Director of Economics & Pricing

CSC Generation is seeking a Director of Economics & Pricing to lead the development of an internal economics and pricing decision system. The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of pricing, inventory, finance, data science, and engineering, turning high uncertainty into structured decisions that drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Own the economic framework behind pricing and inventory disposition
• Define and evolve the Bleeder / At-Risk / Healthy inventory classification and policies
• Lead structured research and experimentation in ambiguous, low-signal environments
• Partner with data science on time-to-sell, demand, and elasticity models
• Use LLMs pragmatically to accelerate hypothesis generation, feature ideation, matching, and model evaluation
• Partner with engineering to productionize daily decisioning, guardrails, monitoring, and overrides
• Establish trust through explainable recommendations, governance, and post-mortems

Requirements:

• 8+ years in pricing, inventory, revenue management, marketplace economics, or applied data science in retail/e-commerce
• Proven ability to create clarity and momentum in high-uncertainty problem spaces
• Strong command of unit economics and expected-value thinking
• Experience influencing or owning systems that drive daily financial decisions
• Comfort working across data science, engineering, merchandising, and finance

Nice to Have:

• Experience with clearance / markdown optimization or liquidation
• Familiarity with hazard models, demand modeling, or experimentation
• Hands-on experience using LLMs in analytics or decision systems
• Background in formal logic, constraint systems, or verification-style thinking

Benefits:

• Executive Access: work directly with brand CEOs and senior leadership
• AI-First Skill Building: get hands-on with advanced AI tools
• Accelerated Career Path: high performers are quickly entrusted with greater responsibility
• Competitive benefits: paid time off policies, 401(k)/RRSP match, medical/dental/vision, and employee discounts