Job Title:
Head of Direct Trading
Target Start Date:
ASAP
Contract Type:
6 Month Fixed Term Contract, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range:
£72,000 - £108,000
Location:
Home Worker with occasional travel to our Bournemouth office
Closing Date for applications:
Friday 22nd August
About the Role: As the driving force behind the trading performance of our Direct Distribution channels, you’ll be at the heart of delivering exceptional results across New Business, In-Life, and Renewals. You’ll lead the charge in achieving ambitious targets for customer volume, GWP, and income, while forging powerful relationships with the PCWs to secure strategic partner status. Your influence will ensure Ageas’s brand portfolio and strategy are front and centre, enabling collaborative initiatives and seamless ways of working that fuel growth and innovation.
You’ll own and energise our trading activities across all channels and lines of business, aligning plans and inspiring action across the organisation. From chairing high-impact Direct Steer meetings to identifying fresh market opportunities, your leadership will shape our proposition deployment and marketing strategies—especially within the PCW channel. You’ll bring insight and direction to renewal marketing, championing customer feedback and optimising performance at every touchpoint.
Main Responsibilities:
Drive cross-functional change by aligning Underwriting, Pricing, Marketing, and Digital teams to deliver strong customer and trading outcomes, while tracking and challenging initiatives for financial benefit.
Lead trading governance through weekly/monthly meetings and the Trading Steer, ensuring strategic alignment and actionable insights across all disciplines.
Act as a key Pricing Committee delegate, constructively challenging proposals and contributing to pricing forums, forecasts, and control reports with a customer-first mindset.
Own PCW relationships, maintaining strong daily engagement and leading monthly HoD calls across major partners (CTM, MSM, Confused), with strategic escalation support.
Contribute to market planning through involvement in MYB and rolling forecasts, helping shape activity and challenge assumptions to optimise performance.
Skills and Experience:
Proven commercial acumen with deep expertise in general insurance, including aggregator channel management and digital distribution.
Strategic leadership with the ability to drive change, manage multiple projects, and influence cross-functional teams to deliver business outcomes.
Highly analytical and results-driven, with strong forecasting, planning, and performance analysis capabilities.
Exceptional stakeholder and relationship management, both internally and externally, including experience with suppliers and marketing collaboration.
Strong communication and technical skills, able to articulate complex ideas, adapt messaging to different audiences, and contribute to product development.
Benefits: At Ageas, we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve
Top Employer
status in the UK.
Flexible Working:
Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (within the UK) and within the working day for managing commitments. We also offer part-time/job-shares and a minimum of 35 days holiday (including bank holidays), with options to buy and sell days.
Health Support:
Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Wellbeing Activities – Mindfulness.
Wealth Support:
Annual Bonus Schemes, Salary Reviews, Pension, Employee Savings, Loans.
Workplace Support:
Wellbeing activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events, and more.
Family Support:
Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay; paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
Benefits for Family:
Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
Tech Deals:
Offers on gadgets including Wearables, Tablets, and Laptops.
Transport Support:
Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
Return to Work:
Programmes after maternity leave.
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