Head of Pricing
Bluebell, Dublin 12, IE, D12 Y0HE
Job Overview
Job Responsibilities
Leadership:
- Manage and develop a pricing team to achieve strategic goals and enhance capability through the development of people and refinement of processes.
- Contribute to governance committees and strategy development.
Pricing Strategy Development:
- Define and implement pricing strategies aligned with company objectives.
- Coordinate, prepare and perform actuarial analyses relating to price adequacy to inform tactical action and strategic direction.
- Lead the effective development and implementation of technical pricing techniques across all lines of business including developing of new, and enhancement of existing, pricing structures.
- Develop insights through market research and internal data of customer behaviour and market dynamics to support decision making.
- Ensuring that pricing strategies and implementation comply with relevant regulations and company policies
Job Responsibilities
Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Work closely with Underwriting management and other business areas to ensure pricing strategies are monitored and changes effectively implemented within a governance framework.
- Provide consultation, direction and technical expertise on actuarial models and risk issues.
- Assist both internal and external Governance stakeholders on pricing matters.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with professional designation.
An experienced and qualified actuary (typically 5 years + PQE)
Experiences
Robust technical knowledge of general insurance pricing techniques and processes and analytical systems.
Competencies
- Strong experience in people management and an ability to lead and develop teams.
- Excellent communications skills together with the ability to influence colleagues, internal and external stakeholders and Board.
- Enthusiasm, drive and an attitude for making things possible.
- Strong knowledge regulatory environment and requirements.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working – 2 days in the office / 3 days working from home
- Health Insurance subsidy for employee and family
- Wellbeing allowance
- Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
- Tax Saver Schemes
- Lunch Allowance
- Discounts off home, car and travel insurance.
- Annual bonus
- Education support
- Free parking
MCC
This role is a Control Function (CF-1) and is subject to Fitness and Probity Standards and Corporate Governance Requirements.
This role sits within the Manager/Specialist pay grade in the Underwriting Department.
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