Pricing Manager
Posted 3 hours 49 minutes ago by AXA
We're looking for an experienced Pricing Manager to lead our Risk Pricing and Pricing Sophistication team.
This is a senior role within Pricing, with responsibility for developing our approach to Risk Pricing and pricing sophistication, using data, advanced analytics and technology to strengthen pricing decisions and deliver better outcomes for customers and the business.
You'll combine strong technical pricing expertise with commercial judgement and effective leadership, ensuring our pricing approaches are robust, explainable, well controlled and aligned with our overall pricing strategy.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work majority of your week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our head office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
Reporting to our Head of Pricing, your day-to-day responsibilities will include- Lead our risk pricing strategy, ensuring risk is understood, appropriately segmented and accurately reflected in pricing decisions.
- Advance pricing sophistication, identifying opportunities to improve models, methodologies, segmentation, data and decision-making capabilities.
- Lead the development and maintenance of robust risk pricing models, using appropriate statistical and advanced modelling techniques.
- Translate complex modelling and analysis into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders, connecting technical insight to customer, financial and portfolio outcomes.
- Assess and drive the adoption of new data sources, modelling approaches and pricing technologies, moving from experimentation into controlled production use.
- Ensure pricing techniques remain transparent, explainable and aligned with AXA Group best practice, with customer and regulatory considerations embedded in how models are designed and deployed.
- Lead, mentor and develop the Risk Pricing and Pricing Sophistication team, building capability and fostering a culture of technical excellence, curiosity and continuous improvement.
- A relevant third-level qualification in a quantitative discipline such as actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, data science or a related field. A professional actuarial qualification is welcome but is not a requirement for the role.
- Significant experience in general insurance pricing, risk modelling, or a closely related analytical discipline, with a minimum of 3+ years' experience in a pricing role expected.
- Strong knowledge of pricing techniques such as GLMs, segmentation, predictive modelling and model performance assessment.
- Strong experience with pricing and analytical tools such as Python, R, SQL, Radar, Emblem, or equivalent technologies, with the ability to understand and challenge sophisticated analytical approaches.
- Enthusiastic about AI and motivated to embrace and apply new technologies to enhance customer and colleague experiences.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to make complex technical subjects accessible to senior and non-technical audiences.
- A strong understanding of pricing governance and the regulatory and customer considerations associated with the development and deployment of pricing models.
- Experience leading people, projects or cross-functional initiatives and developing analytical capability in others.
This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.