Portfolio Manager, Specialist Portfolio Solutions

Looking for a role that will have a meaningful impact on Structured Portfolio Solutions?

We are looking for an individual to join our newly created Structured Portfolio Solutions (SPS) team. This role will drive best-in-class Portfolio Management by owning the strategic data strategy.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

The Portfolio Analytics team is a multi-functional empowered, creative and autonomous team within Markel International. Embedded within the underwriting business and represented in the Leadership Team, we focus on critical areas to achieve profitability and performance targets for a specialty lines insurer: Portfolio Management, Data, Analytics and Insights, and Pricing Model development.

The SPS team is designed to take advantage of the market trend towards bifurcation between lead and follow underwriting capacity. This standalone team aims to build a robust follow portfolio with a class-agnostic Underwriting strategy whilst leveraging the data benefits this provides. Facilities written within this team are cross-class and will contain CAT exposures.

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you’ll be responsible for providing actuarial analyses, including pricing, reserving, and reinsurance purchasing, to guide the strategy of the new Structured Portfolio Solutions (SPS) team. You’ll also help build and maintain data pipelines to ensure efficient and up-to-date analysis.

You’ll leverage market data to provide insights across Markel International and make recommendations to improve analyses and tools, enabling SPS underwriters to manage their portfolio effectively. Leading the development of the portfolio management framework for the SPS class and monitoring key performance drivers will be crucial to support underwriting and enhance performance.

Additionally, you’ll develop strategic analytics, tools, and insights to optimize portfolios and advocate for data-driven decision-making. Collaboration with various support units, such as actuarial, underwriting operations, and ITS, will be essential to resolve issues and achieve business priorities. You’ll also represent the Portfolio Analytics team, providing accurate and timely management information to leadership.

Our must-haves:

• Outstanding multi-modal communications skills along with strong data visualisation skills for disseminating management information to various levels across Markel
• Demonstrable experience in influencing and engaging with stakeholders using effective communication and ensuring consensus
• Able to clearly articulate complex strategies, techniques and ideas to senior leadership and underwriters across multiple product lines
• Possess both strong analytical depth, the ability to independently problem solve and put forward recommendations
• Understanding of Markel International products, classes of business and operations of the specialty insurance market
• Proven track record of successfully leading and delivering to agreed timelines projects and initiatives that require involvement from business leaders across the company
• Possess a detailed solid understanding of the Microsoft office suite, with a focus on Excel and become comfortable with manipulating and analysing large, complex sets of data.
• Experience with data visualisation programmes, database use (SQL) and an awareness of advanced analytics/data science would be desirable but not essential.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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