Actuarial Manager Senior Manager

Kshema General Insurance Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Kshema General Insurance Limited is seeking a senior pricing leader to drive policy development and model implementation for both government and general portfolios. You will steer pricing strategies, collaborate with underwriting, reserving, and product teams, and ensure regulatory compliance while leveraging data-driven insights.

You will also mentor a pricing team, explore advanced analytics with data scientists, and communicate complex concepts to senior management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in general insurance pricing or portfolio management, including leadership experience.
• Deep understanding of actuarial principles, underwriting, regulatory environment, and product development processes.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing a team and multiple priorities.
• Interest in emerging technologies like GPTs and Power Platforms in pricing.
• Proficiency in data analysis and open-source coding languages like VBA, SQL & Python.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to interpret complex data for decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of pricing policy, strategies and models; ensure competitiveness and profitability.
• Lead pricing for Government business, including tenders.
• Collaborate with reserving to integrate analysis into pricing decisions and align with risk appetite.
• Work with underwriting and product teams to design pricing structures for innovation and expansion.
• Analyze market trends and competitor pricing to stay competitive.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies in pricing.

Skills

Leadership

Pricing expertise

Data analysis

Communication

Strategic thinking

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Regulatory understanding

Tools

VBA

SQL

Python

Job description

Job Description:

• Lead the development and implementation of pricing policy, strategies and models, ensuring they are competitive, profitable and responsive to internal and external changes.
• Lead the pricing for Government business, including tenders.
• Collaborate with the reserving team to integrate reserving analysis into pricing decisions and ensure alignment with the company’s risk appetite.
• Work closely with the underwriting and product development teams to design pricing structures that support product innovation and market expansion.
• Analyse market trends and competitor pricing to ensure Kshema’s pricing strategy remains competitive and responsive to market dynamics.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies in pricing process.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the pricing team, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and professional growth.
• Work closely with data scientists to utilise spatiotemporal data and build granular and dynamic pricing algorithms.
• Communicate complex pricing concepts and strategies to non-technical stakeholders, including senior management and board members.
• Implement new pricing tools, controls and risk management in the pricing function.

Requirements

• 5+ year of experience in general insurance pricing or portfolio management, including experience in a leadership role.
• Deep understanding of actuarial principles, underwriting, regulatory environment, and product development processes
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing a team and multiple priorities.
• Keen interest in use of emerging technologies like GPTs, Power Platforms etc. in day-to-day work and pricing models.
• Proficiency in data analysis and open-source coding languages like VBA, SQL & Python.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data to make informed decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.