Pricing Data Scientist

Mission

At ING, we believe in giving people the freedom to grow, explore, and build what matters to them. Analytics plays a key role in making that possible - by turning data into insights that help our customers, our colleagues, and our business make better decisions every day.

As part of ING’s Analytics community, you will work in an open, supportive setting that values curiosity, ownership, and autonomy, where people are trusted to take responsibility, challenge ideas, and grow - while building analytics solutions that truly matter.

The Pricing Data Scientist designs, develops, and governs pricing analytics that enable ING Romania to set economically sound, risk-aware, and customer-centric prices across retail banking products. The role integrates financial and risk drivers into pricing models, operationalises them on the analytics platform, and ensures full compliance with ING’s Model Risk Management and Data Governance standards. The role supports strategic decision-making by delivering insights, simulations, and optimisation logic that balance volume, margin, and return objectives. 

About the team

You’ll join a deeply analytical team within Growth Tribe, focused on turning complex data into clear, actionable insights. The team combines deep analytical expertise with strong business understanding, focusing on high‑impact use cases such as pricing optimization, customer behaviour modelling, and scenario simulations. The environment is collaborative, insight‑driven, and strongly oriented toward real‑world deployment and governance‑ready analytics, not just experimentation.

Your day‑to‑day

As a Pricing Data Scientist in an Agile Way of Working, you will contribute to the squad’s purpose by owning end‑to‑end pricing analytics topics.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and govern value‑based pricing models for retail banking products, supporting both Assets and Liabilities growth (lending, deposits, daily banking).
• Develop loan‑level valuation models (NPV, Economic Profit, RoE) using full cash‑flow logic across the product lifecycle.
• Incorporate embedded options (e.g. prepayment behaviour, repricing features, offer periods) into pricing and valuation logic.
• Integrate funding, risk, capital, and tax components (FTP, Expected Loss, capital usage) in line with ING’s global risk‑based pricing principles.
• Build customer behaviour models (price elasticity, discrete choice, uplift) to quantify price sensitivity and competitive win probability.
• Develop optimization logic and decision rules that recommend price points or price bands balancing expected balance volume, margin, and RoE under defined constraints (risk appetite, governance).
• Run scenario simulations and experiments (A/B tests, pilots) to assess margin–volume trade‑offs and market dynamics.
• Operationalize models on the analytics platform (e.g. DAP / GCP), including monitoring, drift detection, and periodic recalibration.
• Ensure full model governance: documentation, validation packs, iModel registration, and remediation of validation findings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Pricing, Risk, Finance, Operations) to align on strategic directions and embed analytics into pricing decisions and approvals.

What you bring to the team

• Education & Experience: Master’s degree in a quantitative field (Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Computer Science) and 3–6+ years of experience in data science, pricing, lending analytics, or revenue management.
• Advanced Analytics & Modelling: Strong experience with Python (and PySpark), production‑grade ML models, and advanced techniques such as elasticity modelling, discrete choice, uplift, constrained optimization, and experimentation.
• Financial & Risk Acumen: Solid understanding of funding & liquidity, expected loss, capital usage, and RoE steering — with the ability to translate these into pricing logic and explain results transparently.
• Ownership & Collaboration: Ability to independently frame complex business problems, work in cross‑functional Agile squads, and take ownership from problem definition to production and governance.
• Communication & Storytelling: Strong communication skills, capable of explaining complex analytical trade‑offs to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

What we offer

• Impactful work in a fun, inclusive and highly collaborative environment.
• Modern, open office spaces built for teamwork and creative work.
• A collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performing analytics community.
• Hybrid working model with flexibility baked in.
• Monthly benefit budget and extra vacation days based on experience.
• Continuous learning through ING Learning Centre, Udemy, Bookster, trainings, and certifications
• Internal mobility opportunities across ING worldwide, including short- and long-term international assignments.
• Opportunities to contribute to sustainability and CSR initiatives.

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Click “Apply” on our careers site and submit your application through Workday. We’re excited to meet you!

Discover ING Bank Romania

ING believes in a world where everyone should have the freedom to grow in their own way — our global tagline, “do your thing”, reflects this belief. We empower our people with autonomy and expect them to use it to create meaningful impact for customers, colleagues and the organization.

Working here means being surrounded by energetic, ambitious and supportive colleagues. We embrace curiosity, thrive on change and continuously explore better ways of doing things.

With more than 30 years of presence in Romania, ING has been a pioneer in transforming the local banking landscape, driven by technology and innovation.

ING Bank Romania is the only bank in the local top 10 that has achieved its position through organic growth, without acquiring portfolios or other banks. We serve over 2.0 million clients across Retail, SME & Mid‑Corporate and Wholesale Banking.

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