Head of Pricing Development

Allianz Management Services Ltd; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance service provider in Guildford is looking for a Head of Pricing Development to lead innovation in pricing strategies. This leadership role involves managing a six-member team and developing pricing tools to optimize outcomes. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in insurance pricing and data science, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with data analytics tools like Python. The role offers a hybrid work structure and numerous employee benefits, ensuring a thriving work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible holiday options

Annual performance-related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

Insurance product discounts

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Significant experience in insurance pricing and data science in P&C insurance.
• Proven project delivery in collaboration with IT and underwriting.
• High level of numerical and analytical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of price models and coordinate test procedures.
• Support accurate impact analyses and tariff optimizations.
• Manage and develop pricing team members.

Skills

Insurance pricing expertise

Data science experience

Team leadership

Statistical modeling

Data visualization

Analytical skills

Data analytics tools proficiency

Tools

Python

SAS

SQL

Radar Live

WTW tools (Radar, Emblem)

Job description

Head of Pricing Development

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Pricing Development in our Animal Health Pricing team. This strategic leadership role entails overseeing a team of six direct reports, with considerable scope and influence within the organization. You will be responsible to manage the development and deployment of tariff pricing engines and creation of impact analysis tools in order to support achieving the underwriting performance metrics detailed in the Corporate Plan. Joining our team at this juncture offers the unique opportunity to contribute significantly to the future direction of our business.

The Head of Pricing Development will be committed to perpetually seeking innovation across all dimensions of pricing, including data analytics, software tooling, technical methodologies, and price optimisation to effectively deliver our sophisticated pricing strategies to the market.

The team is responsible for the creation of Scenario Testing tools, Radar Live pricing engines, and conversion models, thereby playing a central role in the realization of the company’s strategic objectives.

Location

This position is structured as a hybrid role, based at our Guildford office, with an expectation to work onsite 50% of the time.

Salary Information

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

Why a Pricing role at Allianz :

You’ll be at the sharp end of our business, delivering analytical models that are used to drive commercial decisions, solve challenging problems, and deliver enhancements to our products and pricing techniques. From data science modelling in cutting edge software to automating optimisation calculation routines.

As a valued member of the team you will :

• Lead the prioritisation of price model development in Radar Live and coordinate oversight of test procedures and results so that changes in AH pricing engines are delivered within given timeframe and according to the requirements.
• Support coordinating and implementing accurate impact analyses, simulations and tariff optimisations to achieve business targets.
• Lead the creation, updates and further improvements of impact analysis tools and conversion models.
• Manage the performance and development of the pricing team members, ensuring that appropriate resources, objectives and personal development plans are in place.
• Contribute to strategic and tactical business developments and projects by providing thought leadership and undertaking analysis as required to help deliver business objectives.
• Champion innovation by proposing new solutions and improving our pricing engines and impact analysis tools.
• Lead the continuous improvement of Pricing MI and Analysis requirement and process.

Essential Skills

• Significant experience combining insurance pricing and data science in P&C insurance
• Supervisory / management / team leadership experience.
• Proven ability to deliver projects with close collaboration with IT, underwriting, portfolio management, and marketing teams.
• Strong statistical modelling, feature engineering, data visualisation, and data interpretation skills when working with large volumes of complex data.
• Able to demonstrate a high level of numerical, analytical and logical reasoning skills.
• Expertise in using data analytics tools for example Python, SAS, SQL and WTW tools (Radar and Emblem)
• Experience of using Radar Live

What We Will Offer You

• 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.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is 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.

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For any inquiries, please contact : Conor McCourt

Closing date : 19 December 2025

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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