Head of Mid Corp Pricing - Commercial Lines
Guildford, ENG, GB, GU2 8XG
Role Description
We are looking for an experienced Commercial Lines Pricing Leader to join us as Head of Mid Corp Pricing. Our Mid Corp portfolio covers Property, Casualty, Engineering, Motor Trade and Speciality Lines so is a broad and diverse book and the role holder will be comfortable leading the development of Pricing capability across this suite of products in line with our Global framework.
The role will have responsibility for both Technical and Street Pricing disciplines and will be responsible for working in partnership with the Underwriting teams to deliver our financial plan as well as setting strategy to evolve our capabilities for the future.
You will also play a key role representing the UK into our Global departments and helping define and then bringing global best practice into our UK business.
We have a lot of activity underway in this space, with a Global Transformation programme developing new platforms and a roadmap of evolving capability. It’s a great time to time to join and be part of the journey.
This role will be a FTC (Fixed Term Contract) for 1 year.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and set strategic direction across all the components of Mid Corp Pricing. (Data development, Price model development, Pricing strategy, Pricing Tools etc)
- Oversee the implementation of Pricing best practice into the UK business. Ensure we meet Allianz Global Technical Excellence standards and enable our Pricing capabilities to become ‘certified’.
- Work with the various Underwriting teams to set pricing strategy and deliver the financial plan.
- Engage with, and influence Senior Stakeholders across UK business and Allianz Group as Pricing Lead for this portfolio
- Oversee increasing sophistication in tooling and processes to assist in ongoing efficiency improvement across team
- Contribute to strategic decisions regarding future platform design, tooling and data delivery approach
- Successfully lead, engage and develop capability across team of 20+
- Contribute to the development of and uphold a robust governance framework ensuring alignment to developments in the regulatory environment
- Responsible for Pricing Committee Proposals for this portfolio
About You
- An experienced Senior Pricing Manager with experience leading teams and high profile pricing deliveries
- You will have experience of managing multiple pricing portfolios simultaneously or end to end responsibility across disciplines for a single portfolio.
- Ideally, your primary experience will be in Commercial lines Mid Corp pricing with some experience of large case pricing.
- You will enjoy the complexity and creativity required when pricing within a Commercial Insurance environment and have significant experience working with Underwriters.
- You will enjoy constantly seeking to innovate across all aspects of pricing, including data, software, tooling, technical approaches and the best means of collaboration with other teams to deliver pricing sophistication
- Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries or equivalent qualification with extensive relevant post-qualification experience.
- Confident in understanding of Pricing & Actuarial software such as Emblem and Radar
- Experience using tools such as Python, R, SQL, SAS,, Excel, VBA
What We Will Offer You
Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:
- Flexible buy/sell holiday options
- Hybrid working
- Annual performance related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme
- Development days
- A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
- Retail discounts
- Volunteering days
Our Ways of Working
Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.
We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.
We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.
Accessible Application for All
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.
Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.
For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Mckevitt
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.
Closing date 03/11/25
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