Pet Pricing & Underwriting Lead

Aviva; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

Pension plan

Holiday entitlement

Shares program

Product discounts

Volunteer days

Flexible benefits

Cycle to work

Parental leave

Job summary

Aviva is seeking a Pet Pricing & Underwriting Lead to drive profitable growth through market-leading pricing and underwriting strategies for the Pet business. You will lead a high-performing team, influence senior stakeholders and optimise pricing across direct and aggregator channels.

The role focuses on strategic pricing leadership, trading optimization and strong collaboration with distributors and reinsurers to deliver sustainable growth and superior customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading insurance pricing teams at senior level.
• Hands-on pet insurance pricing, aggregator pricing and trading.
• Deep knowledge of the UK pet insurance market.
• Ability to translate pricing insight into business actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing pricing and underwriting team to drive profitable growth.
• Develop and execute market-leading pricing and trading strategies for direct and aggregator channels.
• Advise senior stakeholders and shape pricing strategy to achieve growth and profitability targets.

Skills

Pricing leadership

Pet insurance pricing

UK pet market knowledge

Stakeholder management

Trading strategy

Job description

Pet Pricing & Underwriting Lead

Salary: circa £120,000

This is a great opportunity for an experienced pricing leader with a strong background in pet insurance pricing and trading. You'll bring deep knowledge of the pet insurance market, including aggregator pricing, alongside a proven track record of developing and delivering successful pricing strategies. You'll enjoy leading high-performing teams, influencing senior stakeholders and driving commercial outcomes within a fast-paced and evolving market.

A bit about the job:

As Pet Pricing & Underwriting Lead, you will lead a high-performing team responsible for driving profitable growth through the development and execution of market-leading pricing and underwriting strategies. Working at the heart of our Pet business, you'll use your understanding of the pet insurance market, products and customer behaviours to ensure we remain competitive across both direct and aggregator channels.

This is a senior leadership role where commercial decision-making and trading performance are critical. You'll be responsible for identifying opportunities to optimise pricing and underwriting approaches, responding to market dynamics, and delivering sustainable growth while maintaining strong customer outcomes.

You'll act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, shaping pricing strategy, influencing key business decisions and ensuring the team delivers against ambitious growth and profitability targets. Alongside this, you'll continue to develop pricing capability, support innovation and maintain strong relationships with key distributors and reinsurance partners.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Significant experience leading insurance pricing teams at a senior level, with a proven track record of delivering commercial and trading outcomes.
• Strong experience in pet insurance pricing, including hands‑on experience of aggregator pricing and trading strategies.
• Deep understanding of the UK pet insurance market, customer segments and product propositions.
• Proven ability to develop and implement pricing and trading strategies that drive profitable growth and improve market competitiveness.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience translating pricing insight into business action and working effectively with senior leaders, distributors and reinsurers.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary c. £120,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.)
• Generouspensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.