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Head of Predictions & Optimization

Confido · NYC Office · On-site

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About Confido

Confido is the AI infrastructure for CPG brands, providing a single source of truth for accounting, finance, sales, and operations teams. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Lead pricing and trade optimization for RGM, including price elasticity, promo lift, cannibalization, and halo effects, so you can answer "how much should I charge for this?" Build promotion recommendations that get specific. Should a promo run 4 weeks or 8? Should it be a deeper discount, a BOGO, or buy-3-get-1? Which regions, retailers, and accounts should get it? Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of applied data science or predictive modeling, including experience leading projects or people
  • Deep expertise in statistical modeling and ML for pricing, demand, or forecasting, such as elasticity, causal inference, or uplift modeling
  • Experience building optimization or decision-support models, beyond predictions alone
  • Strong Python and SQL, plus rigor about validation: you know how to avoid leakage and when to distrust a good-looking result
  • The ability to turn a model into a clear recommendation a non-technical business user will act on
More about this role

The brands on your kitchen shelf are run by people doing extraordinary work that nobody sees.

We're building the platform they run on, and a brand they'll be proud to be part of.

Confido is the AI operating system that runs cash application, deductions, trade and planning in one place for CPG brands. That means Finance, Sales, and Ops finally work on the same number.

We’re trusted by 250+ brands managing $30B+ in revenue, including Daisy, OLIPOP, Simple Mills, Idahoan, and more. We've achieved best-in-class growth and recently raised a $55M Series B led by Insight Partners to accelerate our momentum.

If you want your work on shelves everywhere — and outsized ownership while you build — we'd love to meet you.

THE ROLE

Tell brands what to charge, which promotions to run, and where. Back it with data almost no one else has.

Confido sees what's actually happening in the physical world of CPG: shipments, depletions, inventory, consumption, what's on the shelf, merchandising, deductions, the demographics of who lives near each store, and forward-looking promo plans. That means rich actuals and a real view of the future, across hundreds of brands. Most of this data isn't publicly...

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