve the lives of patients with rare diseases. This position is currently classified as “virtual” in accordance with Takeda’s Hybrid and Remote Work policy and will be based out of Bannockburn, IL.

BioLife Plasma Services is seeking a Manager – Pricing Strategy & Analytics to support pricing strategy and execution across plasma donation centers. The role also manages backend pricing configurations and ensures timely execution of pricing updates through close collaboration with Operations, IT, and Data teams.

This role focuses on applied pricing analytics and decision support rather than dashboard reporting or software development.

Evaluate pricing and promotional initiatives using structured analysis and experimentation frameworks to measure impact on donor response and cost efficiency.
Conduct elasticity analysis and scenario modeling to understand trade offs between pricing levels, donor volume, and cost outcomes.
Develop forecasting models to project donor behavior and pricing impact, supporting weekly and monthly planning decisions.

Support the design, execution, and evaluation of experiments including A/B tests and pricing pilots to identify effective incentive structures.
Build robust processes to improve efficiency in generating weekly business insights.
Partner with Data Science to operationalize models, ensure scalability, and validate performance metrics.
Own the operational execution of pricing updates by managing backend pricing configurations and ensuring pricing changes are implemented accurately and on schedule.

Strong data science and analytical capability with hands on experience using SQL and Python to analyze large scale datasets and generate actionable business insights.
Experience applying pricing analytics techniques such as demand modeling, price elasticity analysis, promotion effectiveness evaluation, and forecasting.
Comfortable working across mixed data environments including SQL, Databricks or similar platforms, and Excel .
Demonstrated experience working in pricing or revenue management environments where pricing decisions directly influence demand, customer behavior, or incentive structures (for example retail pricing, e-commerce pricing, airline revenue management, or marketplace pricing).
~ Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, or a related quantitative field from a reputable institution; 5+ years of experience in analytics, data science, pricing, forecasting, or strategy roles with demonstrated business impact.
~ Ability to connect data insights to business context and clearly explain underlying drivers.
~ Action-oriented mindset with the ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight timelines.

You enjoy solving complex pricing and demand problems using data and analytical thinking and are curious about how incentives, pricing changes, and promotions influence customer or donor behavior.
Domestic travel required (up to 10%).

USA - IL - Bannockburn - Virtual
The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location. 

S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives. S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

USA - IL - Bannockburn - Virtual
Full time