Senior Strategic Market Pricing Analyst

Ageas; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK insurance company seeks a Senior Strategic Market Pricing Analyst in Eastleigh, offering a hybrid work model and a salary up to £52,800. Candidates should possess a degree in a numerical discipline, at least 3 years in insurance pricing, and strong programming skills in SAS, R, Python, or MATLAB. The role involves mentoring analysts, developing models, and delivering pricing strategies.

Benefits

Flexible working

35 days holiday

Dental insurance

Annual bonus schemes

Health cash plan

Car salary exchange

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in a numerical discipline required.
• 3+ years of experience in insurance pricing or analytical role is necessary.
• Hands-on experience with predictive modelling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Pricing Analysts.
• Develop and validate predictive models using advanced technique.
• Deliver price optimisation strategies and present recommendations.

Skills

Degree (or equivalent) in a numerical discipline

3+ years’ experience in insurance pricing or a similar analytical role

Knowledge of price optimisation

Strong programming skills in SAS, R, Python, MATLAB

Predictive modelling techniques – GLMs, GBMs, Decision Trees, Neural Nets

Confident communicator

Self-driven and innovative

Education

Degree in a numerical discipline

Tools

SAS

R

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Job Title: Senior Strategic Market Pricing Analyst
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: Up to £52,800 DOE
Location: Eastleigh, hybrid – once a month

Senior Strategic Market Pricing Analyst: Ageas is expanding its StrategicMarketPricing Team with two additional Senior Strategic Market Pricing Analysts – we’re on a mission to transform pricing in the insurance market!

This is your chance to be at the forefront of a major strategic shift, performance management, and technical excellence. Your work will directly shape how we compete and win in a fast‑moving market.

Main Responsibilities as a Senior Strategic Market Pricing Analyst:

• Lead and mentor Pricing Analysts, sharing your expertise and fostering growth.
• Develop and validate predictive models using advanced machine learning techniques.
• Explore new datasets and innovative approaches to enhance pricing accuracy.
• Deliver price optimisation strategies and present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Maintain behavioural models and deploy rates in live rating engines.
• Influence key decision‑makers and contribute to strategic projects across the pricing cycle.
• Step up for senior colleagues when needed.

Competencies you need as a Senior Strategic Market Pricing Analyst:

• Degree (or equivalent) in a numerical discipline.
• 3+ years’ experience in insurance pricing or a similar analytical role.
• Knowledge of price optimisation and ability to translate complex analytics into actionable insights.
• Strong programming skills in SAS, R, Python, MATLAB.
• Hands‑on experience with predictive modelling techniques – GLMs, GBMs, Decision Trees, Neural Nets.
• A confident communicator who can influence at all levels.
• Self‑driven, innovative, and ready to make an impact.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve Top Employer status in the UK.
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working: Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part‑time/job‑shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health: Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth: Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work: Well‑being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family: Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non‑pregnant parent/co‑adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them: Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech: Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around: Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work: Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas: We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of ICAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you’re applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

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Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full‑time, part‑time or job share arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.

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