Technical Pricing Manager

1st Central; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Central is seeking an experienced Technical Pricing Manager to lead a pricing team and drive data-led pricing solutions that support profitable growth, customer fairness and strong commercial performance across our motor and home portfolio.

You’ll develop robust burn cost models, effective rating structures, and data enrichment initiatives, combining hands-on pricing expertise with governance and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Technical pricing expertise in motor insurance and burn cost modelling.
• Experience with pricing tech and data platforms (Databricks, Python, SQL).
• Leadership and people management in a pricing team.
• Strong stakeholder management across pricing, underwriting, claims, finance.
• Proven project governance and delivery with documentation.

Skills

Technical pricing

Pricing analytics

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Tools

WTW Radar

Databricks

Python

PySpark

SQL

Job description

At 1st Central, everything starts with our people.

As one of the UK’s leading motor and home insurers, we use smart technology, data and great service to make insurance fast, fair and simple for over 1.4 million customers. We’re proud to create an environment where people feel supported, trusted and able to grow - whether that’s developing new skills, taking on fresh challenges or making a real impact every day. If you’re looking for a role where you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

We're looking for an experienced Technical Pricing Manager to lead and develop a talented Technical Pricing team, driving the delivery of data-led pricing solutions that support profitable growth, customer fairness, and strong commercial performance across our insurance products.

In this role you’ll ensure the development and delivery of robust burn cost models, effective rating structures, data enrichment initiatives and pricing recommendations, ensuring they are delivered to a high standard, aligned to business objectives, and supported by robust governance, documentation and controls. You’ll combine hands-on technical pricing expertise with people management, project delivery and stakeholder engagement to support profitable growth, customer fairness and effective portfolio management.

We’re big on flexible hybrid working. Our teams are based across Salford Quays (Manchester), Haywards Heath (West Sussex) and Gibraltar. We primarily work from home but value collaboration, so we come together in person to keep ideas flowing, typically once a month. Prefer being in the office more often? That works for us too.

Core skills we’re looking for to succeed in the role:

• Technical Pricing Expertise: Strong technical knowledge of motor insurance pricing, burn cost modelling, rating structures, underwriting risk and claims cost drivers, with experience of statistical modelling, predictive analytics or machine learning techniques within a general insurance pricing environment.
• Pricing Technology & Data Platforms: Proficiency in pricing and data tools such as WTW Radar, Databricks, Python, PySpark, SQL or similar platforms.
• Leadership & People Management: Proven ability to lead technical delivery through others, balancing hands-on review with effective delegation, coaching and prioritisation. Experience in developing team capability through, coaching, feedback, workload management, and performance feedback.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence colleagues across pricing, underwriting, claims, finance, product, trading, data and risk functions.
• Project Delivery & Governance: Solid project management capability, including planning, dependency management, governance, documentation and delivery against agreed timescales.