Senior Pricing Manager - Telematics

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Overview

We’re a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become the best and biggest in the UK market. We’ve made huge investments in our data and tech capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture. We provide insurance for over four million customers and are looking for talented colleagues to help us grow.

Role Overview

The core of any insurance company is setting the correct price to cover expected claim costs. In this role you lead on that, developing pricing strategies with a high level of accountability, balancing customer value and commercial ambition.

Accountabilities

• Ownership of Telematics Underwriting (UW) pricing strategies with responsibility for the net price delivered to the customer, ensuring a balance between customer and company value.
• Hands‑on development of our UW pricing models using various data sets and techniques to deliver the optimal pricing outcome.
• Analyse large complex datasets to drive decision‑making that translates into commercial and customer value.
• Build and deliver robust MI and BI reporting to track key metrics and support trading and business decision‑making, gaining approval with our panel on changes.
• Ground all data and pricing decisions/practices in clear documented principles, managing and developing processes that reduce the likelihood of errors, always with the customer in mind.
• Ensure the customer always receives a price that is fair, justifiable and in line with our governance and processes.
• Develop new solutions (e.g., machine learning algorithms) to automate processes where they can add value and reduce manual intervention long‑term.
• Desire to continue learning new modelling techniques and finding new data sources to stay ahead of competitors.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Commercial awareness and an understanding of what makes a successful and profitable business.
• Ability to interact effectively with a wide variety of individuals, both technical and non‑technical.
• Advanced programming language skill (R, Python, SQL, etc.).
• Experience managing large datasets (storage, de‑duplication, etc.).
• Keen eye for detail.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise accordingly.
• Strategic thinking about long‑term goals while balancing short‑term objectives.

Desirable

• Understanding of the insurance market.
• Experience working with external partners.
• Knowledge of financial services regulation, e.g., FCA and TCF guidelines.

Interview Process

• Recruiter screening call.
• Initial interview with hiring leader.
• Second interview with Telematics leaders.

Benefits

Hastings offers a competitive salary, £5k car allowance and a range of benefits including:

• Flexible hybrid working.
• Competitive bonus scheme – all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus.
• Physical wellbeing support (private medical insurance, specialist access).
• Financial wellbeing package (life assurance, income protection, matched pension contributions, free mortgage advice, etc.).
• Mental wellbeing programme (thriving mental health app, CARE, mental health first aiders, support groups).
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell a week.
• Health care cash‑back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to Work and tech schemes.
• Discounts and free on‑site facilities, social events throughout the year.

Equal Opportunity

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.