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Head of Pricing Transformation

Manchester
3 weeks ago
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Head of Pricing Transformation

Two positions are available, Head of Pricing Transformation and Head of Specialist Pricing.

We’re looking for talented individuals to join a fast-paced, innovative company who are leaders in the insurance industry.

These roles sit within our Retail Pricing division.

Locations available: Peterborough, Manchester, Stoke-On-Trent (flexible hybrid working)

We have offices based in the above locations, however, we are open to largely remote working with the occasional travel to an office

Role purpose:

The successful candidate is responsible for leading the pricing strategy in order to drive commercial outcomes across the company. This includes strategic leadership, team leadership, organisational awareness, ability to drive change, collaboration and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic ownership and leadership of pricing solutions

Drive change to enhance profitability

Combine pricing expertise and commercial acumen to deliver outcomes which optimise the P&L

Ensure all activity is compliant with pricing governance and follows established controls

Work closely with the Modelling & Optimisation Pricing Team and Street Pricing Team to ensure pricing models/approaches meet business objectives

Manage relationships with key stakeholders around the business

Manage a team of varying experience, including managers

About you:

Exceptional commercial acumen

 Strong experience managing pricing teams and managers

 Strong communication skills across a variety of audiences, particularly with senior stakeholders

Extensive experience owning general insurance products, including knowledge of current trends and issues

 Strong understanding of retail pricing optimisation

 Experience with predictive modelling techniques

 Experience in statistical and data science programming languages

 A quantitative degree

What we offer in return?

A collaborative and fast paced work environment

Private medical health care plan

Yearly bonus scheme

28 days annual leave plus of Bank Holidays and the ability to buy additional leave

Life Assurance 4x annual salary

Vibrant, modern offices

About the business:

Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1.2b. Markerstudy also has a large and growing direct presence in the market as well.

Having acquired and successfully integrated Co-op Insurance Services in 2021, BGLi in 2022 & Atlanta in 2024. Markerstudy are now pursuing innovative pricing techniques, taking advantage of an award-winning insurer hosted rating platform, whilst challenging existing embedded processes

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