Senior Actuarial Manager: Strategic Pricing & Governance

Unum; London; Hybrid; NOK 1,128,000 - 1,629,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Private medical insurance

Health and wellbeing support

Holiday allowance

Electric vehicle scheme

Job summary

Unum UK invites a qualified actuary with strong post‑qualification pricing experience to lead pricing across Group Income Protection, Group Life, Group Dependants and Group Critical Illness. You will own pricing reviews, investigations and recommendations, and present findings to senior governance forums.

This is a hybrid role with three days in the office and two from home, with offices in London, Dorking or Basingstoke.

Qualifications

• Qualified actuary with post-qualification experience in life/health or protection insurance.
• Strong pricing experience with the ability to review assumptions, investigate experience and make recommendations in a complex commercial environment.
• Degree-level education with significant mathematical or statistical content (2:1 or above preferred).
• Numerate and comfortable with data, pricing models and IT tools to support analysis and decision-making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to present technical recommendations to senior audiences.
• Leadership capability to coach actuarial colleagues and support career growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the setting of central pricing bases and agree product terms across Unum’s Group products.
• Own and deliver pricing reviews, annual experience investigations, and pricing assumption changes.
• Monitor pricing risk trends, new money rates, expenses and cost of capital; recommend adjustments.
• Present recommendations to senior forums and pricing governance groups.
• Collaborate with Underwriting, Distribution, Marketing and DT&T to translate pricing insight into commercial decisions.
• Consider impact of pricing on vulnerable customers, fair value, Conduct Risk and Solvency II governance.
• Maintain controls across pricing processes and identify improvements.
• Support pricing strategy initiatives and shape pricing capability across the business.
• Provide line management, technical guidance and coaching to actuarial students and newly qualified actuaries.

Skills

Pricing experience

Actuarial expertise

Stakeholder management

Leadership coaching

Education

Degree in mathematics/statistics

Job description

Unum UK invites a qualified actuary with strong post‑qualification pricing experience to lead pricing across Group Income Protection, Group Life, Group Dependants and Group Critical Illness. You will own pricing reviews, investigations and recommendations, and present findings to senior governance forums.

This is a hybrid role with three days in the office and two from home, with offices in London, Dorking or Basingstoke.