Our client, a leading General Insurer, is looking for a Pricing Manager to join their Pricing function. As a Pricing Manager you will lead the pricing strategy utilising your analytical expertise and commercial acumen to enhance pricing performance.

The Pricing Manager position is crucial in ensuring accurate pricing, balancing model updates with increased sophistication, and shaping the long-term pricing strategy.

The Pricing Manager will oversee and develop a team of analysts, fostering their growth to drive commercially successful outcomes.

Key responsibilities of the Pricing Manager:

• Ensure rigorous and high-quality analysis across all tasks.
• Evaluate the impact of pricing decisions on customers, taking steps to prevent unfair treatment.
• Responsible for the end-to-end development and implementation of price changes and pricing models, ensuring adherence to all controls, while challenging and refining processes where necessary.
• Effectively influence and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to gain support for your trading strategies and ensure alignment between pricing and brand strategies.
• Actively lead team development and provide coaching to analysts.

Experience required:

• As a Pricing Manager, extensive experience in personal lines, particularly in Motor, Home, Travel, or Private Medical insurance, is essential.
• You should possess expertise in predictive modelling techniques such as GLM, GBM and/or machine learning methods.
• You should possess significant experience with Radar and Emblem; building and developing models would be highly advantageous.
• Proficiency in Python coding with a solid understanding of the entire insurance pricing process and various statistical modelling techniques
• You should be able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment. An innovative mindset with a continuous desire to learn and develop skills would be highly advantageous.
• Prior experience of managing a pricing or analytical team would be beneficial, although our client is open to considering candidates looking to undertake a managerial role for the first time.
• Strong communication and influencing skills are essential. You should be well-organised, with the ability to manage time and documentation efficiently.
• Experience in collaborating with teams to influence decisions and convey complex concepts clearly is highly valued.

Company Benefits:

• Flexible working options
• Annual performance-based bonus
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to purchase additional days
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matched contribution
• Life assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Income protection
• Wellbeing programme
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Retail discounts

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