Technical Pricing Manager (Household Insurance)
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West London / South East
Permanent
£85,000 to £105,000 basic + package
This leading insurer are looking to hire an experienced Technical Pricing Manager to lead a specialist team within its home insurance pricing function. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the companies technical pricing capability during an exciting phase of growth and transformation.
As the leader of a small, talented modelling team, you’ll be responsible for developing, validating, and delivering sophisticated pricing models that directly influence strategic decision-making. You’ll combine technical expertise with commercial insight, ensuring models are both statistically rigorous and practically deployable in a live environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage, mentor, and develop a team of pricing modellers, ensuring technical excellence and facilitating growth.
* Lead the design, build, validation, and deployment of pricing models (GLMs, GBMs, XGBoost) for personal household insurance.
* Drive end-to-end modelling projects using open-source tools, from data extraction and feature engineering through to deployment in production.
* Partner with underwriting, portfolio, and reserving teams to align pricing models with business strategy and profitability objectives.
* Translate complex statistical insights into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
* Identify opportunities to enhance modelling approaches and leverage new data sources.
About You
* 6–10+ years’ experience in technical pricing and modelling, ideally across home insurance but any personal lines experience is considered.
* Proven leadership experience — able to mentor, manage, and inspire technical teams.
* Strong programming skills in Python and/or R, with proficiency in SQL and open-source toolsets.
* Track record of delivering models into production, balancing technical rigour with commercial needs.
* Strong academic or professional background in actuarial science, data science, or similar numerical discipline.
* Commercially minded with a clear understanding of how pricing decisions impact portfolio performance.
* Hybrid role, you’ll need to be based in/around West London / Surrey / Southeast, able to attend office once p/wk.
What’s on Offer
* Base salary £85,000 to £105,000 d.o.e. + benefits
* Visible, strategic role at the heart of a profitable, growth-focused insurer.
* Opportunity to own and build out the technical pricing function, making a lasting impact over the business lifecycle.
* Collaborative culture with strong backing from senior leadership.