Manager, Technology (Pricing Systems) - Hybrid - XPO

Solutions driven success.

XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you’re looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO. 

As the Manager, Technology (Pricing Systems) you will be accountable for team deliverables and successful completion of team initiatives including the design, development, and implementation of dynamic pricing engine as well as Agreement & Tariff Management systems for XPO’s Less-than-Truckload systems; ensuring applications are delivered timely, cost effectively, and with a high degree of quality. You’ll work closely with peer managers, customers, vendors, senior management, related development teams, and other stakeholders.

Pay, benefits and more.

We are eager to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability and the opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead a technology team responsible for delivering high quality solutions to internal business problems quickly and creatively
• Build and maintain dynamic pricing and agreement management systems in a fast paced environment
• Operational ownership of projects and systems which includes leading initiatives of various size in capacity and resource planning, project plans, project tracking, status reporting and actively influencing work efforts
• Drives continuous improvement efforts and fosters innovation throughout all team activities
• Actively partners with stakeholders to determine customer requirements, develop solutions, assess project viability, and providing estimates for deliverables
• Effective management of geographically dispersed staff, including hiring and conducting performance reviews, focusing on career development for team members and responsible for course correction when needed
• Team development and coaching to increase bench strength and flexibility of teams
• Knowledge and accountability for compliance to XPO Project Development and SOX controls
• Vendor management to include: relationship management, product roadmap, support issue resolution and support contract negotiation

What you need to succeed at XPO:

At a minimum, you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work or military experience

• 5 years of proven expertise working on teams building high quality software engineering solutions to applied business problems
• Experience leading software engineering teams’ roadmaps and deliverables on high visibility projects
• Experience presenting to Senior Leadership
• Knowledge of software development methodologies and processes in an Agile environment

It’d be great if you also have:

• Transportation/logistics industry experience
• Deep understanding of economics, mathematics, and Machine Learning/AI
• Subject matter expertise in Revenue Management, Pricing, and/or Sales related technology and platforms
• Experience working as a project manager, product owner/manager, data scientist, and/or technical lead

Be part of something big.

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We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test. 
 

The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties and skills for this job classification.  
 

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