Head of Pricing Technology

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Pricing Technology to join our dynamic Commercial Pricing team. In this role, we are looking for an expert who will lead the charge in enabling advanced pricing capabilities by optimising our Technology stack. As a key individual in our organization, you will be responsible for ensuring that our systems and processes are at the forefront of industry standards, our development design enables both efficiency and sophistication and lastly you will be responsible for testing and release management, owning the governance and executing through a small team. If you are passionate about leveraging technology to optimize pricing and thrive in a transformative environment, we invite you to apply and become a vital part of our team.

You will participate in the Global P&C Academy accreditation, enhancing your skills in underwriting, risk engineering, pricing, and claims management while exchanging best practices across the Allianz Group. Furthermore, for pricing-based roles, Allianz Insurance offers a generous study package to enable the actuarial qualification to be obtained through the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK. Our team values continuous learning; you can enjoy free access to top training platforms like DataCamp, Databricks Academy, and LinkedIn Learning. Additionally, we host Lunch and Learn sessions on key business topics hosted by experts across the team and monthly insight sessions, including the Data Science Forum and analyst forum, to refine your technical skills.

About You

As the Head of Pricing Technology you will be responsible for:

• Optimizing the technology setup to serve as an enabler for efficient and effective pricing operations, ensuring that all technological components are aligned with business goals and objectives.
• Serving as the owner of Pricing Technology Integrations, including transformation efforts, with oversight of consistent design and build principles to ensure seamless integration and functionality across platforms.
• Leading the deployment and testing governance processes, implementing improvements and maintaining rigorous quality assurance standards to ensure that all pricing solutions meet the highest standards of accuracy and reliability.
• Acting as the UK TEX architecture lead, contributing expertise to group projects and overseeing the rollout within the UK, ensuring alignment with broader organizational strategies and objectives.
• Providing insight and commentary to key stakeholders and the steering committee, that help the business understand the impacts of recommendations for any key design decision.
• Working closely with all areas in Pricing and wider stakeholders to ensure alignment and consistency across business lines.
• Ensuring Implementation is in line with TP certification framework, to generally enhance the sophistication of Pricing, and engage with Group as necessary.
• Owning the relationship with 3rd party Technology suppliers on behalf of Pricing function.

To be successful in this role you will be/have:

• Educated to degree level in a numerate subject. MSc in Statistics, Actuarial or ACII qualification is desirable.
• Significant Commercial Lines Pricing experience at management level.
• Experience in developing Pricing Optimisation frameworks into live pricing.
• An awareness of Data Science modelling techniques is preferable.
• Experience of managing Pricing Analysts and Managers.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role. Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Mckevitt. If you are an at-risk candidate facing potential redeployment, please include this information in your CV. We reserve the right to close the ad early if we reach enough applications.