Head of Pricing, Private Wealth

sunlife; Singapore; On-site; SGD 220,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Sun Life is seeking a Head of Pricing Private Wealth to deliver profitable, well-governed pricing and robust actuarial analysis. You will strengthen pricing insight, efficiency and governance across Singapore and Hong Kong, reporting to the Chief Product Officer.

You will lead pricing strategy, model development and governance, partnering with product, finance, risk and regional teams to drive scalable, differentiated wealth propositions.

Qualifications

• Extensive pricing and profitability experience for wealth products.
• Strong actuarial modelling and governance experience.
• Ability to translate complex results into actionable recommendations.
• Leadership across regions/time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead pricing, financial analysis and risk assessment for new products.
• Partner across functions to design differentiated pricing solutions.
• Ensure end-to-end delivery of pricing analyses with approvals.
• Oversee special quotes and bespoke client pricing.
• Lead development and use of pricing models and tools.
• Present insights to senior leadership and cross-regional teams.
• Mentor and grow a multi-location actuarial team.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Financial analysis

Actuarial modelling

Stakeholder leadership

Product governance

Team leadership

Pricing governance

Tools

PathWise

Actuarial tools

Job description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you'll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

At Sun Life, we cultivate a High-Performance, Caring Culture that empowers our people to achieve outstanding results, embrace continuous growth, and create meaningful impact. We succeed together by fostering an inclusive environment where wellbeing, collaboration, and accountability are equally valued.

Location:

Singapore/ Hong Kong

Role Purpose

Deliver profitable, well-governed and scalable Private Wealth products while strengthening pricing insight, execution and technical excellence.

About the role

Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, the Head of Pricing Private Wealth leads pricing, actuarial analysis, profitability assessment and product governance for the Private Wealth business. This role ensures that new and existing products are sustainable, competitive and aligned with growth, profitability, capital and risk objectives across the business.

The Head of Pricing Private Wealth is a senior technical and business leader who translates complex financial results and emerging risks into clear recommendations, shapes differentiated propositions for Sun Life Private Wealth clients and builds scalable pricing capabilities across regions.

Pricing and product strategy

• Lead pricing, financial analysis and risk assessment for new products, repricing initiatives and material product changes, from feasibility through launch.
• Partner with Product Strategy & Proposition, Product Delivery, Partnerships, Business, Finance, ALM, Risk and Reinsurance to design differentiated solutions for Sun Life Private Wealth.
• Own the end of end delivery of pricing analysis in accordance with the Product Design & Pricing Operating guideline, securing all required internal and external approvals.
• Own or oversee special quotes, jumbo cases and bespoke client solutions, balancing competitiveness, profitability, capital efficiency and execution practicality.
• Provide pricing input into business cases, market & product strategy, campaigns and broader cross-regional HNW initiatives.

Actuarial modelling and financial analysis

• Own the development, maintenance and effective use of deterministic and stochastic pricing models and tools.
• Advance modelling capability through PathWise and other actuarial technology, improving speed, control, scalability and depth of analysis.
• Lead actuarial analysis of new business performance, including profitability, capital, earnings and other relevant risk and return measures.
• Monitor emerging experience and recommend product, assumption, pricing or risk-management actions where required.
• Maintain effective relationships with peer review and relevant corporate actuarial functions.

Product governance

• Ensure product pricing, custom case pricing, special case pricing and exception pricing activities comply with applicable Product Design & Pricing operating guidelines and governance requirements.
• Lead pricing work through established review and approval processes, coordinating required stakeholders, peer review and corporate actuarial input.
• Ensure pricing models, analyses, recommendations, decisions and approvals are appropriately controlled, documented and auditable.
• Address review findings and challenge effectively, ensuring material pricing risks, assumptions and trade-offs are clearly articulated and resolved before approval.

Stakeholder leadership

• Present complex technical analysis and recommendations clearly to senior leaders, steering committees, peer reviewers and corporate stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across multiple regions and time zones, creating alignment on product economics, key risks, trade-offs and delivery priorities.
• Identify material risks early, recommend practical mitigations and support timely, evidence-based decisions.

People and technical leadership

• Provide technical and business leadership to a diverse, multi-location actuarial team.
• Attract, develop, mentor and retain strong ac

Sun Life Private Wealth www.sunlife.com