Head of Pricing Models - 6-month FTC

AXA UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA UK offre une opportunité passionnante pour un leader expérimenté dans le domaine de la tarification et de l'analyse. Vous serez responsable de la gestion de l'équipe de modélisation et de la qualité des modèles de tarification. En collaboration avec d'autres départements, vous soutiendrez notre stratégie tout en promouvant l'innovation. Nous valorisons les arrangements de travail flexibles et votre bien-être au travail est une priorité.

Benefits

Salaire annuel compétitif

Prime discrétionnaire basée sur la performance

Régime de pension contributif

Assurance vie

Couverture santé privée

28 jours de congés annuels + jours fériés

Remises pour employés AXA

Services et ressources de bien-être

Avantages de gym

Qualifications

• Expérience en services financiers ou d'assurance - essentielle.
• Expertise en tarification des risques - essentielle.
• Expérience en leadership d'une équipe - essentielle.

Responsibilities

• Responsable des modèles d'entrée pour les coûts de réclamations et le marché.
• Développer un programme de rafraîchissement des modèles.
• Collaborez avec les équipes de Data Science pour des innovations.
• Diriger le département de modélisation en formant les sous-ordres.

Skills

Leadership

Expertise en tarification des risques

Modélisation des données et risques

Job description

Description

Do you have experience in the delivery of general insurance pricing models? AXA Retail have an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader to join their Pricing and Analytics department and be accountable for the delivery and quality of all pricing models. This will include claims cost, market models, and other optimisation input models.

You'll collaborate effectively across AXA Retail to support our strategy and develop an ongoing programme of model refreshes, that allocates resource in keeping with our ambition.

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 at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at our London office, visiting clients or attending industry events.

We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you'll be doing:

• Accountable for claims, market, and optimisation input models.
• Develop ongoing programme of model refreshes that allocates resource in keeping with our strategy.
• Ensure models are refreshed on a timely basis and in line with all Governance and Group standards.
• Promote innovation and new techniques to improve all pricing models, working closely with Data Science and ML teams.
• Review the impact on customers of pricing actions and act on this.
• Responsible for timely and fair evaluation and onboarding of new external data sources.
• Collaborate effectively across AXA Retail to support our strategy.
• Lead our Modelling department, coaching and developing direct reports.
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

What you'll bring:

• Insurance or financial services experience - essential.
• Risk pricing expertise - essential.
• Leadership experience of a team of direct reports - essential.
• Data and risk modelling background - preferred.
Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.

What we offer:

At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Discretionary company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private health cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• AXA employee discounts
• Wellbeing services & resources
• Gym benefits
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Who we are:

AXA Retail helps people live the life they love, knowing we've got their back, at home and on the road. Our people are vital to us becoming more digital, faster and easier to access. We're a dynamic team of experts completely committed to making sure our customers 'get back to the good stuff' when the unexpected happens.