Portfolio Strategy & Performance Lead

QBE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday a year

Flexible working

Pension – 10% employer contributions

Private medical insurance

Family friendly policies

Short term remote work abroad

Sustainable investing

Cycle-to-Work

Job summary

QBE in London is seeking a Planning & Performance Manager to join QPS, a newly created role at the intersection of strategy, planning, pricing and portfolio performance. You will lead annual business plans, coordinate cross-functional inputs and provide insights to senior leaders to drive commercial outcomes.

Working across underwriting, actuarial, finance and risk, you will shape governance, manage pricing activity for QPS and monitor performance against targets, ensuring aligned initiatives

Qualifications

• Nearly qualified or fully qualified actuary (IFoA or equivalent).
• Experience in business planning, performance management, actuarial, portfolio management or a related insurance discipline.
• Strong understanding of insurance performance drivers, portfolio management principles and planning processes.
• Knowledge of the Lloyd's market and planning framework.
• Ability to translate complex data and business information into clear, actionable insight.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing and partnering with senior leaders.
• Experience supporting governance forums, executive reporting and strategic decision-making.
• A collaborative approach with the confidence to challenge constructively and drive positive outcomes.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and priorities.
• Experience working across underwriting, actuarial, finance, risk and related functions.
• Knowledge of portfolio optimisation and performance management frameworks would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of annual business plans, reforecasts and strategic planning activities for QPS.
• Coordinate underwriting, actuarial, finance, capital, exposure management and reinsurance assumptions to ensure aligned business planning outcomes.
• Review and challenge plans to improve robustness, credibility and alignment with strategic and portfolio optimisation objectives.
• Support planning submissions, governance materials, executive approvals and Lloyd's planning requirements.
• Identify planning risks, dependencies and delivery challenges, escalating where appropriate.
• Lead pricing activities for QPS, ensuring methodologies, assumptions and outputs align with Group standards and governance requirements.
• Coordinate renewal pricing activity and manage delivery across multiple stakeholders.
• Own the QPS performance management framework and provide oversight of performance against plans, forecasts and strategic targets.
• Monitor portfolio performance, identifying trends, risks, opportunities and areas requiring management action.
• Deliver high-quality analysis and insight to support decision-making and business performance.
• Represent QPS across governance forums and support responses to internal and external performance requests.
• Act as a key liaison between QPS and the wider CUO organisation, ensuring priorities, initiatives and governance requirements remain aligned.

Skills

Actuarial expertise

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Planning & performance

Data interpretation

Education

IFoA- or equivalent actuary

Job description

QBE in London is seeking a Planning & Performance Manager to join QPS, a newly created role at the intersection of strategy, planning, pricing and portfolio performance. You will lead annual business plans, coordinate cross-functional inputs and provide insights to senior leaders to drive commercial outcomes.

Working across underwriting, actuarial, finance and risk, you will shape governance, manage pricing activity for QPS and monitor performance against targets, ensuring aligned initiatives