Portfolio Manager

Avencia Talent Solutions; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25% bonus

Job summary

Avencia Talent Solutions is partnering with a leading global specialty insurer in Leeds, offering a hybrid role across pricing, analytics and underwriting strategy. The successful candidate will influence underwriting decisions, calibrate pricing models and drive portfolio performance improvements.

The position demands strong actuarial skills, experience building and calibrating pricing models, and the ability to convert analysis into commercial recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong actuarial/pricing background.
• Experience in pricing model calibration.
• Experience analysing portfolio performance by class/segment.

Responsibilities

• Lead pricing model calibration and segmentation analysis.
• Analyse portfolio performance at class and segment level.
• Provide actionable insights to shape underwriting strategy.
• Support portfolio optimisation through data analytics.
• Develop tools and analyses for smarter underwriting decisions.
• Work with actuarial, underwriting, claims and operations teams.
• Contribute to predictive modelling and portfolio analytics.

Skills

Actuarial pricing

Pricing model calibration

Portfolio analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Leeds | Hybrid

Up to £75,000 + 25% bonus

I’m working with a leading global specialty insurer that is continuing to invest in its UK Portfolio Management capability and is looking to appoint a Portfolio Manager into a newly developed and highly visible function.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong actuarial/pricing background who wants to move beyond traditional pricing and have a genuine influence on underwriting strategy, portfolio performance and decision-making.

The role will take a lead across pricing model calibration and segmentation analysis, working closely with senior stakeholders including the UK CUO, underwriting product heads and actuarial teams.

Key areas of focus will include:

• Leading the development, calibration and refinement of technical pricing models across multiple lines of business
• Analysing portfolio performance at class and segment level to identify trends, growth opportunities and areas requiring attention
• Providing actionable insights to help shape underwriting strategy
• Supporting portfolio optimisation through data and advanced analytics
• Developing tools and analysis that enable smarter underwriting decisions
• Working closely with actuarial, underwriting, claims and operations teams
• Contributing to predictive modelling and wider portfolio analytics

I’m particularly interested in speaking with candidates who have strong technical actuarial skills, experience developing and calibrating pricing models and a good understanding of specialty insurance.

You’ll need to be comfortable working with large and complex datasets, but just as importantly, be able to turn analysis into clear commercial recommendations and confidently engage with senior stakeholders.

A really interesting opportunity for someone who enjoys the intersection of pricing, analytics and underwriting strategy and wants to have a broader impact on how a portfolio is managed.