Senior Manager, Pricing & Portfolio Management, SME Underwriting

QBE Insurance; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Life Leave

Wellbeing coaching

Job summary

QBE Insurance Hong Kong is seeking an experienced pricing actuary to lead pricing strategy, portfolio insights and pricing capability development for SME across Asia. You will work with underwriting, pricing, product and IT to transform data into actionable pricing decisions and enhance QBE's digital pricing platform.

The role involves managing a portfolio, driving governance, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver profitable growth and high-quality underwriting services.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years in general insurance actuarial/pricing function.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Progress in actuarial qualifications (US/UK/Australia).
• Experience in multinational financial services is preferred.
• Tertiary degree or equivalent with relevant professional qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead pricing reviews and develop dynamic pricing capabilities with the Asia Pricing team.
• Drive Asia SME underwriting strategy and portfolio insights.
• Develop and implement pricing strategies and governance exhibits.
• Maintain portfolio dashboard and track performance with cross-functional teams.
• Support pricing model maintenance and ensure data integrity.

Skills

Actuarial pricing

Pricing strategy

Analytical thinking

Communication

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Data interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Pricing governance

Risk management

Education

Tertiary degree or equivalent

Actuarial qualifications progress (US/UK/Australia)

Job description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee

Responsible for managing a team of underwriters to write SME & Retail products across multiple distribution channels; managing underwriting activities and P&L’s for the Retail and SME segment on a portfolio level; manually underwriting of yet-to-be digital products for new business and/or renewals including renewal reviews, raters preparation, quotation generation and system submission and tracking; and building relationship with intermediaries and ensuring delivery of quality underwriting services; and assisting in product development, innovation and testing.

Role Highlights

• Hong Kong, Hybrid working and permanent role
• Happy to talk flexible working

The Opportunity

Are you ready to shape the future of SME underwriting across Asia? In this role, you’ll lead pricing strategy, portfolio insights and pricing capability development to support profitable growth and smarter underwriting decisions across the region.

You’ll work closely with Underwriting, Pricing, Product and IT teams to turn data into practical actions, enhance QBE’s digital pricing platforms and make a meaningful impact on how we serve SME customers.

About QBE

At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. And we do it all with a human touch.

We’re an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries - which means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact. It’s an exciting time. We’re building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

What if you could have a positive impact - at work and in the world? As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind.

Your New Role:

• Support the development of the Asia SME Underwriting strategy
• Lead pricing reviews and develop dynamic pricing capabilities with the Asia Pricing team
• Develop and lead the implementation of pricing strategies
• Lead portfolio management and build a balanced and profitable portfolio
• Develop and maintain portfolio dashboard to track performance and underwriting actions working with cross-functional teams
• Support the development of new products and update of existing products
• Work with Underwriting and IT teams to implement pricing changes in QBE proprietary platform "Qnect"
• Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance Straight Through Processing (STP) flow e.g. underwriting rules, User Experience
• Assist in the preparation of pricing governance exhibits, including trackers and reports for Pricing Working Group (PWG) meetings.
• Participate in PWG meetings by reviewing and interpreting reported data
• Support the review of actuarial pricing models to ensure adherence to policies and data integrity
• Contribute to data collation for divisional and regulatory reporting.
• Collaborate with other Pricing Actuaries and Product Heads to support pricing platform usage
• Generate management information and reports on rate adequacy and related metrics
• Partner with Underwriting teams to provide analytical support on portfolio insights
• Assist in the maintenance of pricing models in line with Divisional Pricing Standards

About You:

• A team player with very good interpersonal skill
• Experience working in related project and strong stakeholder management skills (strong influence & communication skills)
• Experience working in the Actuarial Pricing, preferably with at least five years of work experience in general insurance actuarial/pricing function
• Good progress in actuarial qualifications with either US, UK, or Australia Actuarial Institute
• Experience in a multinational financial services business
• Tertiary Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• 'Hybrid Working' - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest
• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

Awards & Recognition

• Qorus Reinvention Awards APAC 2025: Gold winner in the ESG category
• Digital Insurance Awards APAC: Digital Insurance - Insurer Leader 2025
• HKB Technology Excellence Awards: Automation - Insurance

Skills

Actuarial Modeling, Actuarial Pricing, Actuarial Science, Analytical Thinking, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Economics, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Portfolio Management, Price Modelling, Pricing Strategies, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

Equal Employment Opportunity: QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.