Pricing Development Team Leader Stratford-upon-Avon

NFU Mutual Group; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Pricing Development Team Leader to manage and develop junior colleagues while leading pricing model innovation. The ideal candidate will have expertise in technical pricing, experience in the general insurance sector, and a proven ability to conduct peer reviews. This role offers the flexibility to work from home, a salary of up to £70,000, and a supportive work culture focused on personal growth and innovation.

Benefits

Annual bonus up to 17.5%

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Gym membership contribution

Health and wellbeing plan

Employee discounts

Life Assurance cover

Employee Volunteering opportunity

Qualifications

• Experience in Pricing team with accountability for modelling or innovation work.
• Direct involvement in building pricing models.
• Knowledge of 'pricing best practice' in personal or commercial lines.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support junior colleagues in their roles.
• Lead development and testing of general insurance demand models.
• Ensure effective market understanding and maintain market par capability.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Technical pricing

Team leadership

Model building

Peer reviews

Job description

# Pricing Development Team LeaderRegion: MidlandsLocation: Stratford-upon-AvonContract type: PermanentReference number: CSDI04251Working pattern: Full-time (Part-time hours considered)Salary: Up to £70,000 + 17.5% annual bonus + benefits package## Pricing Development Team Leader* Join a team with varied exposure and an innovative approach to products and pricing processes * Manage and develop junior colleagues to help deliver the team’s objectives * Part time hours applications welcomed, flexibility to work from home up to 80% of your time## About the roleThis is an exciting opportunity to join the Pricing Development team who are responsible for Demand Modelling and Pricing Innovation. We’re offering the chance to join an innovative and inclusive team who share common goals and a collective purpose of giving our members exactly what they want at a fair price. You’ll be a key leader within the team, managing and supporting junior colleagues as they learn and develop in their roles. You’ll also work with and influence peers and senior leadership through great communication, and an ability to make the complex, simple. In this role you’ll provide a lead in the development, implementation and testing of general insurance demand and competitor models to ensure effective market understanding and to maintain market par capability. You’ll benefit from early and increasing involvement in innovative projects, and with access to senior management and leadership teams, you’ll have ample scope and plenty of opportunity to make your mark. Over time, you’ll grow to be a subject matter expert, able to guide others in best practice. As a contributor to this ‘blue sky thinking’ team, your creativity will propel our Pricing practices forward, fostering continuous improvement across the team. From day one, you’ll become a valuable member of the Pricing team and a key contributor to the business, where you’ll have a voice, where you can make a lasting impact and where you will continue to grow both personally and professionally. You’ll also find a focus on collaboration, training and support, helping you become the best you can be, whilst at the same time enjoying a breadth and depth of work, we think you’ll find hard to beat. *This role is known internally as Pricing Development Consultant*## About youWe’re looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills, able to motivate and improve the performance of those around you. You’re accomplished in technical pricing and with experience of directly managing, coaching or mentoring junior colleagues- team leadership is a key part of this role and you’ll be eager to develop in this area. You’re comfortable challenging yourself and others to achieve higher levels of quality and output to gain greater results. Ideally with general insurance background in either personal or commercial lines, as well as detailed and up to date knowledge of ‘pricing best practice’, you’ll have: * Proven experience of working in a Pricing team, with personal accountability for the delivery of modelling or innovation work * Direct involvement in building pricing models, including specific responsibility for the end-to-end design of the model build, whether GLMs/GBMs or Machine Learning methods * Expert product knowledge for the market sector you’re operating in and a proven ability to conduct peer reviews. *At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.* *We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.* *We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.*## Benefits and RewardsWhen you join our team,you can expecta supportive cultureandanattractive range ofrewards and benefitsincluding: * Salary up to £70,000 depending on experience * Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary) * Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution * 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme * A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities * Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets * £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs * Health and wellbeing plan- cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more * Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance * Employee Volunteering - volunteerin the community for one day each year * Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme * Life Assurance coverof 4 x salary * Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. * Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility## Working at NFU MutualWe’reone of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 yearswe’veput our customers at the heart of everything we do.Ourpeopleare just as important to us. Wepride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of ‘Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK’, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots we’ve grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1billion annually. Yet success hasn’t gone to our heads. We’re proud to remain completely customer focused, down-to-earth and committed to the rural communities we’ve grown from.Our ethos - of trust, respect and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and has seen us build an enviable reputation for exceptional member loyalty. Though we’ve been in business for over 110 years, we have big ambitions for the future. And that’s why we’re looking for talented people to join our growing organisation. Talented people like you.