Pricing Data Scientist

The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited; Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NFU Mutual invites applications for a Pricing Data Scientist to shape pricing models and influence business decisions across the Pricing Development teams. In this hybrid role, you will work across the full pricing lifecycle, collaborating with colleagues at NFU Mutual's Head Office in Stratford-upon-Avon and from home up to 80% of the time.

You will lead behavioural modelling, develop new pricing methods, and mentor junior colleagues while delivering insight-driven outcomes for personal and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in pricing and/or data science modelling within a corporate setting (ideally Financial Services/Insurance).
• Strong technical capability in data analysis and modelling; proficient with SQL, Python or R.
• Experience designing and developing models and translating outputs into clear business insights.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with influence.
• A collaborative leadership style with coaching, mentoring and developing others.
• Proactive problem solving, innovation and continual improvement mindset.
• Inquisitive and creative, adaptable to varied situations and problems.

Skills

Pricing

Data science

Modelling

SQL

Python

R

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Pricing Data Scientist

Play a lead role in shaping pricing models and influencing business decisions within NFU Mutual's Pricing Development teams

Work across our full pricing lifecycle with opportunities to develop your expertise and manage others

Hybrid working on offer - spend up to 80% of your time working from home, with 20% of your time spent working at our Head Office in Stratford-upon-Avon

About the role

Working in Pricing at NFU Mutual feels genuinely different. With a clear focus on customers rather than shareholders, the team's work has real impact, supporting local communities, protecting livelihoods and helping our UK-wide Agency Network deliver exceptional service. Our Pricing team is central to how we support our customers, and its contribution is becoming even more important. The team is at the heart of a significant transformation programme, shaping how pricing will operate in the future and supporting fair, insight-driven outcomes.

To help deliver this transformation, we're expanding the team and creating exciting opportunities to join us at a pivotal moment. This is a chance to influence a high-profile, business-wide initiative where your expertise will be visible, valued and acted upon. Beyond the transformation programme, you'll join a Pricing function committed to research, development and continuous improvement, with ongoing opportunities to shape our capability and make a lasting difference.

As a Pricing Data Scientist , you'll hold an influential position within our Head Office Pricing division, working across all our product lines (both personal and commercial lines). You'll contribute to the benchmarking of our end-to-end pricing capability and lead activity to develop the methods, processes and people capability needed to support NFU Mutual's current and future propositions.

Sitting within our Pricing Development team of around eight specialists, you'll complete behavioural modelling, and research, development and innovation tasks across the full pricing lifecycle, acting as a technical expert, supporting the development and implementation of new pricing models and rating approaches that directly influence business outcomes.

You'll design, build and continually improve models and analytics, using advanced statistical techniques and data science methods. At the same time, you'll take ownership of model performance and monitoring, as well as quality control processes and data integrity, ensuring outputs remain accurate, compliant and effective for decision making.

Alongside your technical contribution, you'll help strengthen capability across the function - through both stakeholder engagement and management / mentoring more junior colleagues. You'll work with key stakeholders to identify relevant people-capability benchmarks and support strategies, development plans and centralised learning solutions. You'll also champion coaching and mentoring, helping colleagues build their expertise and realise their potential, setting clear expectations and supporting their contribution to business objectives.

This role will be aligned to our Stratford-upon-Avon offices - with the expectation that you will spend 20% of your time onsite, and up to 80% working from home.

FYI - you will be known internally as Pricing Development Consultant

About you

You're an experienced Data Science and/or Modelling professional with strong technical expertise (ideally within Pricing) and a track record of delivering high-quality analytical solutions within a corporate environment such as Financial Services. You're confident leading complex work, influencing stakeholders & peers, and supporting others to develop, showcasing your own strong, learning mindset.

You'll also bring a genuine interest in developing others. Whether through coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing or direct people leadership, you understand how to create the conditions in which colleagues can perform effectively and continue to build their capabilities.

So, to join NFU Mutual, you'll bring:

• Proven experience in pricing and/or data science modelling within a corporate setting (ideally Financial Services / Insurance)
• Strong technical capability in data analysis and modelling, ideally including using tools such as SQL, Python or R
• Experience designing and developing models and translating outputs into clear business insights
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence decision making
• A collaborative leadership style and a commitment to coaching, mentoring and developing others
• A proactive approach to problem solving, innovation and continuous improvement
• Inquisitive and creative nature, matched with the ability to adapt successfully to a range of situations and problems

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