Head of Pricing Technology

Role Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Pricing Technology to join our dynamic Commercial Pricing team. In this role, we are looking for an expert who will lead the charge in enabling advanced pricing capabilities by optimising our Technology stack.

As a key individual in our organization, you will be responsible for ensuring that our systems and processes are at the forefront of industry standards, our development design enables both efficiency and sophistication and lastly you will be responsible for testing and release management, owning the governance and executing through a small team.

If you are passionate about leveraging technology to optimize pricing and thrive in a transformative environment, we invite you to apply and become a vital part of our team.

You'll participate in the Global P&C Academy accreditation, enhancing your skills in underwriting, risk engineering, pricing, and claims management while exchanging best practices across the Allianz Group. Furthermore, for pricing-based roles, Allianz Insurance offers a generous study package to enable the actuarial qualification to be obtained through the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK.

Our team values continuous learning, you can enjoy free access to top training platforms like DataCamp, Databricks Academy, and LinkedIn Learning. Additionally, we host Lunch and Learn sessions on key business topics hosted by experts across the team and monthly insight sessions, including the Data Science Forum and analyst forum, to refine your technical skills.

About You

As the Head of Pricing Technology you will be responsible for;

• Optimizing the technology setup to serve as an enabler for efficient and effective pricing operations, ensuring that all technological components are aligned with business goals and objectives.
• Serving as the owner of Pricing Technology Integrations, including transformation efforts, with oversight of consistent design and build principles to ensure seamless integration and functionality across platforms.
• Leading the deployment and testing governance processes, implementing improvements and maintaining rigorous quality assurance standards to ensure that all pricing solutions meet the highest standards of accuracy and reliability.
• Acting as the UK TEX architecture lead, contributing expertise to group projects and overseeing the rollout within the UK, ensuring alignment with broader organizational strategies and objectives
• Providing insight and commentary to key stakeholders and the steering committee, that help the business understand the impacts of recommendations for any key design decision
• Working closely with all areas in Pricing and wider stakeholders to ensure alignment and consistency across business lines
• Ensuring Implementation is in line with TP certification framework, to generally enhance the sophistication of Pricing, and engage with Group as necessary
• Owning the relationship with 3rd party Technology suppliers on behalf of Pricing function.

Essential Skills

To be successful in this role you will be/have;

• Educated to degree level in a numerate subject
• MSc in Statistics, Actuarial or ACII qualification is desirable
• Significant Commercial Lines Pricing experience at management level
• Experience in developing Pricing Optimisation frameworks into live pricing.
• An awareness of Data Science modelling techniques is preferable.
• Experience of managing Pricing Analysts and Managers

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