Jobs in Salford, United Kingdom

We're seeking a Technical Pricing Manager to lead pricing strategy, execution, and governance across our home and pet insurance portfolio. This is a highly analytical and commercially impactful role, ideal for someone who can blend market insight with technical pricing expertise to drive growth and profitability.

• Own and execute pricing strategies that align with commercial goals and risk appetite.

• Apply data science, actuarial thinking, and competitive intelligence to solve complex pricing issues.

• Build, refine, and maintain robust pricing models, tools, and frameworks tailored for home and pet insurance products.

• Use compelling analysis to guide senior leaders on margin optimisation and commercial trade-offs.

• Ensure pricing practices are compliant with internal policies and external regulatory standards.

• Drive pricing initiatives from conception to delivery, managing cross-functional resources and stakeholder communications.

• Partner with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and Product teams to ensure pricing supports customer acquisition and retention goals.

• Oversee relationships with third‑party pricing solution providers, collaborating with procurement to manage contracts and performance.

• Monitor, report, and respond to pricing performance KPIs and analytics.

• Mentor and support pricing analysts and specialists, fostering technical excellence and continuous improvement.

• Significant experience in a technical pricing or actuarial role within general insurance—ideally in personal lines, including home and/or pet.

• Proven hands‑on expertise in developing end‑to‑end risk and pricing models, from data extraction to deployment and monitoring.

• Deep understanding of statistical modelling (GLMs, GBM) and proficiency in tools such as Radar, Emblem, Python, R, and/or SQL.

• Solid understanding of insurance underwriting, risk modelling, and profitability levers.

• Proven ability to communicate complex pricing concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Track record of managing projects and leading cross‑functional collaboration.

• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, managing multiple modelling projects and deadlines effectively.

• Good knowledge of pricing regulation and governance within UK insurance markets.

• Strong leadership capabilities with a focus on coaching and team development.

• Exposure to working with aggregators, broker‑led distribution, and digital acquisition channels.

• A commercial mindset with the ability to balance risk and opportunity.

• Experience integrating alternative datasets (e.g., geospatial) into pricing models.

• Excellent storytelling skills—able to bring models to life in commercial and non‑technical terms.