Senior Actuarial Manager: Health Pricing + ML Models

Vitality; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

Pension up to 12% matched

Vitality health insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

Vitality is seeking an Actuarial Manager to lead the Health Pricing team, owning the full modelling lifecycle from data design to live pricing. You will drive risk segmentation, apply machine learning to pricing, and provide technical leadership across pricing projects.

The role requires senior expertise in insurance pricing, strong Python/SQL skills, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver rigorous, auditable pricing outcomes. Hybrid working available in London or Bournemouth.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in insurance pricing, ideally health or personal lines.
• Strong hands‑on experience with GBMs (XGBoost/LightGBM) and GLMs.
• Proven track record of taking pricing models from development to live rates.

Responsibilities

• Direct development of sophisticated risk models for health insurance products using ML and GLMs.
• Own the full modelling lifecycle from data design to live pricing.
• Lead pricing projects and govern model implementations across stakeholders.
• Provide technical coaching to strengthen the team’s modelling capability.

Skills

Pricing expertise

Predictive modelling

Python proficiency

SQL proficiency

Education

Actuarial qualification (FAIA or equivalent)

Tools

Python

SQL

XGBoost

LightGBM

Radar

Earnix

Akur8

SHAP

Job description

Vitality is seeking an Actuarial Manager to lead the Health Pricing team, owning the full modelling lifecycle from data design to live pricing. You will drive risk segmentation, apply machine learning to pricing, and provide technical leadership across pricing projects.

The role requires senior expertise in insurance pricing, strong Python/SQL skills, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver rigorous, auditable pricing outcomes. Hybrid working available in London or Bournemouth.