Lead Risk Pricing Analyst - Non-Standard Motor

Are you ready to influence the future growth and profitability of a leading insurance company? As a Lead Risk Pricing Analyst at Ageas, you will plan and deliver pricing projects to high standards, using sophisticated actuarial and statistical techniques. Your work will directly impact our business’s volume and profit, and you’ll play a crucial role in building pricing capability within our team.

The role will involve the management of detailed analysis of data using sophisticated actuarial and statistical techniques to recommend pricing actions which increase volume and profit. In addition, the Lead Risk Pricing Analyst will build pricing capability and core skills within the business, as well as influence the strategic direction of Risk Pricing team and within the wider Ageas UK Group.

Responsibilities

• Management, development and coaching of Pricing Analysts and Senior Pricing Analysts.
• Develop, validate, review and approve predictive and machine learning models.
• Development and delivery of up to date and accurate datasets for modelling, pricing and monitoring.
• Development and maintenance of pricing models and support for their deployment.
• Carry out pricing analyses and prepare recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Carry out deployment/send instructions for rate releases and review of rates into rate engine/live environment.
• Develop a balanced view of current and future pricing performance by combining MI, modelling results and company targets.
• Execution, development and project management across all stages of the price control cycle as required.
• Deputise for the Senior Pricing Manager or Manager where required, including meetings with senior management.

Skills and experience you need

• Degree‑educated (or equivalent) in a numerical or analytical discipline, demonstrating strong quantitative capability.
• 4-5 years experience in insurance pricing, with the ability to apply insight to real‑world business challenges.
• Proficient in key programming languages such as SAS, Databricks, with the ability to manipulate and interpret complex datasets.
• Hands‑on experience with industry-standard tools, including Emblem and Radar.
• Skilled in predictive modelling techniques, such as Logistic Regression, GLMs, and GBMs, with a track record of building robust analytical solutions.
• A strong problem-solver, able to use data and analytics to tackle complex business issues and deliver actionable recommendations.
• Experienced in coaching and developing junior team members, helping to build capability and strengthen pricing expertise within the team.
• Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior management and directors, with the ability to shape thinking and support key decisions.
• Able to communicate advanced statistical and modelling concepts clearly, translating technical analysis into meaningful insights for non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
• Supporting your Health - Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth - 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Supporting you and your Family - Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Benefits for Them - Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Get some Tech - Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
• Getting around - Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave.

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism. Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

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