Head of Modelling & Optimisation

Auto Windscreens Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in vehicle services is seeking a Head of Modelling & Optimisation to lead pricing solutions within its Retail Pricing division. This role involves strategic leadership, innovation, and managing a pricing team while ensuring strong collaboration with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have considerable experience in pricing optimisation and predictive modelling, alongside strong communication skills. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and a variety of employee benefits including private healthcare and a yearly bonus.

Benefits

Private medical health care plan

Yearly bonus scheme

24 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing pricing teams and teams of varying experience.
• Extensive knowledge of general insurance products and industry trends.
• Experience using predictive modelling techniques and data programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic ownership and implementation of pricing solutions.
• Drive innovation for continuous improvement in pricing processes.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders and ensure compliance with governance.

Skills

Managing pricing teams

Strong communication skills

Commercial acumen

Retail pricing optimisation

Predictive modelling techniques

Statistical programming

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

WTW’s Radarix software

Job description

Head of Modelling & Optimisation

This role sits within ourRetail Pricing - Modelling & Optimisation division.

Location: We operate flexible hybrid working for these positions and have offices based in Manchester and Peterborough.

Role purpose

The successful candidate is responsible for leading technical pricing solutions in order to drive commercial outcomes across the company. This includes strategic and technical leadership, team leadership, organisational awareness, ability to drive change, collaboration and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic ownership and leadership of pricing solutions
• Drive change and innovation to ensure continuous improvement
• End to end production of pricing models using a tailor‑made pricing pipeline
• Use of pricing software to build predictive statistical models and intelligently optimise customer prices
• Contribute and implement improvements to the pricing process to increase pricing performance and efficiency
• Contribute and lead research and development opportunities to help innovate and improve current modelling and pricing methodologies
• Ensure all activity is compliant with pricing governance and follows established controls
• Work closely with the Street Pricing Team to ensure pricing models meet business objectives, and manage relationships with key stakeholders around the business
• Manage a team of varying experience, including managers

About you:

• Strong experience managing pricing teams and managers
• Strong communication skills across a variety of audiences, particularly with senior stakeholders
• Extensive experience owning general insurance products, including knowledge of current trends and issues
• Experience of WTW’s Radarix software
• Strong commercial acumen
• Experience of retail pricing optimisation
• Experience with predictive modelling techniques
• Experience in statistical and data science programming languages
• A quantitative degree

What we offer in return?

• A collaborative and fast paced work environment
• Private medical health care plan
• Yearly bonus scheme
• 24 days annual leave plus of Bank Holidays and the ability to buy additional leave
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• Vibrant, modern offices