Technical Pricing Manager

Job title:Technical Pricing Manager

Locations:Manchester / Flexible

Role Overview

This role is for Atlanta Group, part of the Markerstudy Group.

Atlanta, part of the Markerstudy Group, are looking for a Technical Pricing Manager to lead the technical pricing strategy for our delegated authority insurance products while overseeing a team of analysts.

 Your role is critical in ensuring accurate risk pricing, ensuring a good balance of model refreshes vs improved sophistication, and setting our long-term strategy for risk pricing.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, build, monitor and develop risk pricing models whilst leading a team of analysts. 

As a Technical Pricing Manager, you will be responsible for the following core activities:

• Lead the build and development of risk pricing models across all product lines ensuring a strong balance is maintained between accuracy and interpretability
• Contribute and oversee the development of model monitoring frameworks ensuring ongoing updates to risk models continue at an appropriate frequency to maintain a strong level of accuracy
• Contribute to delivering our commercial objectives by continuing to build and maintain our risk pricing models efficiently to achieve profitable growth for the wider business and our capacity partners
• Owning relationships with our key internal and external stakeholders being the technical pricing expert across each product line
• Supporting key projects across the business as a pricing SME, owning workstreams and deliverables end to end
• Work with the Portfolio Management and Underwriting teams on risk appetite, product development and innovation to ensure that pricing models have the appropriate level of expert input
• Responsibility for the management and development of the team
• Collaborate with peers in pricing, underwriting and data science

Key Skills and Experience:

• Extensive knowledge of predictive modelling techniques including GLM and GBM and/or ML techniques
• Significant experience using WTW Emblem and Radar software including the build and development of Radar models.
• Advanced knowledge of UK Personal Lines Insurance markets
• Proven track record of embracing and thriving in a fast-paced environment of constant change
• Previous personal lines pricing experience in the UK
• Previous experience with management of a pricing and/or analytical team
• Proficient at communicating results in a concise manner both verbally and written

Behaviours:

• Good communication and people management skills
• Self-motivated with a drive to learn and develop
• Logical thinker with a professional and positive attitude
• Passion to innovate, improve processes and challenge the norm
• Personality and a sense of humour