Pricing Manager - Research & Development

Allianz; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking an experienced Pricing Manager to join their Personal Lines Home Pricing team. This hybrid role in Birmingham involves leading pricing analysis, managing technical projects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance pricing strategies. Candidates should have strong analytics skills and experience in pricing models. The company offers flexible benefits, career development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Discount on insurance products

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in pricing analysis across multiple product lines.
• Leadership experience in managing technical projects.
• Strong relationship building with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead pricing analysis aligned with business objectives.
• Manage projects to enhance underwriting performance.
• Mentor pricing analysts and foster team learning.

Skills

Analytics using Python

SQL

SAS

Statistical modelling

Machine learning techniques

Tools

Willis Towers Watson Radar

Job description

Role Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Pricing Manager in our Personal Lines Home Pricing team. This will be a hybrid role based in one of our offices in London, Bournemouth or Birmingham.

This Pricing Manager role will play a pivotal part in driving innovation through a strong focus on research and development, leveraging data‑driven insights to refine pricing strategies.

About You

Your role will vary day to day, but here is a bit of what you can expect:

• Lead and oversee the delivery of pricing analysis across multiple product lines, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory standards.
• Manage and coordinate technical projects aimed at enhancing underwriting performance, with a focus on optimizing pricing models and ensuring robust data governance.
• Define strategic priorities for pricing initiatives, monitor progress, and report outcomes to senior stakeholders to support product development and rate review cycles.
• Represent the pricing function in cross‑functional meetings, presenting insights and driving decisions that improve profitability and market competitiveness.
• Mentor and develop pricing analysts within the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
• Collaborate with actuarial, underwriting, and data science teams to refine pricing strategies and implement innovative modelling techniques.
• Champion the use of advanced analytics and automation to improve pricing accuracy, responsiveness, and operational efficiency.

Essential Skills

• Oversee the use of large and complex data sources to drive pricing strategy, ensuring the team applies advanced analytics using Python, SQL, SAS, or equivalent tools.
• Lead the deployment and enhancement of pricing models within Willis Towers Watson Radar, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with business goals.
• Provide strategic direction on pricing architecture, optimizing rating structures and model components to meet commercial targets and improve underwriting performance.
• Build strong relationships with cross‑functional stakeholders, translating technical pricing insights into actionable business decisions and managing expectations effectively.
• Guide the application of statistical modelling and machine learning techniques across the pricing team, fostering innovation and continuous improvement in predictive capabilities.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from‑ so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive‑ Your work life balance is important to us.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

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For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Mckevitt

Closing date 03/12/25

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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